Tunisia manager Sabri Lamouchi is on the brink of being sacked after their 5-1 shellacking by Sweden, according to reports.
There are also reports of fights in the Tunisian camp immediately after full-time and also back at the team hotel.
Lamouchi, the former boss of Nottingham Forest and Cardiff City, has only been in charge of Tunisia for five games, having been appointed in January.
According to Tunisian radio station Mosaique FM, Tunisian delegation chiefs requested an emergency meeting to discuss Lamouchi’s future.
His assistant, former Sunderland star Wahbi Khazri, could be promoted to replace him.
A witness also told the radio station that a fight broke out between a supporter and Lamouchi’s son, whose role in the set-up is unclear.
In the last hour, journalist Romain Molina has claimed that: ‘It’s the end for Sabri Lamouchi at the helm of the Tunisian national team.’
Quizzed by journalists about his son, Lamouchi said: ‘As a father I’ll answer you first, and it’s also the coach who’ll answer you.
‘I’m sure there are family connections here, but my son plays no part in the selection process.
‘When I say there were five players there, he’s there, he’s working on his thesis, he has no official role, he’s no longer on the pitch. And right now, as we speak, he’s not here; he’s feeling awkward.
‘Do you know where he is? He’s with his grandmother, my mother and my sister, because yesterday was Eid, so my mother came to visit. Are you going to criticise me for having my mother stay at the hotel as well?
‘Let’s be serious and make sure we ask the right questions and do our best to look after our interests, because what’s in your interests: is it to argue about something that’s not worth arguing about, or is it to focus on how Austria will play, how Belgium will play and how we’ll prepare for Sweden?
‘Me, like all of you, I really want us to reach the second round.
‘You think I will answer questions about what is said on social media?’
(The Whistler)
