Tunisia faces Denmark on Tuesday, November 22 for its first group stage match of the 2022 World Cup. The Carthage Eagles should be supported by a fairly large number of supporters. The Tunisian community numbers approximately 35,000 nationals in Qatar.
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Coming from Tunis, Paris, Amsterdam, or living in Doha, the Tunisian supporters met in Qatar do not beat around the bush. For them, the Eagles of Carthage will feel like home. And Jalel Kadri’s players will be celebrated as they should be, with around 35,000 Tunisian expatriates in Qatar, and those from the African continent and Europe. ” Those who live here have all tried to buy tickets “says Hakim while drinking his coffee, red jersey on his back and impatient to be there.
Take advantage of this sporting gathering
” It’s going to be a big party. Above all, we will try to forget our daily lives. The world is emerging bruised from a Covid pandemic and there is war in Ukraine. We must take advantage of this sporting gathering and put aside the criticisms of Qatar. All the countries of the world have things to reproach themselves for “, claims for his part Abdenour, proud of this first World Cup in an Arab country. Beside him, his friend Fayçal nods and admits: “ We feel a bit like in Tunisia here. We hear Arabic spoken. There are many people from the Maghreb in Doha, especially Moroccans and Algerians. »
Coming from Tunis, Osama is happy, even if he admits that financially: ” It is a sacrifice. He takes advantage of being hosted by a friend there. ” We love our Tunisia team he says simply. One of them who lives in Paris explains that he will spend a little over 2000 euros for ” see Wahbi Khazri and his teammates. ” I promise you that the stands will be all red. We will sing, we will dance, we will make noise “, he advances. This is the sixth participation in the World Cup for Tunisia, eliminated in the first round in 1978, 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2018.
Tunisia is a team that is often difficult to maneuver. In their last warm-up match, the Tunisians beat Iran 2-0. Last June, the Tunisians won the Kirin Cup – a friendly international competition in Japan – dominating Chile and Japan. “ We know there will be many Tunisians in the stadium, and Tunisia is a great footballing nation. It won’t be easy warns Denmark coach Kasper Hjulmand, who does not want to consider Tunisia as the weakest team in the group. ” We are used to playing without our audience “, tempers the player Kasper Schmeichel, goalkeeper of OGC Nice.
” We earned our qualification »
The knockdown inflicted by the Brazil during Tunisia’s preparation match last September in Paris is she remembered (5-1)? The performance of the Carthage Eagles was not very reassuring, and one can doubt their qualities against solid and experienced opponents. However, in Qatar, Denmark and France are on Tunisia’s menu.
The men of Jalel Kadri will therefore have a lot to do to hope to cross, for the first time in their history, the milestone of the group stage of a World Cup. ” Many thanks for the host country. We are proud as an Arab country to see that we are able to organize a World Cup. We want to represent the Arab nation well. We are going to have a lot of Tunisian and African supporters and we hope to be up to it. Our team is experienced. We earned our qualification “says Jalel Kadri at a press conference. ” The fans are always behind us. We are ready to please them “Concludes striker Issam Jebali, who plays in Denmark.