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- The delegation of the Tunisian national football team received a warm welcome from the Tunisian community residing in the Qatari capital, Doha, upon its arrival today, Monday, at its residence in the Dafna area in central Doha, in preparation for participating in the 2022 World Cup, whose competitions will start in less than a week.
Hundreds of fans of different age groups of both sexes gathered in front of the residence of the Tunisian national team delegation about 3 hours before the arrival of the players, and the fans created a festive atmosphere by launching chants and chants in support of the "Carthage Eagles".
The fans accompanied the team bus since its arrival on the street leading to the residence, all the way to the main door of the hotel, amid cheers with the aim of motivating the players and the technical staff to make every effort to honor Tunisian football in the World Cup, and to present the desired levels to achieve positive participation that leads to a historic achievement and reaching the second round. For the competition for the first time in the history of Tunisian football.
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- Al-Kass channels (@alkasschannel) November 14, 2022
Throughout the reception period, Tunisian ululation came from women among the masses, and flags covered the gatherings in a sporting atmosphere that reflects the community's great passion for their country's national team and its encouragement in the various competitions and tournaments in which it participates in Qatar, similar to what happened in the Arab Cup in December 2021.
A number of the team's players and officials interacted with the fans, exchanged greetings with them, and thanked them for their strong presence and continuous support.
Wadih Al-Jari, President of the Tunisian Federation of #Al-Kass_Channels: We feel that we are in #Tunisia, and we had a great official and popular reception in #Qatar, and we thank everyone @FTF_OFFICIELLE# Eagles_Carthage pic.twitter.com/I1bOM6giWZ
- Al-Kass channels (@alkasschannel) November 14, 2022
"The Tunisian public is a real positive phenomenon in the world.. Today it was distinguished by its presence, encouragement and spontaneity, and we expect great encouragement during the matches. We hope to make them happy and not disappoint them," said Wadih Al-Jari, President of the Tunisian Football Association.
"I hope that the Arab teams will contribute to the success of the Arab World Championship, to be a gateway to other international demonstrations on Arab lands," Al-Jari said in his statement to the Qatari Al-Kass channel.
For his part, coach Jalal Al-Qadri told BN Sports that the national team's preparations in the past few days allowed for raising the readiness of the players who had stayed away from the competition in the previous period, and indicated that the national team would be in the best readiness by the time of the first match.
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The Tunisian team delegation arrived on a private plane from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after the end of its camp in the city of Dammam.
The "Carthage Eagles" will play a final friendly match against Iran the day after tomorrow, Wednesday, in Doha, in order to put the last touches on the preparations of the national team, which will start its tournament against Denmark on November 22, before competing with the Australian national team on the 26th and the French national team on the 30th. from the same month.