The French boss, however, disclosed his formation for the game and hinted to the identity of his two front-men.

“We’ll use our usual 4-4-2 formation, especially that we have very efficient strikers like Zied Jaziri and Francileudo dos Santos,” Lemerre told a press conference on Saturday.

Lemerre stated that his knowledge of his Zambian opponents is limited to video tapes of games he watched for the team.

When asked about the reason for excluding veteran Khaled Badra from the African Cup squad, Lemerre said that the Esperance defender’s style of play did not suit the Tunisian team.

An insider source told Filgoal.com that Lemerre’s starting XI will consist of: Ali Boumnijel, Hatem Trabelsi, Jose Clayton, Karim Haggui, Radhi Jaidi, Riadh Bouazizi, Adel Chedli, Kais Ghodhbane, Jaohar Mnari, Zied Jaziri and Francileudo dos Santos.

Hamed Namouchi, Haikel Guemamdia, Issam Jomaa have also been tipped to take part in the game.