Tunisia’s June Friendlies: Big Tests Without Esperance Stars

Tunisia's national team coach Sami Trabelsi's unveiled his squad for the upcoming Jun training camp which features 3 high profile friendlies as part of preparations for upcoming competitions.

Who Will Tunisia Face?

The Eagles of Carthage are scheduled to meet Burkina Faso 2 Jun, Morocco 7 Jun, and Guinea 10 June in challenging trio of friendlies designed to test the squad's depth & cohesion.

No Players from Esperance

Notably the squad doesn't feature any players from Esperance Sportive de Tunis, the newly crowned Tunisian league champions. The club's currently preparing for the fifa Club World cup prompting their exclusion from national duty this window.

Selected Squad Breakdown

• Goalkeepers: Aymen Dahmen, Sami Hilal, Noureddine Farhati, Abdessalem Hallaoui
  
• Defenders: Dylan Bronn, Montassar Talbi, Yan Valery, Alaa Ghram, Marouane Sahraoui, Mahmoud Ghorbel, Amin Cherni, Ali Al-Abdi, Houssem Hassen Romdhane
  
• Midfielders: Ferjani Sassi, Aissa Laidouni, Hannibal Mejbri, Mortadha Ben Ouanes, Firas Ben Larbi, Moez Haj Ali
  
• Forwards: Youssef Snana, Firas Chaouat, Hazem Mastouri, Hamza Khadhraoui, Sayfallah Ltaief, Elias Achouri, Khalil Ayari, Sebastian Tounekti

Esperance Marching Toward Domestic Double

While absent from the national list, Esperance continues to dominate locally. The club booked its ticket to the Tunisian cup Final with commanding 3 - 0 win over US Ben Guerdane on Sunday.

Algerian winger Youcef Belaili opened the scoring in the 11 minute followed by fine finish from Yan Sasse in the 68 and stoppage time goal from Rodrigo Rodrigues, confirmed via VAR.

Esperance will now meet Stade Tunisien in the final scheduled for 1 Jun 2025 at the Hammadi Agrebi Stadium in Rades.

Khaled Hegazy |

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