Injuries, recoveries, and solutions

All of us are concerned about the Injury to Francuiledo Dos Santos’ shin. Doctors confirmed today that he is recovering well and should be healthy in time for the second match against Spain. I think if this is indeed true and Tunisia play without him and still defeat Saudi Arabia, that will make the team more confident because other players will have to contribute more and score goals.

Defenders Alaeddine Yahia and Mehdi Meriah are also experiencing Injurys. Yahia pulled a muscle in training and doctors have advised 4 days of rest. Meriahs left leg injury is more serious and there is even talk of asking FIFA to replace him altogether. Rumor is it could be for a Tunisian striker and fan favorite Haykel Guimemdia(I will never spell that the same way twice).

So its interesting, replace left back Meriah, with striker Guimemdia possibly to compensate for lack of Dos Santos. Having Guimemdia and Jaziri run around as strikers would be like being attacked by a swarm of misquitos, they are fast, dribble well, and are quite aggressive. I like Haykel. I saw a match with Tunisia and Egypt about 6 months ago where he scored both goals in a 2-1 victory for Tunisia.

Also if this is true, and we are loosing a left back, it makes us weak in that position so my guess is Lemerre will be employing David Jemmali at left back as he did against the select Bavarian side last week.

The rule to my knowledge is in the case of a serious injury, you can ask FIFA to replace an injured player as long as you have not yet played your first match. Correct me if I am wrong about any of these and please add commentary.