The French boss spoke with the Tunisian media following Sunday’s 2-0 victory over Ghana in a friendly international.

Lemerre came under heavy criticism from Tunisian media after the Carthage Eagles produced a meek 1-0 win over Libya.

The Tunisian team was without several key-players during the Libya match including: goalkeeper Ali Boumnijel, Hatem Trabelsi and Zied Jaziri.

Tunisia are looking to retain their African title and build up on their qualification to the World Cup finals in Germany later this year.

The African champions head Group C in the Nations Cup, which also includes South Africa, Guinea and Zambia.

Shehata bans media from the Egyptian training camp and forbids national team players from doing interviews and limits visitation