The Blues midfielder has been named in coach Roger Lemere's 20-man squad for the match in France on Wednesday. Tunisia Squad: Ali Boumnijel (Club Africain), Hamdi Kasraoui (Esperance Tunis), Karim Hagui (Strasbour), Amir Haj Massaoud (CS Sfaxien), Arbi Jaber, Wissem Bekri, Kamel Zaïm (Esperance Tunis), David Jemmali (Bordeaux), Mehdi Meriah (Etoile du Sahel), Chaker Zouaghi (Locomotiv Moscou), Tijani Belaïd (Inter Milan), Riadh Bouazizi (Kayseri Erciyesspo), Jawher Mnari (Nuremberg), Mehdi Nafti (Birmingham City), Wissem Yahia (Club Africain), Chaouiki Ben Saada (Bastia), Hamed Namouchi (Glasgow Rangers), Yassin Chikhaoui (Etoile du Sahel), Mohamed Ali Ghariani (Club Africain), Karim Sdiri (FC Tromso).
However, there is no place in the squad for Blues defender Radhi Jaidi who is one of several players that played in this summers World Cup to be left out of the experimental squad.