{"id":36384,"date":"2026-06-16T08:23:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T08:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/tunisia-fires-coach-sabri-ramsi-and-appoints-renard-after-world-cup-loss-to-sweden\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T08:23:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T08:23:24","slug":"tunisia-fires-coach-sabri-ramsi-and-appoints-renard-after-world-cup-loss-to-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/tunisia-fires-coach-sabri-ramsi-and-appoints-renard-after-world-cup-loss-to-sweden\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunisia fires coach Sabri Ramsi and appoints Renard after World Cup loss to Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) \u2014 Tunisia fires coach Sabri Lamouchi after he was assaulted. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">5-1 Sweden<\/span> in the first game in <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">world cup<\/span> The Tunisian Football Federation told state news agency TAP in a social media post on Tuesday that it had appointed French coach Herv\u00e9 Renard.<\/p>\n<p>Ramouchi, 54, had only been in charge of the national team since January.<\/p>\n<p>Tunisia&#8217;s heavy defeat on Sunday left the North African nation with the difficult task of reaching the last 32. The team&#8217;s remaining group games will be against Japan on Saturday and the Netherlands on June 25th.<\/p>\n<p>Leonard is an experienced coach who previously won the African Cup of Nations with Zambia and Ivory Coast. He coached Morocco in the 2018 World Cup and Saudi Arabia in 2022. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Remarkable upset victory<\/span> against the eventual champions Argentina and the French women&#8217;s national team. His most recent assignment was another assignment with the Saudi military.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Tunisia has changed managers midway through a World Cup. In 1998, Henryk Kasperchak was sacked after group stage defeats to England and Colombia, which eliminated the team from contention for a place in the knockout stages ahead of the final game against Romania.<\/p>\n<p>Spain won the 2018 World Cup even faster, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Julen Lopetegui sacked<\/span> After he was announced as Real Madrid&#8217;s next manager for next season, two days before the first group game against Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>This will be Tunisia&#8217;s seventh appearance in the World Cup, but they have never made it past the group stage.<\/p>\n<p>Ramsi is a former France national team player and also coached Ivory Coast at the 2014 World Cup. <\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP World Cup coverage: <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/fifa-world-cup<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/world-cup-tunisia-lamouchi-renard-78cf03da816d9094c348008c06b7ed74\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) \u2014 Tunisia fires coach Sabri Lamouchi after he was assaulted. 5-1 Sweden in the first game in world cup The Tunisian Football Federation told state news agency TAP in a social media post on Tuesday that it had appointed French coach Herv\u00e9 Renard. 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