Mondial 2026 : le premier discours de Hervé Renard devant les joueurs de la Tunisie
In a video from the Tunisian Football Federation, picked up by L'Équipe, the successor to Sabri Lamouchi, who was dismissed from the Carthage Eagles' bench after the 5-1 defeat against Sweden, urged his players to be strong to face the anger, understandable in his opinion, of their supporters, and, above all, to beat Japan in their next match. "We mustn't miss this opportunity," he told them in a firm tone.
“Now we have to move forward because in football, there’s no time to waste. We have to regroup, I know it’s tough: we arrive with heavy legs, a bit heavier than usual because it gives us a headache. We’ve played, we know what it’s like. But when you’re a professional, you have to know how to bounce back. The ones we have to put on the pitch are those who are the strongest mentally.”
“I watched your match again on the way here, and it wasn't all bad. The score [5-1, defeat against Sweden] doesn't always reflect how the game went. You played in the qualifiers, and you didn't concede a goal. If we had a team that conceded tons of goals every time, we could say, 'We're not good enough…', but that's not the case. So, the problem lies elsewhere. Today, we need to step up. I felt you were… in the duels, a little bit slow… You lacked dynamism.”
"We need to be in the best possible shape for this second match [against Japan, Sunday, June 21]. We need to focus on Japan. Everything else that comes after isn't the issue. The issue is being focused and determined on the Japan match; that's the key. You know, we can't afford to miss this opportunity. You know how these knockout stages are: when there are three matches left, anything is still possible. Plenty of things have happened in football, and suddenly… But that doesn't happen all the time. We need the will to change things, to change our mindset."
"This is the jersey, guys (he taps the Tunisian Football Federation crest at the top of his jersey). People have traveled here. Do you know how much they've spent to come and support you? You've heard this before, I know. We'll repeat it, but it's the truth. You know, if we went back home today, what would happen? You know! Everyone's angry, and rightly so. We can't tell them they're wrong, can we? They can't be wrong. This is the homeland, this is the nation."
“ When you lose that first match by such a large margin – on the scoreline – some people react badly. But you have to face that. You have to be strong to react. We're going there because we're in a World Cup, we have to give it our all… Second match, we'll set things straight. The watchword is we're in this together. I'm not here to do what I want to do, I'm here to do what the team asks us to do.”
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