KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tunisia coach Hervé Renard is open to the possibility of leading the African nation's program beyond the end of the World Cup.
The 57-year-old Frenchman had been watching the tournament from Senegal when Tunisia abruptly fired its coach, Sabri Lamouchi, following a 5-1 loss to Sweden. With the team in chaos, Renard was asked to lead the Eagles of Carthage the rest of the way, beginning with a 4-0 loss to ****** an last week and concluding with Thursday night's game against the Netherlands.
“I’m open to any discussion. I’m ready to, you know, listen to the project,” Renard said Wednesday, “but this is not what I’m here for.”
The losses to Sweden and ****** an mean Tunisia already has been eliminated from the knockout stage. It is the first nation since Greece at the 1994 tournament to lose each of its first two matches by at least four goals.
But even though Renard has only just joined the team, he still feels a sense of pride in competing on the world stage.
The 57-year-old Frenchman had been watching the tournament from Senegal when Tunisia abruptly fired its coach, Sabri Lamouchi, following a 5-1 loss to Sweden. With the team in chaos, Renard was asked to lead the Eagles of Carthage the rest of the way, beginning with a 4-0 loss to ****** an last week and concluding with Thursday night's game against the Netherlands.
“I’m open to any discussion. I’m ready to, you know, listen to the project,” Renard said Wednesday, “but this is not what I’m here for.”
The losses to Sweden and ****** an mean Tunisia already has been eliminated from the knockout stage. It is the first nation since Greece at the 1994 tournament to lose each of its first two matches by at least four goals.
But even though Renard has only just joined the team, he still feels a sense of pride in competing on the world stage.
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