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Afcon: Tunisia coach adds nine local players to provisional squad

Tunisia coach Alain Giresse has added nine players from the domestic league to his provisional squad for the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

The French coach had previously named 21 foreign-based players in his squad, but with the conclusion of the domestic season in Tunisia, nine players from the Tunisia Ligue 1 now have a chance to fight for places in the final 23-man squad for the tournament in Egpyt.

The nine players just added to the Tunisia provisional Afcon squad are Firas Chaouat, Nassim Hnid and Aymen Dahmen of Club Sportif Sfaxien as well as Wajdi Kechrida of Etoile du Sahel.