{"id":472854,"date":"2011-08-05T08:46:40","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T08:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/08\/05\/tunisia-wary-of-leone-stars-threat\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T08:46:40","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T08:46:40","slug":"tunisia-wary-of-leone-stars-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/05\/tunisia-wary-of-leone-stars-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunisia Wary of Leone Stars Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>Freetown \u2014 Just five days after the 2014 World Cup qualifying draw was made, the Tunisia national team has tipped their trip to Freetown as the possible crunch match in group B.<\/p>\n<p>The North Africans who are seen as the group&#8217;s favourite believe the trip to Freetown is likely to be the toughest test when they face the Leone Stars in Freetown.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"27.914893617\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/csi\/00160693_7a53c1f41c5fa45c819df4277c856411\/w260x.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"173\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.2010oc.com\">2010 FIFA OC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Crowds at the Nelson Mandela Stadium during the 2010 FIFA World Cup (file photo).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It will be the first time we will travel to Sierra Leone despite we have met just once before in Sousse in 1996. The atmosphere at the National Stadium is always intimidating and the usually sweltering conditions make it tough for any visiting side,&#8221; reads a statement from the Tunisian football authorities.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Tunisians believe Sierra Leone has perennially provided top teams with difficult ties but been unable to build any consistency.<\/p>\n<p>Tunisia might have struggled over the last year in the latest AFCON qualifying campaign, and had their domestic league interrupted by the country&#8217;s political revolution, but they have a strong pedigree in FIFA World Cup qualifiers stretching as far back as 1962, but the team with a new generation being moulded by Sami Trabelsi, the fourth coach in charge of the side since the disappointment of missing out on South Africa 2010.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>See original article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201108050356.html\" title=\"Tunisia Wary of Leone Stars Threat\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tunisia Wary of Leone Stars Threat<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Freetown \u2014 Just five days after the 2014 World Cup qualifying draw was made, the Tunisia national team has tipped their trip to Freetown as the possible crunch match in group B. The North Africans who are seen as the group&#8217;s favourite believe the trip to Freetown is likely to be the toughest test when they face the Leone Stars in Freetown. 2010 FIFA OC Crowds at the Nelson Mandela Stadium during the 2010 FIFA World Cup (file photo). &#8220;It will be the first time we will travel to Sierra Leone despite we have met just once before in Sousse in 1996. The atmosphere at the National Stadium is always intimidating and the usually sweltering conditions make it tough for any visiting side,&#8221; reads a statement from the Tunisian football authorities. However, the Tunisians believe Sierra Leone has perennially provided top teams with difficult ties but been unable to build any consistency. Tunisia might have struggled over the last year in the latest AFCON qualifying campaign, and had their domestic league interrupted by the country&#8217;s political revolution, but they have a strong pedigree in FIFA World Cup qualifiers stretching as far back as 1962, but the team with a new generation being moulded by Sami Trabelsi, the fourth coach in charge of the side since the disappointment of missing out on South Africa 2010. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-472854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tunisia Wary of Leone Stars Threat - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/05\/tunisia-wary-of-leone-stars-threat\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Tunisia Wary of Leone Stars Threat - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Freetown \u2014 Just five days after the 2014 World Cup qualifying draw was made, the Tunisia national team has tipped their trip to Freetown as the possible crunch match in group B. 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Tunisia might have struggled over the last year in the latest AFCON qualifying campaign, and had their domestic league interrupted by the country&#039;s political revolution, but they have a strong pedigree in FIFA World Cup qualifiers stretching as far back as 1962, but the team with a new generation being moulded by Sami Trabelsi, the fourth coach in charge of the side since the disappointment of missing out on South Africa 2010.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/csi\/00160693_7a53c1f41c5fa45c819df4277c856411\/w260x.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/05\/tunisia-wary-of-leone-stars-threat\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/05\/tunisia-wary-of-leone-stars-threat\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Tunisia Wary of Leone Stars Threat\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-08-05T08:46:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/05\/tunisia-wary-of-leone-stars-threat\/\"},\"wordCount\":234,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/05\/tunisia-wary-of-leone-stars-threat\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/csi\/00160693_7a53c1f41c5fa45c819df4277c856411\/w260x.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/05\/tunisia-wary-of-leone-stars-threat\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/05\/tunisia-wary-of-leone-stars-threat\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/05\/tunisia-wary-of-leone-stars-threat\/\",\"name\":\"Tunisia Wary of Leone Stars Threat - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/05\/tunisia-wary-of-leone-stars-threat\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/05\/tunisia-wary-of-leone-stars-threat\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/csi\/00160693_7a53c1f41c5fa45c819df4277c856411\/w260x.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-08-05T08:46:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/05\/tunisia-wary-of-leone-stars-threat\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/05\/tunisia-wary-of-leone-stars-threat\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/csi\/00160693_7a53c1f41c5fa45c819df4277c856411\/w260x.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/csi\/00160693_7a53c1f41c5fa45c819df4277c856411\/w260x.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tunisia Wary of Leone Stars Threat - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/05\/tunisia-wary-of-leone-stars-threat\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Tunisia Wary of Leone Stars Threat - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Freetown \u2014 Just five days after the 2014 World Cup qualifying draw was made, the Tunisia national team has tipped their trip to Freetown as the possible crunch match in group B. 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