Soccer Football - World Cup - Group G - Belgium vs Tunisia - Spartak Stadium, Moscow, Russia - June 23, 2018 Tunisia coach Nabil Maaloul gives instructions to Ali Maaloul and Hamdi Nagguez REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Tunisia coach Nabil Maaloul apologised to his team's fans after their 5-2 World Cup defeat to Belgium on Saturday and said Arab teams have a long way to go before they can compete at the highest level.
Tunisia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Egypt have lost all eight of their matches between them at the World Cup and the latter three have already been eliminated. Tunisia, meanwhile, have only a remote mathematical chance of progressing.
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