Tunisia replace coach Lamouchi with Renard after World Cup thrashing by Sweden

[p]Lamouchi, the first coaching casualty of the tournament, ‌was appointed in January on a contract until ‌2028. He leaves the post with matches to come ‌against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/japan-ULXPdOUj/tunisia-QqZVYk95/?mid=SzGJdIdt"]Japan on Saturday[/a] and the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/netherlands/WYintcWb/"]Netherlands[/a] on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/netherlands-WYintcWb/tunisia-QqZVYk95/?mid=0lERfdRh"]June 25[/a].[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tunisia/QqZVYk95/"]Tunisia[/a] won just one of their five games under ‌Lamouchi, beating Haiti 1-0 in March, ⁠while losing 1-0 to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/austria/naHiWdnt/"]‌Austria[/a] and being thrashed 5-0 by Belgium in a ​pair of World Cup warm-up matches this month.[/p][p]In a statement on social media on Tuesday, ​the TFT said Renard would take charge until the end of Tunisia's World Cup campaign.[/p][p][b]"The agreement ⁠also stipulates that ​negotiations will be opened after the World Cup campaign to consider a long-term partnership based on specific sporting objectives,"[/b] it added.[/p][embed guid="2bb99729-5bf6-4753-a6c6-c217a0fa3b80" url="https://x.com/NoussourTN/status/2066775692365246804" social-type="twitter" /][p]The country's state-owned broadcaster Television Tunisienne ‌reported that Renard would arrive in Monterrey later on Tuesday to link up with the squad.[/p][p][b]Renard, twice an Africa Cup of Nations winner, coached Saudi Arabia at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and led them to a famous victory over eventual champions Argentina in the group stage.[/b][/p][p]He left to coach the French women's team at the ‌World Cup in 2023 and the Paris Olympics, ​before returning to Saudi Arabia and helping the ‌men's side qualify for a third successive World Cup.[/p][p]He was then replaced by Georgios Donis in the build-up to the tournament.[/p][infobox id="4ccc1b10-d68f-4c97-bcf4-5e613c17c2e3" /]