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Tunisia head coach Sabri Lamouchi was bracing to be fired on Monday after a lopsided loss of their first World Cup recreation.
Sweden routed Tunisia 5-1 in Sunday evening’s Group F opener in Guadalupe, Mexico, and a number of shops reported Lamouchi would get replaced.
No rapid change was made Sunday evening. By Monday, widespread experiences circulated that Tunisia was planning to carry again Mondher Kebaier as interim head coach. It can be a second stint on the helm for Kebaier, who coached the nationwide facet from 2019 to 2022
‘We have an issue with the coach,’ the Tunisian Football Association instructed ESPN on Monday earlier than reportedly coming into an emergency assembly.
Tunisia are scheduled to face Japan in the identical stadium on Saturday evening earlier than ending group play on June 25 towards the Netherlands in Kansas City.
Lamouchi, 54, was employed in January and was already underneath hearth following a 5-0 loss to Belgium in a pre-tournament pleasant on June 6 in Brussels.
The Frenchman beforehand managed the Ivory Coast squad on the 2014 FIFA World Cup however didn’t advance past the group stage in Brazil.
–Field Level Media