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Played
December 11, 2011 2:00 AM EST
Toyota Stadium — Toyota
Referee: E. Osses
Attendance: 21251
December 11, 2011 2:00 AM EST
Toyota Stadium — Toyota
Referee: E. Osses
Attendance: 21251
Club World Cup quarterfinal preview: Esperance v Al Sadd
The African and Asian champions go head to head in Japan on Sunday for a right to claim a place in the semifinal against tournament favorite Barcelona
By Ben Somerford
Getty
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ESPERANCE
 Ben Cherifia Afful, Hichri, Banana, Chammam Traoui, Korbi Msakni, Darragi, Bouazzi Ndjeng |
AL SADD
 Mohamed Saqr Nabeel, Koni, Lee JS, Belhadj Alyazidi, Rizik, Al-Bloushi Keita, Niang, Khalfan |
Al Sadd only arrived in Japan in midweek and coach Jorge Fossati has admitted that it is not the ideal preparation for the clash. Senegalese striker Mamadou Niang is a doubt for the clash with an infection, however, most of the Al Sadd squad is available, with AFC Champions League final man-of-the-match Abdul Kader Keita revealing that he cannot wait to take to the field in Toyota.
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DID YOU KNOW? |
- In Esperance's successful CAF Champions League campaign, it went unbeaten in the competition proper and didn't concede one goal at home.
- Esperance has been Tunisian champions a record 24 times.
- The Tunisian club's captain is Oussama Darragi, who is only 24 years old and has played his whole professional career with the Taraji.
- Al Sadd is the first Qatari team, club or country, to compete in a major senior international FIFA tournament.
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The Qatari club was also Asian champion way back in 1989, the only club from its nation to have achieved this.
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Al Sadd lost both legs of its 2011 AFC Champions League quarterfinal to Sepahan but qualified after the Iranians were handed a 3-0 first-leg defeat for fielding an ineligible player.
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Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Espérance sportive de Tunis 2-1 Al Sadd
- 15.95 %
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Espérance sportive de Tunis 1-0 Al Sadd
- 13.5 %
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Espérance sportive de Tunis 2-0 Al Sadd
- 11.04 %
| World Club Championship (Worl) | Dec 11, 2011 | Espérance sportive de Tunis 1 - Al Sadd 2 |
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Espérance sportive de Tunis
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| May 27, 2012 | Espérance sportive de Tunis 0 - CA Bizertin 1 | TUN1 |
| May 23, 2012 | CS Sfaxien 2 - Espérance sportive de Tunis 1 | TUN1 |
| May 20, 2012 | Espérance sportive de Tunis 0 - ES Béni-Khalled 0 | TUN1 |
| May 17, 2012 | ES Zarzis 2 - Espérance sportive de Tunis 2 | TUN1 |
| May 13, 2012 | Dynamos FC 1 - Espérance sportive de Tunis 1 | CAFL |
Al Sadd
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| May 12, 2012 | Al Gharafa 0 - Al Sadd 0 | QPC |
| May 8, 2012 | Al Sadd 3 - Al Jaish 0 | QPC |
| May 5, 2012 | AlWakra 0 - Al Sadd 2 | QPC |
| Apr 26, 2012 | Al-Rayyan 1 - Al Sadd 1 | QCPC |
| Apr 21, 2012 | Lekhwiya 2 - Al Sadd 4 | QCPC |
| - | Moez Bin Sharifa | Goalkeeper |
| 4 | Banana Yaya | Defender |
| - | Drissa Coulibaly | Defender |
| 12 | Khalil Chemmam | Defender |
| 29 | Walid Hicheri | Defender |
| 18 | Wajdi Bouazzi | Midfielder |
| - | Khaled Mouelhi | Midfielder |
| 26 | Mejdi Traoui | Midfielder |
| 10 | Ossama Darragi | Midfielder |
| - | YANNIK NDJEUNK | Striker |
| 28 | Youssef Msakni | Striker |
| - | Arbi Mejri | Goalkeeper |
| 1 | Wassim Naouara | Goalkeeper |
| 15 | Aymen Ben Amor | Defender |
| - | Samah Derbali | Defender |
| 20 | Mohamed Ben Mansour | Defender |
| 24 | Harrison Afful | Defender |
| - | Zine El Abidine | Striker |
| - | Idriss Mhirsi | Midfielder |
| 23 | Khaled Korbi | Midfielder |
| - | Safwen Ben Salem | Midfielder |
| 7 | Khaled Ayari | Striker |
| - | Taha Yassine Khenissi | Striker |
| 1 | Mohamed Saqr Ahmed | Goalkeeper |
| 3 | Nadir Belhadj | Defender |
| 14 | Jung-Soo Lee | Defender |
| - | Mohammed Kasola | Defender |
| - | Ibrahim Majid | Defender |
| - | Abdulla Koni | Defender |
| - | Wesam Rizik Abdulmajid | Midfielder |
| 11 | Kader Keita | Striker |
| 10 | Khalfan Al-Khalfan | Striker |
| - | Talal Al Bloushi | Midfielder |
| - | Mamadou Niang | Striker |
| - | saad abdullah alsheeb | Goalkeeper |
| - | Muhannad Naim | Goalkeeper |
| - | Abdelkarim Hassan Fadlalla | Defender |
| - | Mesaad Ali Al Hamad | Defender |
| - | Tahir Zakariya | Defender |
| - | Nasser Nabeel Salem | Defender |
| - | Mohammed Abdulrabb Al-yazeedi | Midfielder |
| - | Yousef Ahmad | Striker |
| - | Hassan Khalid | Striker |
| - | Magid Mohammed | Striker |
| - | Ali Afef | Striker |
| - | Leandro | Striker |