Ali Selmi is a football manager from

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. In the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals, he took charge of the

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for their final group match, after original manager

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was fired after two losses and saw the team eliminated from contention. Tunisia played

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to a 1-1 draw in that match. Selmi himself was fired shortly thereafter. He has later coached AS Marsa.

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