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June Qualifiers Prep

May 7th, 2009 | By: Rami | 83 Comments »

We hit a little lull there in terms of national team news but there’s a few updates worthy of mention that have surfaced since the last post. A few (or all) of these might not be breaking news to some of you but consider it useful for archival purposes (and a chance to get some fresh comments):

- On May 21st, Humberto Coelho will announce the players being called up for our friendly against Sudan which will be played on May 27th. Two interesting/annoying things to note about this matchup without getting too “previewey” are the following: 1. It’s being played on the same day as the European Champions League final (oops) 2. The vast majority of our foreign based players could very well miss out since they have club obligations around this time.

Not sure if this was taken into consideration by the FTF… Far from an ideal situation but we’ll see how this develops.

- May 28th has been announced as the date our coach will announce the list of players he is calling up for our two June qualifiers versus Mozambique (June 6th) and Nigeria (June 20th). Kickoff times are 6:00 pm for Mozambique and 7:10 pm for Nigeria (both at Rades).

- The FTF has settled on Lisbon, Portugal as the location of our eight day training camp from the 11th to the 18th of June to prepare for our home qualifier versus the Super Eagles. No coincidence given Coelho’s nationality but can’t blame him for wanting some home cooking right? Apparently we’re trying to book Kuwait for a friendly on the 17th while we’re there. Debatable choice of opposition to say the least but I guess we want our strikers to get a lot of target practice…

- According to FIFA we’ve booked Cote d’Ivoire for a friendly on the 12th of August to prep for our trip to Nigeria where we’ll play on the 5th of September. I had heard this was in the works but this one still needs to be confirmed by Tunisian media as FIFA has been wrong before (which is odd considering they’re technically supposed to be the authority on these types of things).

- In case you forgot, we’re hosting France on November 11th. That’s before our last qualifier against Mozambique on the 14th of that same month. Hopefully we’ll have sealed qualification to South Africa before then!

What you guys think of all this?

Tags: 2010 CAF World Cup Qualifying, Carthage Eagles, FTF, Group H, Humberto Coelho, Tunisian Football Federation

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By bassem | May 12th, 2009 at 2:30 pm

Wonderfull pass, he looks sharp playes good, those are 3 points won for Zurich by our Zlatan, Yassin!

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By Achraf | May 12th, 2009 at 2:34 pm

The goal even better wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111

By Feedi | May 12th, 2009 at 2:35 pm

PASS AND A GOAL.YESSS!!!!!!

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By bassem | May 12th, 2009 at 2:35 pm

No more things to say this one is selected for the national squad Yassin CHikoui MehOUSH NORMAL!!!!! WHat a nice 1-2 and nice finishing absolutley ashtonishing!!!!!

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By Rami | May 12th, 2009 at 2:36 pm

AYE AYE AYE AYE!!! Mella Chikha. Sooooooooooooo happy for him. he’s creating everything as usual. what a player.

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By Achraf | May 12th, 2009 at 2:38 pm

Mashallah 3alih (dont want him injured again, lol)

By Feedi | May 12th, 2009 at 2:38 pm

CHIKHAOUI HAS THREE POINTS NOR ZURICH!! :d

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By bassem | May 12th, 2009 at 2:39 pm

Barcelona is the next stop for this one! No less! My opinion, if you play like this after a horific injury and come back with a mass load of confidance like this you must be a natural talent no doubt about whhat guys. Every one if tuned in at the best moment it was like it was ment to be for me to see this SubhanAllah but if saw it with many thanks to the link provider you know who!

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By bassem | May 12th, 2009 at 2:40 pm

Allah Yarhmou but realy i get a lot of deja vu’s about this but El Hadi Berkhissa everybody, we’ve got our tall strong technisian back from Allah!

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By Rami | May 12th, 2009 at 2:43 pm

I’ll post video of the match highlights later on today when I get home and when they’re available. Can’t wait to just watch and rewatch and then watch again!

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By Achraf | May 12th, 2009 at 2:49 pm

Rami, this one deserves an article on goal.com so it will get his name out there.

By bassem | May 12th, 2009 at 3:07 pm

Yes mister Rami, a good good very good article cause its magic! THe one’s who saw it know what i’m talking about, it feels like it was in the air for him to get his mark like that on a game like this! What a win, man of the match no doubt!

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By Yassine | May 12th, 2009 at 3:11 pm

Rami I suggest that you write your Chikhaoui goal.com article after his next match. He will undoubtedly be a starter especially that only 3 matches remain in the season. I think that he’ll play even better than today.
I’ll post Galbi’s goal and Chikhaoui’s assist and goal as soon as they’re available.

By bassem | May 12th, 2009 at 3:21 pm

94. Schiedsrichter Wermelinger pfeift die Partie ab, der FCZ gewinnt mit 5:3. Das ging gerade nochmals gut…

92. TOOOOOOOOR FÜR DEN FCZ! Schönbächler spielt quer zu Chikhaoui, der das 5. Tor für den FCZ erzielt.

91. Wechsel beim Heimteam: Reinmann für Gaspar.

90. Mindestens vier Minuten Nachspielzeit.

90. Alphonse verpasst den fünften Treffer – der Franzose trifft nur den Kameramann.

88. Alphonse sieht die gelbe Karte. Es ist seine vierte…

87. TOOOOOOOR FÜR DEN FCZ! Djuric bringt den FCZ wieder in Führung. Grandioser Pass von Chikhaoui!

86. Gelbe Karte gegen Galbi.

84. Der Youngster kommt für Eric Hassli in die Partie…

82. Marco Schönbächler steht an der Seitenlinie bereit.

81. Hassli mit einem Lupfer, doch Rudan kann klären.

77. Noch eine knappe Viertelstunde.

73. Chikhaoui bringt den Ball aus aussichtsreicher Position nicht unter Kontrolle. Im Gegenzug gibt es eine ähnliche Situation mit Steinarsson. Immer noch 3:3.

70. Yassine Chikhauoi kommt ins Spiel. Für den Tunesier muss Xavier Margairaz weiche

A live ticker on there website! How many minutes do you have to change a game? Yassin gives you the answer!

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By bassem | May 12th, 2009 at 3:28 pm

http://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/superleague/wer-stolpert-vor-dem-direktduell–118914

nice piece and a nice photograph!

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By Abdullah | May 12th, 2009 at 4:16 pm

SHIT MY PC CRAPPED OUT ON THE VERY MOMENT I SAW CHIKHA WARMING UP DAMMITT!!!

AND NOW I READ THESE COMMENTS :@

Now im wondering what it looked like, please guys help me out here as soon as you find any highlights, im dieing to see what he played like

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By thamer | May 12th, 2009 at 4:42 pm

Wow guys, I’m in the car right now on my way home from college. I saw that he scored and honestly I had a feeling he had something to do with the game winner…I’m so happy! Try to have the highlights up by the time I get home guys I can’t wait

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By Yassine | May 12th, 2009 at 4:53 pm

Highlights!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.mediafire.com/?jznlddmjofy
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4IBZOTZK
Credit for eljem ess and passfaika exclusive from Forum Kooora Toonsia

By Abdullah | May 12th, 2009 at 4:56 pm

THANKSSSS A MILLION YASSINE!!!

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By Rami | May 12th, 2009 at 5:09 pm

Thanks Yassine to both you and the Forum Korra Toonsia (eljem ess and passfaika), I’ll try to embed them in my post. Can’t wait to watch these!

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By Achraf | May 12th, 2009 at 5:50 pm

Here are more highlights without downloading.
http://team-tunisie.net/videoplayer-86.html

And Chikhaoui is making news already on different websites
http://team-tunisie.net/article-Yassine-Chikhaoui-mene-Zurich-vers-le-sacre-final-841.html

By Abdullah | May 12th, 2009 at 6:22 pm

Great comeback, chikha is so solid pfff i wonder how long he’ll stay there in zurich.

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By ca-fanatic | May 14th, 2009 at 4:35 pm

Hi again , in my opinion , the date for Sudan’s friendly is completely non-suitable for a lot reasons u mentioned the two important ones of them , i really doubt that post of us will pay a big attention to this game and neglect that day’s Clash OF The Titans ( Barca Vs Man Un) unless they will play the friendly game in one of Tunisia cities except that of the capital! and it has to be played in the morning too if they wish sseing some people in the satdium , another thing is that if you won t have your foreign based players ( who we all knwo that their posts are undiscussed in the national team) i can t see the point of playing this game although it s against a good team.i wished that reschedule it for Lisbon’s camp that’ll be better don t cha y’all think?!!!!!

By Rami | May 14th, 2009 at 7:37 pm

I’m with you ca-fanatic, we lose a lot of value by having it on that date. you would think that they would realize that but alas they’ve made even stranger decisions than this in the past. it’s just weird. i really wish they would play a game outside of tunis like Coelho said when he first came. people around the country are dying to support their national team but don’t have the means to get the stadiums in the capital. it’s time for a change…

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By ca-fanatic | May 14th, 2009 at 9:53 pm

Hi Rami , enough said , we re getting used here to all kind of weired decisions coming “Straight outta of Cite Sportive” , but they don t realize maybe that we just want the best for our national team and a couple of explanations won t be that bad ,would they? don t think so.

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