Tunisia must beat already ranked holders France this Wednesday and await a draw between Australia and Denmark in the final Group D date of the Qatar 2022 World Cup to secure a historic ticket to the round of 16. The match will be played at the Ciudad de la Educación stadium in Rayán from 12:00 (Argentine time), with the referee from New Zealander Matt Conger and television from TyC Sports.
France has 6 points and sealed the ticket in the second round by beating Denmark 2-1, who accumulate 1 point like Tunisia, both behind Australia “I’ll make the decisions tomorrow. There will be some changes. How many? You won’t know nor his rival,” said France coach Didier Deschamps.
The coach, who led the “Bleus” to the title in Russia in 2018, offered a press conference on the eve of the match which will be played simultaneously with Australia and Denmark to avoid suspicions “Have this peace of mind, like Brazil and Portugal “He leaves us some space. We must not miss this last game. We want to get the best result possible, with no obligation to result, even if the dynamics are important,” he underlined.
For his part, defender Montassar Talbi stressed that Tunisia “have a golden opportunity to recover” with the “chance to do something important against France”. “We believe in our possibilities. Our fans have supported us in previous matches, they have given us a lot of strength. We want them to feel proud,” he assured.
“Nothing is impossible, we are still in the race, present and 100%. We have been criticized, but we have to distinguish between the internal and external environment. We want our fans to be proud. It is the message we send them” , completed the DT from Tunisia, Jalel Kadri.
= Probable alignments =
France: Steve Mandanda; Benjamin Pavard, Ibrahima Konate and Raphael Varane; Eduardo Camavinga, Aurélien Tchouaméni and Matteo Guendouzi; Antoine Griezmann, Kingsley Coman, Kylian Mbappe; Marco Thuram. DT: Didier Deschamps.
Tunisia: Aymen Dahmen; Dylan Broon, Yassine Meriah, Montassar Talbi; Mohamed Drager, Ellyes Skhiri, Aissa Laidouni, Ali Abdi; Naim Sliti, Issam Jebali and Youssef Msakni. DT: Jalel Kadri.
Schedule: 12:00 (Argentina time).
TVs: TyC Sports and Directv.
Source: Clarin
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