MOSCOW: The third match on day 5 of FIFA World Cup 2018 is between Tunisia and England. Even though Tunisia fear facing England’s ‘most dangerous weapon’ – attacking midfielder Dele Alli, the North Africans will be pushing for an upset in their opening game on Monday, said coach Nabil Maaloul.
Here are the live updates from the match:
10 minute: Corner! GOAL!!!! Captain Kane opens up the scoreline for England. Kane has scored in all his matches for England as a captain.
6 minute: Ben Youssef goes down after he tries to steal the ball from England’s Young.
3 minute: What an effort! England striker makes a great run into the Tunisia box but fails to find support. That could have been a goal for England.
2 minute: Corner for England! Decent start by England as the ball gets cleared by Tunisia defenders. That was close!
Kick-off
Lineups
Tunisia XI: M. Hassen, 12 A. Ma’loul,4 Y. Meriah, S. Ben Youssef, D. Bronn, E. Skhiri, F. Sassi, A. Badri, W. Khazri, Ben Youssef, N. Sliti.
England XI: Pickford; Walker, Stones, Maguire; Trippier, Henderson, Lingard, Alli, Young; Sterling, Kane.
Gareth Southgate’s team has shown improvement since England’s humiliating defeat by Iceland at Euro 2016 and Maaloul believes the team in Russia is even better than the class of 1998, which included David Beckham and Michael Owen.
Tunisia full squad:
Goalkeepers: Aymen al-Mathlouthi (Al Batin/KSA), Mouez Hassen (Chateauroux/FRA), Farouk Ben Mustapha (Al Shabab/KSA)
Defenders: Nagguez Hamdi(Zamalek/EGY), Dylan Bronn (Gent/BEL), Rami Bedoui (Etoile du Sahel), Yohan Benalouane(Leicester/ENG), Syam Ben Youssef (Kasimpasa/TUR), Yassine Meriah (CS Sfaxien), Oussama Haddadi (Dijon/FRA), Ali Maaloul (Al Ahly/EGY)
Midfielders: Ellyes Skhiri (Montpellier/FRA), Mohamed Amine Ben Amore (Al-Ahli/KSA), Ghaylene Chaalali (Esperance), Ferjani Sassi (Al Nassr/KSA), Ahmed Khalil (Club Africain), Saifeddine El Khaoui(Troyes/FRA)
Forwards: Fakheredine Ben Youssef (Al Ettifaq/KSA), Anice Badri (Esperance), Bassem Srarfi (Nice/FRA), Wahbi Khazri (Rennes/FRA), Naim Sliti (Dijon/FRA), Saber Khalifa (Club Africain)
England full squad:
Goalkeepers: Jack Butland (Stoke), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Nick Pope (Burnley)
Defenders: Kyle Walker (Manchester City) John Stones (Manchester City), Harry Maguire (Leicester), Kieran Trippier (Tottenham), Danny Rose (Tottenham), Ashley Young (Manchester United), Phil Jones (Manchester United), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
Midfielders: Eric Dier (Tottenham), Dele Alli (Tottenham), Jesse Lingard (Manchester United), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Crystal Palace), Fabian Delph (Manchester City)
Forwards: Jamie Vardy (Leicester), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) Harry Kane (Tottenham), Danny Welbeck (Arsenal)
Source: Zee News