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Published: 25 September 2022
The upcoming friendly match, which brings together the Tunisian team, enjoys its Brazilian counterpart on Tuesday as part of the preparations for the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
With the widespread interest of the football and media in Tunisia as a measure of their team's readiness for the World Cup, in front of a very strong and enhanced competitor with all their professional stars in Europe as well as the first clash for the Carthage Eagles against the Brazilian Samba stars in nearly half a century, and the second in football history after a sole meeting they gathered in Tunisia in June 1973
Tunisia coach Jalal Al-Qadri stressed the great importance of Brazil's game for the Tunisian ball in general, as it is a non-repetitive encounter, and it will also be an opportunity for the Carthage Eagles to emphasize their merit of being among the top 32 in the world and their willingness to defend their fortunes in the first round of the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
In a statement to the official website of the Tunisian Football Federation, Al-Qadiri said: "It is clear that the face of Brazil on Tuesday takes much of the focus and interest of the players, is a special encounter that is different from all other matches. All the teams aspire to be vigilant against Brazil. We consider it to be a face of great weight and importance.
The Tunisian media, in turn, devoted much of their attention to the event, which comes as the first Test heavyweight of the Tunisian team, less than two months before the start of its participation in the World Cup, after Thursday night's victory over the Comoros with an unanswered goal.
The newspaper Labrice considered "that facing Barzail as the best and most stable team today is an important test. It is essential that players and the coaching staff attach great importance to determining the readiness of the group on the one hand and to register an honourable result in the second confrontation against Samba in the history of the team".
The Tunisian national team will run its final preparatory camp in Saudi Arabia in early November before moving a week later to Qatar for the finals in Group D, which includes France, Denmark and Australia.
For his part, the President of the Tunisian Football Federation and the bold depositary confirmed in statements transmitted by the media in Tunisia that "The barre of Brazil goes beyond being a preparatory encounter to be a historic confrontation in every sense of the word." He added that "the coaching staff and players are well aware that appearing in an honourable face in front of a rival worth a 5-time world champion will enhance their confidence to achieve impressive results in the World Cup."