Overview
- Sweden opened their World Cup campaign with a 5-1 win over Tunisia in Monterrey, sealing the result with Yasin Ayari’s stoppage-time second goal.
- Ayari scored twice from distance, with both long-range efforts highlighted as the defining moments of the match.
- Alexander Isak scored and created for Viktor Gyökeres, the pair combining on a second-half goal that restored Sweden’s two-goal cushion.
- Substitute Mattias Svanberg’s late goal stood after a VAR review overturned an initial offside call, with officials ruling a slight flick by Isak put him onside.
- The defeat ended Tunisia’s run of conceding zero goals in qualifying and leaves Sweden top of Group F as they prepare to face the Netherlands, while Tunisia must regroup ahead of their match with Japan.