FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking:
Tunisia 28th
Team Coach:
Roger Lemerre (TUN coach)
Anything is possible in this group. Two of the favourites will meet in the first match (Spain play Ukraine), while we have a finely balanced match against Saudi Arabia. You could already say that a bleak fate awaits the losers of these ties. The group is very open and will no doubt be decided on the last day. It almost looks like a sprint race where one draw could be fatal. I know Spain very well having met them with France in the 2000 European Championship. We also came up against Ukraine in qualifying for the same tournament, and they have developed a highly committed and rigorous brand of football. Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, are the unknown quantity in the group. We will have to be well prepared but we will have our chances. It is easy to say that your group is the easiest or most difficult, but ultimately everything is decided on the pitch.
Of the four African teams who competed in Korea/Japan in 2002, only Tunisia have made it back to the FIFA World Cup finals four years later.
Match:
16 14-Jun-06 Munich TUN:KSA 18:00
31 19-Jun-06 Stuttgart ESP:TUN 21:00
48 23-Jun-06 Berlin UKR:TUN 16:00
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