Graham Potter, the Englishman who couldn’t buy a win during his final months at Chelsea, just delivered Sweden its first World Cup victory in eight years.
Sweden opened its 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign on June 14 with a convincing 3-1 win over Tunisia, powered by goals from Yasin Ayari, Alexander Isak, and Viktor Gyokeres. It’s the first time Sweden has tasted World Cup success since the 2018 tournament in Russia.
A dominant display from the opening whistle
Ayari opened the scoring in just the seventh minute. Isak doubled the lead on the half-hour mark, and Gyokeres added a third in the 59th minute to effectively put the game beyond reach. Tunisia pulled one back, but it was little more than a consolation in a match Sweden controlled from start to finish.
The road to getting here was anything but smooth
