Mondial-2026: Sabri Lamouchi limogé, Hervé Renard nommé coach de la Tunisie
Tunisia's coach Sabri Lamouchi was dismissed on Monday and will be replaced for the remainder of the World Cup by another French coach, Hervé Renard, the president of the Tunisian Football Federation announced on public television.
This decision stems from the Carthage Eagles' rout against Sweden (5-1) on Sunday, during their entry into the competition.
"The president of the Tunisian Football Federation, Moez Nassari, announced that an official agreement had been reached with French coach Hervé Renard for him to take the reins of the national football team until the end of the 2026 World Cup," the Tunisian public channel announced.
"Renard will arrive in Monterrey on Tuesday where he will lead the first training session with the team" based in Mexico during this World Cup, the official media added.
Regarding Sabri Lamouchi, who had been in office since January, "it was mutually agreed to terminate his contract".
The future of the former French international, of Tunisian origin, aged 54, at the head of the national team had become brutally uncertain in recent hours, following the heavy defeat suffered against Sweden.
He is not the first coach in history to be sacked during a World Cup. Henryk Kasperczak, also with Tunisia, was sacked in 1998 after two defeats in the group stage.
The World Cup held in France that year had claimed two other victims: Cha Bum-kun (South Korea) and the Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira (Saudi Arabia).
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