Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleSweden coach Graham Potter celebrates with Gabriel Gudmundsson (Reuters)Sweden, managed by Graham Potter, commenced their World Cup campaign with a commanding 5-1 victory over Tunisia at Estadio Monterrey. Yasin Ayari scored twice, with Mattias Svanberg, Alexander Isak, and Viktor Gyokeres also finding the net for Sweden. During the post-match celebrations, manager Graham Potter was seen bleeding from his right ear, which he jokingly suggested was due to being “scratched or bit”. This impressive performance marks a significant turnaround for Sweden, who had a dismal qualifying campaign before Potter's appointment. Sweden is placed in a challenging Group F and is set to face the Netherlands, one of the tournament favourites, in their next match. In full‘Someone scratched me, or bit me’: Graham Potter reacts to bizarre injury in Sweden’s World Cup celebrationsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Graham Potter speculates over his bizarre World Cup ear injury
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleSweden coach Graham Potter celebrates with Gabriel Gudmundsson (Reuters)Sweden, managed by Graham Potter, commenced their World Cup campaign with a commanding 5-1 victory over Tunisia at Estadio Monterrey. Yasin Ayari scored twice, with Mattias Svanberg, Alexander Isak, and Viktor Gyokeres also finding the net for Sweden. During the post-match celebrations, manager Graham Potter was seen bleeding from his right ear, which he jokingly suggested was due to being “scratched or bit”. This impressive performance marks a significant turnaround for Sweden, who had a dismal qualifying campaign before Potter's appointment. Sweden is placed in a challenging Group F and is set to face the Netherlands, one of the tournament favourites, in their next match. In full‘Someone scratched me, or bit me’: Graham Potter reacts to bizarre injury in Sweden’s World Cup celebrationsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
