Viktor Gyokeres and Alexander Isak enhanced their claim to be the best attacking pair at the World Cup while Yasin Ayari scored a superb goal as Sweden made a flying start to their World Cup campaign beating Tunisia 5-1.Ayari’s superb strike was followed by a non-celebration as a mark of respect to Tunisia, the country of his father, and Sweden we’re quickly 2-0 ahead when Alexander Isak scored.Tunisia struck shortly before half-time when Omar Rekik headed in to make a game of it but Isak set up Gyokeres for Sweden’s third goal of the game and, after a ball sensor-based VAR review, Mattias Svanberg scored a fourth before Ayari smashed in a fifth.Graham Potter’s side now top group F after Netherlands and Japan drew a World Cup classic 2-2 earlier in the day.Here The Athletic’s Tomás Hill López-Menchero and Jacob Whitehead break down the key talking points.Did Yasin Ayari score the best goal of this World Cup so far?It is truly impossible to strike a ball more sweetly. Yasin Ayari was the star man as Sweden beat Poland in the UEFA to playoffs to secure his side’s place in North America — and continued with that form by scoring a stunner after just seven minutes of their opener.Receiving a ball punched out of Tunisia’s area, the Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder took one touch to knock it into space, before coiling his diminutive frame behind a fierce shot that fizzed and curled into the net.
Sweden beats Tunisia: Did Ayari score the best World Cup 2026 goal so far? Is this soccer’s snicko?
Analysis of Sweden's World Cup win over Tunisia










