Tunisia Football Federation said on Wednesday that Tunisia has been struck by a COVID-19 breakout in their camp as they might have unavailability of seven players for their last group game against the Gambia on Friday.
Tunisia who earned three points from their first games would try to earn one more point to make sure that they qualify for the last 16. If they don’t qualify in the top two of group F then they will be one of the four best third-placed finishers.
Tunisian Footballer Wahbi Khazri, who had scored twice in their 4-0 triumph against Mauritania on Sunday, leads the list of players who tested covid positive subsequently.
Players like Ghailane Chaalali and Ali Maaloul, who also played well on Sunday are likely to miss out along with replacements Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida, Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane, Aymen Dahmen, and Ali Jemal. But the team also had a boost with players like Dylan Bronn, Mohamed Drager, and Naim Sliti, who are the latest to come back after testing negative and coming out of isolation.
Tunisia will face the Gambia on January 21st starting from 12:30 am. Until now, the points table of Group F is Gambia and Mali leading with four points, following Tunisia with three points and Mauritania with zero points.
