Ahead of the 2026 World Cup…the Tunisian coach has caused controversy within the national team’s camp.

The team started Eagles of Carthage Last week, in the coastal city of Tabarka (in the north-west), his preparation camp took place before he began his seventh participation in the finals. World CupIn front of the 26 players selected by coach Sabri Lamouchi to participate in the tournament.

Tunisian films have caused a major crisis among… Team camp After publishing pictures of the son of teacher Sabri Lamouchi in the stadium Exercises Their stay was granted, prompting a violent outcry and fierce criticism from the coach and Football Association officials. TunisiaMany observers felt that the presence of the coach’s son in the house and during the training sessions of the players could distract their attention and increase several interpretations related to the depth of preparation.

The constant debate is the government’s response

The appearance of Yannis Lamouchi, a young man of twenty, the son of the coach Sabri Lamouchi, in the training ground and during the photo shoot of the Tunisian national team, caused anger, while many activists felt that the technical staff had lost their interest in the preparation of the National Committee, since no coach had taken him to his camp.

Wissam Latif, who is a member of the Tunisian Football Federation, responded to the chaos that existed due to the presence of the son of coach Lamouchi, saying that the child had already asked for his son to be present at the camp of the first team throughout the preparation and participation in the final, but the Football Association decided, after consultation with the technical staff, to reject the request.

Al-Latif said in the camp of the Carthage Eagles team: “This issue has reached another level and we want to focus on the success of the preparation period. The coach asked for his son to stay with him at the end of the season with a promise to pay his travel expenses and stay in the players’ house, but the matter was not accepted after negotiations.

Instead, Sabri Lamouchi expressed his anger on Thursday evening while answering questions from journalists at the Carthage Eagles camp in Tabarka, saying that some media have turned his son’s presence in the camp into a big problem.

He said to Lamouchi: “I want to speak as a father and a coach at the same time. What bothered you about the presence of my son in the home of the national team? Did he do anyone wrong? I wanted him to be by my side at the most important time in my life and his life, but the media, instead of raising serious issues such as our chance to reach the second team of my son. Unfortunately he was sad because the problem you raised was useless.”

Ali Al-Abedi problems

In addition to the chaos that happened with the son of the coach, Sabri Lamouchi, the defender Ali Al-Abidi caused another problem in the preparation of his country for the World Cup, when he entered the camp of the Eagles on Thursday without the permission of his French team, Nice, which yesterday, Friday, played a winning game in the playoff to avoid falling to the second division in France.

Al-Abdi (32 years old) arrived at the headquarters of the Carthage Eagles camp despite the resistance of the authorities of Nice, who later issued a statement in which he said that the player faced difficulties between what he did in the world and his country and his duty to his team.

The French club said it had contacted the Tunisian Football Federation to request Al-Abdi’s suspension from training camp after playing a crucial match against Saint-Etienne in the playoff to avoid relegation, but it was not agreed with the Tunisian side.

But the club revealed in the same statement that Al-Abdi decided to respond to Nice’s request and quickly returned to France to play the dangerous game, adding that “the complexity of the FIFA system is what caused the problem. However, the player insisted on attending the first playoff game and is determined to play in the second leg on Friday.”

Panic before the World Cup

The problems that have disrupted the preparation of the Tunisian national team have raised fears in the sports world about the inability to get good results in the 2026 World Cup, but the coach Sabri Lamouchi emphasized the commitment of his team to defend their chances of participating in the prestigious competition despite the difficulties of the task facing the big teams led by the Netherlands.

Lamouchi said in a statement to Sky News Arabia: “We will enter the competition with a very fighting spirit and great discipline. If we did not have a clear goal, which is to qualify for the second stage, then why should we walk in first place? Our chances are there and we will defend them strongly.”

Lamouchi asked the Tunisian fans to continue to support the team, and acknowledged that there is a real desire in the team, whether from the players or the professionals, to achieve impressive results and raise the national flag, as he explained.

The Tunisian national team will play two friendly matches in preparation for the World Cup, the first against Austria next June, and the second against Belgium on the sixth of the same month, before the World Cup begins.

Tunisia will play the first round in Group 6, which includes the Netherlands, Sweden and Japan, in its seventh round of the finals, and third in a row. The Carthage Eagles will begin their journey in the tournament on June 15 against the Swedish team.

In their previous six meetings, the Carthage Eagles had never made it past the first round of the World Cup.