Soccer Football – FIFA World Cup 2026 – Group F – Sweden v Tunisia – Estadio Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico – June 15, 2026 Tunisia coach Sabri Lamouchi reacts REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
Soccer Football – FIFA World Cup 2026 – Group F – Sweden v Tunisia – Estadio Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico – June 15, 2026 Tunisia coach Sabri Lamouchi speaks to players during the hydration break REUTERS/Raquel Cunha
MONTERREY, Mexico June 15 (Reuters) – Tunisia coach Sabri Lamouchi said his side had been punished for a string of costly mistakes in Sunday’s 5-1 defeat by Sweden, and warned that such errors could prove fatal for their chances at the World Cup.
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“It’s a difficult loss. It’s painful. Starting the competition with this bad of a loss is indeed difficult,” Lamouchi told the post-match news conference.
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Lamouchi said Tunisia knew the threat posed by Sweden’s forwards but failed to cope with it. “With world-class players that we have in the two Swedish forwards, it’s something that you don’t recover from.”
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He repeatedly pointed to individual errors as the main reason for the heavy defeat. “We made way too many mistakes,” he said.
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Lamouchi said he felt Tunisia had shown signs of improvement after the break before further mistakes derailed their comeback hopes.
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Tunisia will face Japan and the Netherlands in their coming Group F fixtures, and Lamouchi said his team had little choice but to respond. “We have our pride. We need to react. We need to give a better image.”
Reporting by Hatem Maher; Editing by Peter Rutherford
