Sabri Lamouchi was only appointed as Tunisia head coach in January. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/FIFA/Getty Images
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 under way 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.
The Frenchman previously managed Côte d’Ivoire at the 2014 World Cup but failed to advance beyond the group stage in Brazil.
