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Tunisia employed former Morocco and Saudi Arabia World Cup supervisor Herve Renard to interchange Sabri Lamouchi, who was fired after a 5-1 defeat to Sweden in Sunday’s World Cup opener.
Lamouchi was appointed in January. He oversaw just one victory in 5 matches, a 1-0 pleasant win over Haiti, and his group scored solely twice in his temporary tenure.
Renard, 57, may have 5 days to arrange for Tunisia’s second Group F conflict on Sunday in Guadalupe, Mexico, in opposition to a Japan aspect that tied the Netherlands 2-2 of their opener.
Renard managed Saudi Arabia to a shock 2-1 victory over eventual champions Argentina on the 2022 World Cup. But ensuing losses to Poland and Mexico prevented the Saudis from advancing to the spherical of 16.
Four years earlier, the Frenchman guided a Morocco aspect that didn’t advance from the group stage.
Renard’s greatest successes have are available continental tournaments, steering Zambia to their solely African Cup of Nations crown in 2012 and Ivory Coast to their second of three in 2015.
Most not too long ago, Renard coached the French ladies’s nationwide group to the 2023 World Cup quarterfinals, the place they misplaced to Australia on penalties, and had a second stint main Saudi Arabia, who he led to qualifying for this World Cup earlier than he was fired in April.
Tunisia are trying to advance from their group for the primary time of their seventh World Cup look. With the expanded 48-team discipline in 2026, the highest eight third-place group finishers will be a part of these ending first and second in a 32-team knockout section that begins on June 28.
–Ian Nicholas Quillen, Field Level Media