00:00Tunisia's head coach Sami Tribelsi has been busy.
00:04He's led his team to a second-place finish in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations Group C
00:09and qualified for Round 16.
00:12But he's still found time to make friends and remind fans
00:16that football is about more than what happens on the pitch.
00:21It began with an invitation to lunch.
00:24After a pre-match briefing at Rabat's main media centre,
00:27a security guard invited Tribelsi to join his crew for a meal.
00:33The coach refused but was touched by the gesture and didn't forget.
00:37A few days later, he returned with a gift for the man in uniform,
00:42a Carthage Eagles jersey bearing the number five.
00:48In the end, what remains in life is not the matches, they're forgotten,
00:53but the love and appreciation of the people.
00:55What we experienced in Morocco was exceptional.
01:00They made us feel not as if we were in a second country, but our first.
01:05It was real love and encouragement, and I thank them from my heart.
01:11Because what comes from the heart reaches people directly,
01:15while anything artificial has little impact.
01:18The number five shirt used to belong to a legendary player
01:24who helped deliver Tunisia's first African title before dying, age just 24.
01:31This is the jersey of Ben Ramadan,
01:34but the number five belongs to the greatest player ever to represent Tunisia,
01:39Hedi Berkisa.
01:39It holds a symbolic place in the hearts of all Tunisians.
01:44Morocco and Tunisia will go back to being rivals on the pitch,
01:48but for a moment they were united in their love of the game.
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