Tunisian club Etoile Sportive du Sahel’s preparations for their upcoming CAF Champions League fixture are well underway in Sousse, where the team will host Zimbabwe’s Monomotapa, who are set to arrive in the port city on the eve of the contest.

This is a crucial encounter for the North Africans, given that anything less than a victory against the lowest ranked team in the group will likely end their chances of advancing to the semi finals.

According to La Presse, coach Lotfi Rhim will replace the suspended Tunisian international Mohamed Ali Nafkha with Chaker Zouaghi, who will be deployed as the second defensive midfielder alongside Hamdi Mabrouk.

Meanwhile, there are doubts surrounding the participation of Ghanaian forward Sadat Bukhari, who has missed two training sessions due to an unspecified injury.

Rami Ayari, Goal.com