Tunisia SACK head coach Sabri Lamouchi after opening 5-1 World Cup defeat by Sweden – with Herve Renard appointed

Tunisia have sensationally fired their head coach Sabri Lamouchi after just one World Cup match.

Tunisia were thumped 5-1 by Sweden in their opening Group F tie at the Estadio Monterrey in Guadalupe, Mexico.

Former Morocco and Saudi Arabia manager Herve Renard has been appointed head coach of the side until the end of the tournament.

Lamouchi’s departure means he is the first manager in World Cup history to be sacked after just one game.

The 54-year-old’s dismissal is the is the first time a manager has lost his job after just one World Cup match and it brings to an end his five-month stint in charge of Tunisia.

Speaking after the defeat by Sweden, Lamouchi said the loss was ‘painful’.

‘Starting the competition with this bad of a loss is indeed difficult,’ Lamouchi said.

‘We made too many mistakes, and this is not something that we can do. We are shooting ourselves in the foot, we are hurting ourselves.’

Tunisia face Japan and Netherlands in their remaining Group F fixtures.