Tunisia initially believed it had secured its place in the playoffs on the 5th day of the qualifiers. However, a month later, Equatorial Guinea faced penalties, with points withdrawn due to fraud in the naturalization of some players. Consequently, Cape Verde was reinstated into the group, setting the stage for a crucial final for Tunisia on September 7 in Radès to secure a spot in the last phase of qualifications.
In preparation for the decisive match against Cape Verde, coach Nabil Maaloul has selected a squad that includes Angers striker Khaled Ayari and Stéphane Houcine Nater from FC Saint-Gall in Switzerland. The encounter between Tunisia and Cape Verde is expected to draw a crowd of 30,000 supporters.
Here is the selected squad:
Goalkeepers:
- MATHLOUTHI Aymen (ESS)
- BEN CHERIFIA Moez (EST)
- BEN MUSTAPHA Farouk (CAB)
- DEKHILI Atef (CA)
Defenders:
- ABDENNOUR Aymen (Toulouse)
- BRIGUI Alaya (ESS)
- CHAMMAM Khalil (EST)
- DERBALI Sameh (EST)
- DHAOUADI Zouhaier (CA)
- FELHI Radhouane (ESS)
- HAGUI Karim (Hanover 96)
- IFA Bilel (CA)
Midfielders:
- ALLAGUI Sami (Herta Berlin)
- BEN HTIRA Anis (Herta Berlin)
- DARRAGI Oussama (EST)
- JOMAA Issam (Kuwait Koweiti)
- NATER Houssine (Saint-Gall)
- KHAZRI Wahbi (SC Bastia)
- MHIRSSI Driss (EST)
- MIKARI Yassine (Lucerne)
- MSAKNI Youssef (Lakhouya)
- MOUALHI Khaled (EST)
- RAGUED Houssine (EST)
- SASSI Ferjani (CSS)
- TRAOUI Mejdi (EST)
