World Cup: Group G: Tunisia vs. England, 6/18/2018

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Tunisia

Coach: Nabil Maâloul

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Farouk Ben Mustapha	1 July 1989 (aged 28)	15	0	Al-Shabab
2	DF	Syam Ben Youssef	31 March 1989 (aged 29)	41	1	Kasımpaşa
3	DF	Yohan Benalouane	28 March 1987 (aged 31)	3	0	Leicester City
4	DF	Yassine Meriah	2 July 1993 (aged 24)	15	1	CS Sfaxien
5	DF	Oussama Haddadi	28 January 1992 (aged 26)	8	0	Dijon
6	DF	Rami Bedoui	19 January 1990 (aged 28)	8	0	Étoile du Sahel
7	FW	Saîf-Eddine Khaoui	27 April 1995 (aged 23)	4	0	Troyes
8	FW	Fakhreddine Ben Youssef	23 June 1991 (aged 26)	38	5	Al-Ettifaq
9	MF	Anice Badri	18 September 1990 (aged 27)	6	2	Espérance
10	FW	Wahbi Khazri	8 February 1991 (aged 27)	35	12	Rennes
11	DF	Dylan Bronn	19 June 1995 (aged 22)	4	0	Gent
12	DF	Ali Maâloul	1 January 1990 (aged 28)	45	0	Al Ahly
13	MF	Ferjani Sassi	18 March 1992 (aged 26)	38	3	Al-Nassr
14	MF	Mohamed Amine Ben Amor	3 May 1992 (aged 26)	25	1	Al-Ahli
15	FW	Ahmed Khalil	21 December 1994 (aged 23)	3	0	Club Africain
16	GK	Aymen Mathlouthi (captain)	14 September 1984 (aged 33)	69	0	Al-Batin
17	MF	Ellyes Skhiri	10 May 1995 (aged 23)	4	0	Montpellier
18	FW	Bassem Srarfi	25 June 1997 (aged 20)	4	0	Nice
19	FW	Saber Khalifa	14 October 1986 (aged 31)	43	7	Club Africain
20	FW	Ghailene Chaalali	28 February 1994 (aged 24)	6	1	Espérance
21	DF	Hamdi Nagguez	28 October 1992 (aged 25)	15	0	Zamalek
22	GK	Mouez Hassen	5 March 1995 (aged 23)	3	0	Châteauroux
23	FW	Naïm Sliti	27 July 1992 (aged 25)	16	3	Dijon

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England

Coach: Gareth Southgate

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Jordan Pickford	7 March 1994 (aged 24)	3	0	Everton
2	DF	Kyle Walker	28 May 1990 (aged 28)	35	0	Manchester City
3	DF	Danny Rose	2 July 1990 (aged 27)	18	0	Tottenham Hotspur
4	MF	Eric Dier	15 January 1994 (aged 24)	26	3	Tottenham Hotspur
5	DF	John Stones	28 May 1994 (aged 24)	26	0	Manchester City
6	DF	Harry Maguire	5 March 1993 (aged 25)	5	0	Leicester City
7	MF	Jesse Lingard	15 December 1992 (aged 25)	12	1	Manchester United
8	MF	Jordan Henderson	17 June 1990 (aged 27)	39	0	Liverpool
9	FW	Harry Kane (captain)	28 July 1993 (aged 24)	24	13	Tottenham Hotspur
10	FW	Raheem Sterling	8 December 1994 (aged 23)	38	2	Manchester City
11	FW	Jamie Vardy	11 January 1987 (aged 31)	22	7	Leicester City
12	DF	Kieran Trippier	19 September 1990 (aged 27)	7	0	Tottenham Hotspur
13	GK	Jack Butland	10 March 1993 (aged 25)	8	0	Stoke City
14	FW	Danny Welbeck	26 November 1990 (aged 27)	39	16	Arsenal
15	DF	Gary Cahill	19 December 1985 (aged 32)	60	5	Chelsea
16	DF	Phil Jones	21 February 1992 (aged 26)	25	0	Manchester United
17	DF	Fabian Delph	21 November 1989 (aged 28)	11	0	Manchester City
18	DF	Ashley Young	9 July 1985 (aged 32)	34	7	Manchester United
19	FW	Marcus Rashford	31 October 1997 (aged 20)	19	3	Manchester United
20	MF	Dele Alli	11 April 1996 (aged 22)	25	2	Tottenham Hotspur
21	MF	Ruben Loftus-Cheek	23 January 1996 (aged 22)	4	0	Crystal Palace
22	DF	Trent Alexander-Arnold	7 October 1998 (aged 19)	1	0	Liverpool
23	GK	Nick Pope	19 April 1992 (aged 26)	1	0	Burnley

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[Ducks76]

0:0

 

[Suiteness]

While I'm not a fan of English football in the least, there is no better anthem in the world though.

 

[cgf]

Tunisia for the lulz

 

[Moncherry]

While I'm not a fan of English football in the least, there is no better anthem in the world though.

Are you serious? Their anthem is terrible.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

2:0 England.

 

[Cassano]

Are you serious? Their anthem is terrible.

Lol RT

 

[cgf]

Germany has the best anthem

 

[robertmac43]

Feeling worried England in this game tbh....They should dominate possession but will be prone to a counter attack.

I mean every year I feel worried for England, so whats new?

 

[Suiteness]

While I'm not a fan of English football in the least, there is no better anthem in the world though.

Was just watching this again, the passion exhibited by the players and the fans here is incredible (Neville always was a knob wasn't he?). You can bet your bottom dollar there will not be a single english player who will be belting it out the way Southgate, Pearce, Shearer or Adams are doing it here, you'd have to tune in to Rugby to see that nowadays.

Even the atmosphere at Wembley for these football matches is crap nowadays!

 

[Stray Wasp]

I think the English national anthem is abysmal and embarrassing.

No doubt I've mentioned before that I think the national anthem should be The National Anthem by Radiohead.

Few lyrics, the stabbing guitar intro (at least I think I read it was something like three guitars overlaid to give a bass-like sound), swirly electronic bits, driving drums and squally jazz stuff. It'd bewilder the opposition, and as such be worth a goal start to every game.

I've heard rumours that this England team isn't an utter embarrassment. It'll be interesting to see whether that's true. No Wayne Rooney doing his ubermensch-with-his-shoelaces-tied-together act may help. The midfielders haven't scored much hitherto at this level. That'll need to change.

 

[Suiteness]

I think the English national anthem is abysmal and embarrassing.

I'll quote one of the comments beneath the posted video to answer this:

If this doesn't give you goosebumps, you must be German.

 

[Ivan13]

I like that other rendition of God save the Queen much more. And there's plenty of teams and fans who get into it the way the Jolly ol' English did there.

 

[Ducks76]

While I'm not a fan of English football in the least, there is no better anthem in the world though.

But usually you listen this anthem not very often in a tournament. !

 

[cgf]

I'll quote one of the comments beneath the posted video to answer this:

If that doesn't give you goosebumps, you must be German.

That would explain a lot about Stray Wasp & where his wisdom comes from

 

[Stray Wasp]

I'll quote one of the comments beneath the posted video to answer this:

If this doesn't give you goosebumps, you must be German.

On the contrary, it's a song about a bunch of Germans.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

According to leaks England will line up like this:

Pickford

Walker-Stones-Maguire

Henderson
Trippier-----Lingard--Dele-----Young

Sterling
Kane​

 

[Ceremony]

While I'm not a fan of English football in the least, there is no better anthem in the world though.

I've heard rumours that this England team isn't an utter embarrassment. It'll be interesting to see whether that's true. No Wayne Rooney doing his ubermensch-with-his-shoelaces-tied-together act may help. The midfielders haven't scored much hitherto at this level. That'll need to change.

A cursory glance at the OP suggests the highest scorer for England they're taking to the tournament is Danny Welbeck, I wouldn't be too hopeful.

 

[Evilo]

Reports say England's press conference lasted more than an hour. Not once was the word "Tunisia" spoken.
Says a lot.

 

[Tuggy]

2-0 England.

 

[Stray Wasp]

Reports say England's press conference lasted more than an hour. Not once was the word "Tunisia" spoken.
Says a lot.

Of course.

Think of the boost it would give the Tunisians if they thought that the Kings of the World Game had heard of them. Why, they might rally to such an extent they'd lose by less than a ten-goal margin.

 

[robertmac43]

Well look like its that time every four years where I get to be sad about being a Canadian soccer fan with family heritage going back to Scotland and England.....Why am I stuck with this darn team....

 

[N o o d l e s]

I could see a draw. It wouldn’t shock me. But I expect England to win.

 

[Johnnywhite]

I think the English national anthem is abysmal and embarrassing.

No doubt I've mentioned before that I think the national anthem should be The National Anthem by Radiohead.

Few lyrics, the stabbing guitar intro (at least I think I read it was something like three guitars overlaid to give a bass-like sound), swirly electronic bits, driving drums and squally jazz stuff. It'd bewilder the opposition, and as such be worth a goal start to every game.

I've heard rumours that this England team isn't an utter embarrassment. It'll be interesting to see whether that's true. No Wayne Rooney doing his ubermensch-with-his-shoelaces-tied-together act may help. The midfielders haven't scored much hitherto at this level. That'll need to change.

AKA the reason for the mute button.

On the contrary, it's a song about a bunch of Germans.

 

[Pouchkine]

This lousy England team could still use Paul Scholes!