1. FC Cologne has to do without Ellyes Skhiri

Tunisia's Chef coach Mother Debater announced the 28 players strong squad on Thursday. The nomination of the midfield player comes anything but surprising, Shirt is one of the unrestricted stars and service providers of the team. In addition to the Cologne, Mohamed Dräger (formerly Freiburg, Paderborn) and Omar Remix (formerly Bertha BSC II) in the squad.

With Tunisia, Shirt meets at the tournament in Cameroon in the preliminary round on January 12 on Mali, then on January 16 on Mauritania and finally on January 20 on the Gambia. Thus, the midfielder will be missing the FC in the Bundesliga at least in the League near Bertha BSC (January 9) against FC Bayern (January 15) and in the DFB Cup against HSV (January 18). Also, use in the league game in Bochum on January 22 is likely to be very unlikely.

Depending on the performance of the Tunisians, which count to the extended favorite circle of the Africa Cup, Shirt could also be for the home game against Freiburg on February 5th. The final of the continental tournament is rising on 6 February in Yaoundé.