The Tunisian Cup enters its decisive phase. This weekend, the quarter-finals promise a summary of passion, historical rivalries and suspense. Because here, we are not talking about a simple trophy, but of the dean of Tunisian competitions, born in 1922, a true mirror of the soul of national football.
The Tunisia Cup. It’s not just a competition. It is a popular vigil that crosses generations. And once again, she promises the best she knows how to offer: suspense, flower passions and stories ready to write in capital letters.
Dame Cup offers duels with the appearance of classics. Between US Ben Guerdane and Egs Gafsa, it is a poster of the deep south, where rivalry is less historic than geographic, but never devoid of intensity. No cabinets full of trophies here, but a thirst to exist. This match smells of struggle, commitment, and raw and visceral football.
Between the Hope of Tunis and that of Zarzis, on paper, there is no photo. Hope, 15 times titled, plays at home, with its XXL bench and its intact appetite. But the cut does not respect the prize list. Zarzis knows this: in 2005, the southern club raised the trophy after a heroic course and a memorable victory in the final against this same Hope of Tunis. Can it reoffend? In Radès, the story will be against him – but who knows … because history loves reversal.
The Monastirian US faces the African club – two clubs with a contrasting past, but with the common ambition. The CA, 13 cups, knows these meetings. He also fears them, because the pressure is always on his shoulders. Monastir, who had broken the curse in 2020, dreams of a second act. The duel promises to be tactical, committed, and played on details.
Star of the Sahel – Tunisian stadium: it is the historic summit of these quarters. Two national football giants. The star has 10 trophies, stadium 7. But beyond the figures, these two clubs embody the plume, the culture of the game and a fierce loyalty to their identities. This match, which feels nostalgia, could be a final before the time.
Since 1922, the Tunisia Cup has been the mirror of our football: unpredictable, bubbling, popular. She crowned the greatest – Hope, African Club, Star, Sfaxian CS – but also offered dreams awakened to outsiders like AS Marsa, ES Zarzis or more recently US Monastir or O. Béja.
She does not always reward the strongest. But almost always, the most determined. The Tunisia Cup is more than a title: it is a legendary accelerator, a reminder that the big stories are forged so far from the championship.
What makes this competition unique is that it never lies on emotions. In the cut, we don’t cheat. There is sweat, tension, shots with a bitter taste or euphoric. There are entire cities that hold their breath.
Statistics can say one thing, history recalls another. Favorites can trip. Outsiders can dream. But, everything will be suspended from the frapered strikes, the raging tackles and the cries of the stands. Because in cutting, every minute counts. Each match is a potential final. Each player can become a one -night hero.
So that history continues. And that the cup remains what it is: the theater of the unexpected, the ultimate bastion of romanticism in Tunisian football. That’s why we like this cut. Because it belongs to everyone.
Dating and retransmissions program
Saturday, May 17
2:30 p.m.: US Ben Guerdane – EGS Gafsa (referee: Amir Loucif / Var: Khaled Gouider) – Watania 2
Sunday May 18
2:30 p.m.: Es Tunis – Es Zarzis (Referee: Walid Mansri / Var: Mehrez Melki) – Watania 2
2:30 p.m.: US Monastirian – African club (referee: Nidhal ben Ltaief / Var: Amir Ayadi) – Watania 1 and Al Kass 3
5:00 p.m.: ES Sahel – Tunisian stadium (referee: Haythem Trabelsi / Var: Oussema ben Ishak) – Watania 2 and Al Kass 3
