Sabri Lamouchi believes his tenure as Tunisia coach will end before the team’s second World Cup match. After a 5‑1 demolition by Sweden in the opener, sources told ESPN the Tunisian FA is poised to dismiss him, noting only “a problem with the coach.” The loss leaves the Carthage Eagles bottom of Group D with three points and fixtures against Japan and the Netherlands looming.

Swedish goals stemmed from glaring errors: goalkeeper Mouhib Chamakh mishandled two chances, and Ellyes Skhiri’s lapse enabled Viktor Gyökeres to score. Lamouchi’s choice to drop seasoned pair Ferjani Sassi and Yassine Meriah after a disappointing Africa Cup campaign drew fire, while his son’s unauthorized presence in camp sparked further unrest. Full‑back Yan Valery’s visible protest on the bench underscored a fracturing squad.

Facing Japan and the Netherlands, Tunisia must overturn a three‑point deficit or exit early. Lamouchi, hired in January, already survived a 5‑0 friendly loss to Belgium and now grapples with a bruising group‑stage. A dismissal would give him a third World Cup disappointment, after being cut from France’s 1998 squad and overseeing Ivory Coast’s group‑stage exit in Brazil 2014.