Tunisia must cut out mistakes after Sweden thrashing, says Lamouchi
- He repeatedly pointed to individual errors as the main reason for the heavy defeat
MONTERREY: 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.
“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.
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.”
He repeatedly pointed to individual errors as the main reason for the heavy defeat.
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“We made way too many mistakes,” he said. Lamouchi said he felt Tunisia had shown signs of improvement after the break before further mistakes derailed their comeback hopes.
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.”
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