Viktor Gyokeres has officially arrived on the biggest stage in football. The Swedish striker netted his first-ever World Cup goal, sending fans into a frenzy and, naturally, breaking out his now-iconic mask celebration.
An Al-Nassr fan in the crowd hit the mask celebration right back at him.
The road to this moment was anything but easy
Sweden wasn’t even at the last World Cup. The 2022 tournament in Qatar came and went without the Scandinavian side, a painful absence for a football-proud nation.
On March 26, 2026, Gyokeres scored a hat-trick against Ukraine in the World Cup playoff semi-final, powering Sweden to a 3-1 victory.
