Sweden beat Tunisia 5-1 in strong start to World Cup

Two goals from Ayari and 1 each from Isak, Gyokeres and Svanberg instrumentality Sweden to the apical of Group F successful Monterrey.

Sweden crushed Tunisia 5-1 to permission the North African nation’s antiaircraft estimation successful tatters and prehend power of World Cup Group F arsenic the Mexican metropolis of Guadalupe hosted its archetypal fixture of the tournament.

Graham Potter’s men took the pb successful the seventh infinitesimal of the crippled connected Sunday, courtesy of midfielder Yasin Ayari’s thunderbolt from extracurricular the box, pursuing a mix-up astatine the back.

The celebrations of Ayari, who is of Moroccan and Tunisian descent, were muted, contempt his good finish.

Sweden doubled their pb connected fractional an hr aft a accelerated interruption freed Alexander Isak connected the left.

The Liverpool guardant raced up and chopped wrong earlier unleashing a shot, which goalkeeper Mouhib Chamakh failed to support out, adjacent though helium got a manus to the ball.

Sweden’s fans observe aft their team’s triumph [Julio Cesar Aguilar/AFP]

Tunisia did not concede a azygous extremity successful qualifying, becoming the archetypal broadside to execute the feat, subsequently matched by Ivory Coast and England.

Sweden threatened to overwhelm their opponents, but the lucifer changed complexion minutes earlier half-time, erstwhile Omar Rekik headed location Hannibal Mejbri’s teasing cross.

However, the Scandinavian federation restored their two-goal cushion successful the 59th infinitesimal aft different antiaircraft calamity for Tunisia.

Midfielder Ellyes Skhiri was caught successful possession connected the borderline of the container by Isak, who fed Viktor Gyokeres, and the Arsenal antheral fired home.

Substitute Mattias Svanberg made it 4-1 precocious connected aft VAR ruled helium was onside.

And determination was inactive clip for different stunning extremity from Ayari from extracurricular the punishment box.

Sweden reached the quarterfinals of the 2018 World Cup successful Russia, but did not suffice for the tourney successful Qatar 4 years later.

Tunisia were the archetypal African squad to triumph a World Cup lucifer erstwhile they bushed Mexico successful 1978, but they person ne'er progressed beyond the radical stages.

(Al Jazeera)