Football

Khenissi and Machani in Tunisia's squad for Gabon friendly


Espérance's top scorer Taha Yassine Khenissi handed a call-up to the Carthage Eagles along with teammate Ali Machani. (CHALA © E-S-Tunis.com)
Espérance's top scorer Taha Yassine Khenissi handed a call-up to the Carthage Eagles along with teammate Ali Machani. (CHALA © E-S-Tunis.com)

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Espérance's striker Taha Yassine Khenissi and defender Ali Machani have been handed call-ups for Tunisia's friendly agaist AFCON 2017 hosts Gabon.

Henryk Kasperczak has named the following squad:

Goalkeepers:  

Aymen Mathlouthi (Étoile du Sahel), Farouk Ben Mustapha (Club Africain) and Rami Jridi (CS Sfaxien).

Defenders: 

Slim Ben Jemia (CS Sfaxien), Syam Ben Youssef (SC Caen), Fabien Béchir Camus (FC Troyes), Ammar Jemal (Étoile du Sahel), Slimane Kchok (CA Bizertin), Ali Maâloul (CS Sfaxien), Ali Machani (Espérance de Tunis), Hamza Mathlouthi (CA Bizertin), Yassine Meriah (CS Sfaxien) and Hamdi Nagguez (Étoile du Sahel).

Midfielders:

Wahbi Khazri (FC Bordeaux), Hamza Lahmar (Étoile du Sahel), Youssef Msakni (SC Lekhwiya), Mohamed Ali Moncer (CS Sfaxien), Ferjani Sassi (FC Metz) and Mehdi Ouedherfi (Club Africain).

Attackers:

Yassine Chikhaoui (Al Gharafa), Saber Khelifa (Club Africain), Taha Yassine Khénissi (Espérance de Tunis), Khaled Yahia (AS Marsa).