Tunisia has acted quickly to dismiss coach Sabri Lamouchi after a disappointing start to their 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign. 

The country appointed fellow Frenchman Herve Renard as his replacement.

The North Africans were heavily beaten 5-1 by Sweden in their opening Group F match in Monterrey on Sunday. 

Sweden broke the deadlock in the 7th minute through Yasin Ayari, before Alexander Isak made it 2-0 on the half-hour mark.

Omar Rekik pulled one back for Tunisia just before halftime, but it did little to change the flow of the game. In the second half, Viktor Gyokeres restored their two-goal cushion in the 59th minute, before Mattias Svanberg added a fourth in the 84th.

Yasin sealed the rout deep in stoppage time.

Lamouchi, the first coach to lose his job at the tournament, had been appointed in January on a contract running until 2028. 

He paid the price for the poor performance and stepped down with two group-stage games still to play, against Japan on Saturday and the Netherlands on June 25. 

Renard, who has won the Africa Cup of Nations twice, previously managed Saudi Arabia at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and guided them to a stunning victory over eventual champions Argentina in the group stage.