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Tunisia has World cup fever!!

June 14th, 2006 | By: Bessam | 18 Comments »

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Tunisia has world cup fever and the only cure is a victory.

Lemerre has called this match the first of three doors we must find the key to. Hopefully even if we dont find the key we can smash it open . I Expect a great match with both teams playing pridefully for their country. Yassine Chikaoui has been tipped to replace the injured Dos Santos as the 2nd striker in a 4-4-2 formation ( Though with Lemerre you never know). Guememdia is another striker that is available. Both teams are playing to win becuase both teams find each other the easiest in the group to contend with.

12000-15000 Tunisian supporters are expected in the stadium. It is supposed to be slightly overcast and about 74 degrees.

Players likely to start. Boumnijel, Trabelsi, Jaidi, Haggui, Jemmali, Chedli, Namouch, Bouazizi, Mnari, Jaziri, Chikaiou

It will be awesome. Enjoy this match and dont hesitate to post what you think
(as a side note, I do feel sad about the injury of Saudi Arabias Mohammed al Anbar today. All teams want to be at full strength and it is sad to see someones World cup hopes dashed. )

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By badawi | June 14th, 2006 at 10:59 am

al akhdar is gonna win doggggg

Posted from Ireland

By smail | June 14th, 2006 at 12:36 pm

!!!TAHYA TOUNES!!!

Posted from France

By badawi | June 14th, 2006 at 12:44 pm

yahooo al ittti wil sugour
tounes zay faransa…3ifna

Posted from Ireland

By marouene | June 14th, 2006 at 1:18 pm

Badawi, you have the right to dream.

By Hatim | June 14th, 2006 at 1:30 pm

I am so excited!!! Lets Go Tunisie!!!

Posted from United States

By Dido | June 14th, 2006 at 2:09 pm

Please win! Im tired of seeing Africa losing!
Good luck!

Posted from United Kingdom

By Yoni | June 14th, 2006 at 2:27 pm

I agree with dido. I had high hopes for African countries and ive been thoroughly disappointed. Lets go Tunisia! Win it for Tunisia and all of Africa. I thought Africans were going to finally win one with Togo but my heart was stepped on again with an agonizing defeat.

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By badawi | June 14th, 2006 at 2:39 pm

tunis will disappoint too
no matter how well they do, they have a brazilian on their team who got citizenship after 3 years playin in tunis. how bs is that?

another thing, i think its a shame that both arab squads are starting off against each other. One needs to win to progress, meaning we can only have 1 progressor…

Posted from Ireland

By sudani | June 14th, 2006 at 2:40 pm

yahooo al akhdar

Posted from Ireland

By Bessam | June 14th, 2006 at 3:48 pm

My motto once again is if its fine with FIFA its fine with me. Thanks for all the support everyone, Hopefully we will all have an entertaining match

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By Pierre Tristam | June 14th, 2006 at 6:02 pm

Look out for Number 10, the “Baby Maradona” of Saudi football, Mohammad el-Shalhoub. He can run, he can score, he can excite. But can the Saudis keep from humiliating themselves the way they did in an 8-0 loss to Germany four years ago, where they didn’t win a match? They didn’t lose a game in qualifiers, but they had an easy time of it against teams like Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kuwait. The Sons of the Desert are going to need more than luck to pull it off.

Pierre Uncensored http://www.pierretristam.com

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By Total Football | June 14th, 2006 at 6:12 pm

10 Minutes in, we see a Tunisian offensive line that’s better organized than Saudi’s, which has been non-existent so far, but we also see some spotty defending on Tunisia’s part when they’re facing what Saudis can muster by way of attacks. Saudis can score on Tunisian mistakes; Tunisia can score on its sheer strength.
Pierre Uncensored http://www.pierretristam.com

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By Total Football | June 14th, 2006 at 6:33 pm

Saud isn’t being outplayed as it was in the first 15 minutes of the game, and now it’s become a game of errors on both sides. But neither side is taking advantage. The pace, minute after minute, has slowed. These two teams speak the same language–and play the same language too. More goals coming, by default rather than design.
Pierre Uncensored http://www.pierretristam.com

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By Total Football | June 14th, 2006 at 6:48 pm

So, at the half, we have a fun start to a promising game that gave us a couple of flashy plays worthy of a muezzin’s celebration, but after that Tunisian goal we’ve been treated to a game of errors, choppiness and totally absent finishes. How many shots on goal this whole match? Six, and just three in the Meccan vicinities that count. Hopefully they’ll spend some of their half-time imbibing a couple of capuccinos.
Pierre Uncensored http://www.pierretristam.com

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By Total Football | June 14th, 2006 at 7:19 pm

It wasn’t wizzardry; it was perfect execution: a long pass down the right wing, a perfect cross into the penalty box, and there to take the shot was Al Khatani, slamming the ball in the upper net for the equalizer. It was as if Tunisia was nowhere on the field.

And given how the Saudis thanked god afterward, we now know where Mecca is in relation to the Munich stadium

Pierre Uncensored http://www.pierretristam.com

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By Total Football | June 14th, 2006 at 7:38 pm

Decidedly not an exciting game, not even in its tactical ramifications for the group; we’ve had 14 shots from both teams so far, and just 4 on goal As always with second-division teams playing each other, a tie will not help them. It’ll only help the stronger teams in the group–in this case, disastrous Ukraine and and its obliterator, Spain.

Pierre Uncensored http://www.pierretristam.com

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By Total Football | June 14th, 2006 at 7:54 pm

A DRAMATIC FINISH FOR BOTH TEAMS! Beautiful goals, rollercoaster action despite the lousy play in the middle of each half. Neither team has shown more than an ability to capitalize on the other team’s mistakes–of which there were many, many to go around. That means neither team has what it takes to beat either Ukraine or Spain, and a tie has not helped them make the case for Cinderella-toeing their way to the second round. Too bad, but fun for us in the end. This day is turning into a day of goals, even as both Saudi Arabia and Tunisia may have seen the last of their glory in this World Cup. Allah be praised: Even he was rolling in his heavens.
Pierre Uncensored http://www.pierretristam.com

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By Rami | June 14th, 2006 at 8:42 pm

The ref scewed us on that 2nd minute penalty appeal. Some might say I’m biased (and you’re right) but look at the replay, I think it shows that it was a clear cut penalty. The guy pushes Jaziri down. I know its not guaranteed that we would have made the penalty kick but we at least deserved a chance at it. With that extra goal we would be a in a very nice position right now. The least we deserved was a tie and thankfully we got that. I’m upset with the result but at least we didn’t lose. That would have simply been unnaceptable.

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