Fahid Ben Khalfallah has accused Australian fans and pundits of rank ignorance, if not outright arrogance, regarding the strength of Australia’s next World Cup opponents.
Former A-League star Fahid Ben Khalfallah has accused Australian fans and pundits of rank ignorance — if not outright arrogance — regarding the strength of Tunisian football, declaring the Socceroos’ next World Cup opponents “just have better players.”
“I’m not going to say it makes me upset, but it makes me laugh. It actually makes me laugh,” he told the“Australia should go there and be more humble. That’s the way I see things. We are so far away from everything, and people sometimes, they just watch the Premier League, the big countries, and that’s it.
Much of the perception is shaped by the lack of notable superstars in Tunisia’s team.
Frighteningly for Australia, their most recognised striker — Montpellier’s Wahbi Khazri — didn’t play, and will be fresh for a clash that, like the Socceroos, Tunisia must win to have any hope of getting out of the group.in a scoreless stalemate as proof of the quality of northern African teams.Fahid Ben Khalfallah won three trophies in his stellar A-League career.“To play in Africa is so hard.
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