Hervé Renard has been appointed Tunisia’s coach on the FIFA World Cup following the sacking of Sabri Lamouchi.
Lamouchi was faraway from his place within the wake of Tunisia’s humiliating 5-1 defeat to Sweden in its World Cup opener in Monterrey.
The 54-year-old had solely been answerable for the nationwide crew since January.
Renard is an skilled coach who has received the Africa Cup of Nations with Zambia and Côte d’Ivoire prior to now.
The Frenchman coached Morocco on the 2018 World Cup and Saudi Arabia in 2022, incomes a notable upset win over eventual winner Argentina, and the French nationwide girls’s crew.
His most up-to-date job was one other stint with Saudi Arabia’s males’s crew.
Sabri Lamouchi was sacked after Tunisia’s 5-1 loss to Sweden. (Getty Photos: Manuel Velasquez)
It isn’t the primary time Tunisia has made a mid-tournament teaching change at a World Cup.
In 1998, Henryk Kasperczak was fired after group-stage losses to England and Colombia, which dominated the crew out of competition for the knockout levels earlier than its closing match towards Romania.
Tunisia is making its seventh look on the World Cup however has by no means superior from the group stage.
Its heavy loss on Monday AEST left the North African nation with a tricky job to succeed in the final 32.
The crew’s remaining group matches are towards Japan on Sunday AEST and the Netherlands on June 26.
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