The World Cup: Tunisia

ThisDrinkingLife and The World Cup: Tunisia

England met Tunisia last back in 1998 in the first round of the World Cup, and also in the opening game of the group. That time Tunisia suffered a 2-0 defeat in a game where they gave a pretty lacklustre performance. In fact Tunisia were pretty woeful in that group, losing the next game to Colombia and drawing with Romania to get a sole point. Hopefully this time round they can bring more to the table.

They qualified from an arguably easy enough group that contained Libya, DR Congo and Guinea, avoiding the big teams of Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon or Egypt for example. Ok they went through the campaign unbeaten but it really is hard to say what kind of team Tunisia are. They also didn’t do much in the last African Cup of Nations in 2017, going to out Burkina Faso in the last eight.

Their squad also doesn’t show much to excite. A few players from the local Tunisian league and quite a few that play in France, but no stand put player. Added to this fact is that they will also be losing their main striker to injury, Youssef Msakni, the top scorer in the qualifying campaign, and that further dents any chances they might have had. In a group with Belgium and England I am sorry to say I dont expect a whole lot from Tunisia. Even in the Panama game, where they might be already out at that stage, they might struggle. I fear for them, I really do, sorry Tunisia!

But at least its not all doom and gloom. I had a great long chat with the very passionate and excited Souhail Khmira, who, amongst other things, is convinced that Tunisia will make the second rd…………lets see