The Tunisia national football team lost 4-0 to Japan in the FIFA World Cup 2026, Ali Abdi, the team's defender and player for Nice, was overcome with emotion after the defeat. Abdi told beIN Sports: I apologize to the fans, what is happening to us is incomprehensible. He added that the Tunisian team went to the World Cup with an unprepared team and criticized the Tunisian Football Federation for its technical choices. Abdi noted that the Japanese team kept the same core that played in the 2022 World Cup, while the Tunisian team replaced coach Hervé Renard after the dismissal of Sabri Lamouchi. He emphasized that building a competitive team requires time and stability, not changing coaches and players every time.