News about Montassar Talbi

AFCON is finally here, following months of rumors over which players will be ruled out of club action for up to four weeks. Following the most recent round of play, the continental tournament will take place from January 13 to February 11, with players having to join their national teams. This year's edition of the Ivory Coast will be held in Senegal, with Senegal as the reigning champions after defeating Egypt on penalties in the 2021 tournament (which took place in 2002).

As France takes on Tunisia at the Education City Stadium on Wednesday, November 30, they will be looking to make it three wins out of three. So, with Tunisia's clash with France quickly approaching, Sportsmail takes you through all you need to hear about the Group D game.

They are locked in Group D on zero points on Saturday and know that a victory over their African rivals will give them a chance to progress to the knockout stages. However, the Socceroos will not be able to play. Tunisia demonstrated their mettle in a tense 0-0 draw with dark horses Denmark and will happily go toe with Arnold's physical presence in Al-Wakrah.

After a banana was thrown at Richarlison from the stands during Brazil's international against Tunisia, Tottenham Hotspur have condemned the 'disgusting' racial abuse of the latter. On Tuesday night, the forward was celebrating having put Brazil 2-1 up in the friendly at Parc des Princes, when several objects were thrown at him, one of which was clearly a banana. As Brazil's players celebrated with Richarlison, footage showed Fred, a Manchester United midfielder, kicking the banana away.

After Richarlison had a banana thrown at him from the stands in his country's 5-1 friendly victory over Tunisia in Paris, the Brazil FA promised to combat "racism and bigotry" last night. Several objects were thrown onto the pitch, one of which was obviously a banana, as the Tottenham forward was celebrating having put Brazil 2-1 in front at the Parc des Princes. The Brazil team, five-time world champions, had posed for pictures with an anti-racism banner that read: "Without our black players, we wouldn't have stars on our shirts."

In a friendly on Tuesday, Rampant Brazil defeated 10-man Tunisia 5-1, with Raphinha scoring twice and setting up another goal in their last game before the World Cup. It was another strong performance by the South American giants who defeated Ghana 3-0 on Friday, giving their followers plenty of reasons to be excited about their young team's debut in Qatar, where they will aim for a record-tying sixth world title. In the 11th minute, Raphinha opened the scoring with a spectacular header over goalkeeper Aymen Dahmen. Tunisia equalized seven minutes later with a spectacular header by Montassar Talbi from a free kick.