Roger Lemerre Quotations

We managed to recover. We have good strikers who showed they had the quality to overturn the result.

It is not a personal thing for me, it is a voyage for the Tunisian team and people.

We were a bit scared of the South Africans because they beat us in a friendly at home.

This win allows us to go through to the next round. We did a great effort and we hope to defend the title. This team has discipline and good tactics, and its comparable to top European teams. We are well prepared.

The result is something and changing the starting lineup is something else. Both teams changed the starting lineup. They won, we lost. The difference is they had the self-confidence and we didn't. I congratulate them.

Zambia's early goal shook us up a bit. But the important thing is that Tunisia gave nothing away and just kept on playing their game.

They unsettled us with the opening goal but we did not lose our heads as we continued to play according to our plan and this allowed us to come back and win. This was a great physical battle and the final result did not really tell the true picture of this fight.

In 2004, the ball rolled for us, this time it rolled for Nigeria. That is law of the sport, and that's how we should look at it. We accept our defeat in the spirit of fair play.