"Tunisia manager Sabri Lamouchi has left midfielder Ferjani Sassi - who has 101 caps - out of the country's squad for the World Cup. Sassi, 34, has been omitted along with defender Yassine Meriah, who has made 95 appearances for Tunisia. Former Cardiff City and Nottingham Forest boss Lamouchi, who took over as Tunisia boss in January, left both players out of his squad for two friendlies against Haiti and Canada in his first two games in charge earlier this year."
"Midfielder Rani Khedira, whose brother Sami Khedira won the 2014 World Cup with Germany, has been included after switching nationality in March. Burnley's Hannibal Mejbri and fellow midfielder Anis Ben Slimane, who is at Norwich City, are in Lamouchi's 26-man squad for the tournament. Promising Paris St-Germain forward Khalil Ayari, 21, has yet to make the first-team squad for the French club but has been called up."
"Tunisia play Sweden on 15 June in their opening game of the 2026 World Cup, which will take place in Canada, Mexico and the United States. They will then face Japan and the Netherlands in their other Group F games. Goalkeepers: Sabri Ben Hessen (Etoile Sahel), Abdelmouhib Chamakh (Club Africain), Aymen Dahman (CS Sfaxien) Defenders: Ali Abdi (Nice), Adem Arous (Kasimpasa), Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida (Esperance), Dylan Bronn (Servette Geneva), Raed Chikhaoui (US Monastir), Moutaz Neffati (Norrkoping), Omar Rekik (NK Maribor), Montassar Talbi (Lorient), Yan Valery (Young Boys Berne)"
Tunisia manager Sabri Lamouchi left midfielder Ferjani Sassi and defender Yassine Meriah out of the country’s 2026 World Cup squad. Sassi had 101 caps and Meriah had 95 appearances. Lamouchi had also omitted both players from Tunisia’s squad for two early friendlies against Haiti and Canada. Midfielder Rani Khedira was included after switching nationality in March. Hannibal Mejbri of Burnley and Anis Ben Slimane of Norwich City were selected among the midfielders. Khalil Ayari, a promising Paris St-Germain forward, received a call-up despite not yet making the first-team squad. Tunisia open against Sweden on 15 June, then play Japan and the Netherlands in Group F.
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