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Tunisia sacked coach Mondher Kebaier on Sunday, a day after the team’s elimination from the Africa Cup of Nations and two months before they competed in World Cup playoffs for a place at the tournament in Qatar. Afcon WorldCup

Sacked Tunisia coach Mondher Kebaier argues with referee Janny Sikazwe after a match.

A Tunisia Football Federation statement said Kebaier would be replaced by his assistant Jalel Kadri, who took his place on the bench for Tunisia’s win over Nigeria in the last-16 when Kebaier was in quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19. They then upset Nigeria, despite Kebaier and many key players being absent after a novel coronavirus outbreak in their camp, only to go down 1-0 to Burkina Faso in the quarter-finals on Saturday.

 

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