Tunisia Sacks Head Coach Sabri Lamouchi After World Cup Defeat
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- Tunisia has dismissed head coach Sabri Lamouchi following a 5-1 loss to Sweden in their opening World Cup match.
- The Tunisian football federation announced the decision on Instagram, with plans to appoint Mondher Kebaier as interim coach.
- Lamouchi, hired in January, was already facing criticism after a 5-0 friendly loss to Belgium.
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Tunisia suffered a significant defeat in their opening World Cup game, leading to the dismissal of their head coach. This follows a prior heavy loss in a pre-tournament friendly.
Tunisia sacked their head coach, Sabri Lamouchi, on Monday after a 5-1 defeat by Sweden in their first World Cup game. The Tunisian football federation announced his dismissal on its Instagram account.
“An agreement has been officially reached to dismiss coach Sabri Lamouchi,” the statement said. “Plans are underway to appoint Mondher Kebaier as the national team coach [on an interim basis].”
Tunisia will face Japan on Saturday in the same stadium in Guadalupe where they lost to Sweden before finishing their group games against the Netherlands in Kansas City.
Lamouchi, 54, was hired in January and was already under fire after a 5-0 defeat by Belgium in a pre-tournament friendly in Brussels.
Offene Fragen
- Who will be the permanent coach?
- What is the team's strategy moving forward?
