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Fired during a World Cup! Tunisia coach joins excl...
Key takeaways
- Tunisia boss Sabri Lamouchi was dismissed after his side suffered a woeful 5-1 defeat to Sweden in the Group F opener and Herve Renard has stepped in to fill the void.
- It means Lamouchi, who was appointed in January, spent just five games in charge of Tunisia (of which he lost three times).
- While that may seem eye-opening, a head coach being dismissed during a World Cup is not a totally novel occurrence -- at the 1998 World Cup, it happened three times!
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Tunisia boss Sabri Lamouchi was dismissed after his side suffered a woeful 5-1 defeat to Sweden in the Group F opener and Herve Renard has stepped in to fill the void.
It means Lamouchi, who was appointed in January, spent just five games in charge of Tunisia (of which he lost three times).
While that may seem eye-opening, a head coach being dismissed during a World Cup is not a totally novel occurrence -- at the 1998 World Cup, it happened three times!
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