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Tunisia coach Sami Trabelsi has been sacked a day after the team’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) <\/b>last-16 defeat by Mali.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n The 2004 champions were playing against 10 men for more than 90 minutes of a match that went to extra time in Casablanca, after Mali’s Woyo Coulibaly was sent off early on.<\/p>\n Tunisia, who have qualified for the 2026 World Cup, went ahead in the 88th minute, only to concede a penalty in the sixth minute of added time and spurn a lead in the shootout that followed.<\/p>\n The Tunisian Football Federation said in a statement on social media that it had “decided to terminate the contractual relationship by mutual consent” with the national team technical staff.<\/p>\n Trabelsi, 57, took charge of the Carthage Eagles last February for a second time, having resigned after almost two years at the helm in 2013<\/a> after Tunisia were knocked out in the Afcon group stage.<\/p>\n The North Africans finished second in Group C in Morocco at the latest edition of Afcon, beating Uganda 3-1<\/a> in their opener before losing 3-2 to Nigeria<\/a> and drawing 1-1 with Tanzania.<\/a><\/p>\n Trabelsi had said their exit against Mali caused “great disappointment and pain” and it was “certain” he bore responsibility for the result as coach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n