Sweden 5-1 Tunisia: Isak, Gyökeres and Ayeni spearheaded a total demolition of their rival

 Isak 1 goal & 2 assists, Gyokeres 1 goal & 1 assist, and Yasin Ayari's 2 goals, Sweden has had an impeccable opener for their World Cup journey.

Match Events:

8' GOAL! That was a very good finish from the 22 year old Brighton midfielder. And good for the spectacle you’d expect, forcing Tunisia to relinquish thoughts of a scoreless draw.

10' Both teams are trying to stamp their mark in midfield, exchanging free-kicks around halfway. The Argentinian referee is keeping his cards in his pocket for the time being.

12' Sweden do a good job of taking the sting out of the game, recycling play from right to left, using their back three to shift the direction of their attacks. The two split strikers have both been instructed to retain possession where possible.

13' Good save from Nordfelt after Saad broke through the middle and fed Ben Slimane on his left shoulder. The finish was too close to the Swedish keeper – and wouldn’t have counted anyway because he had needlessly drifted offside.

30' GOAL! Sweden 2-0 Tunisia (Isak, 30), Brilliant from Alexander Isak. Sweden double their lead.

32' Lindelof heads the first corner of the night over the bar. That was a familiar chaotic penalty area scene with the referee struggling to establish who was holding or blocking in the build-up.

43' GOAL!  Sweden 2-1 Tunisia (Rekik, 43), Out of nowhere, Tunisia are back in this with a glancing header.

Half-time: Sweden 2-1 Tunisia

60'  GOAL! Sweden 3-1 Tunisia (Gyokeres, 60), Calamity at the back for Tunisia and Isak hands one on a plate for Gyokeres.

86'  GOAL! Sweden 4-1 Tunisia (Svanberg, 86), Sweden are now protesting that the goal should stand because Svanberg returned to an onside position after an Isak flick sent the incident into a second phase of play. VAR takes its time. The referee struggles to hear what’s happening. Eventually he communicates the news but Sweden don’t understand it initially and there’s a comical delay before Svanberg can celebrate.

90'+6'  GOAL! Sweden 5-1 Tunisia (Ayari, 90+6), Ayari has two, and they’re both belters.

Full-Time: Sweden 5-1 Tunisia

Line-ups

Sweden XI: K. Nordfeldt, Lindelof, Jesper Karlström, Viktor Gyökeres, Isak, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Isak Hien, Gustaf Lagerbielke, Benjamin Nygren, Alexander Bernhardsson, Yasin Ayari

Subs: Ken Sema, Carl Starfelt, Eric Smith, Viktor Johansson, Gustaf Nilsson, Svanberg, Hjalmar Ekdal, Herman Johansson, Anthony Elanga, Jacob Widell Zetterström, Elliot Stroud, Besfort Zeneli, Daniel Svensson, Taha Ali, Bergvall

Tunisia XI: R.Khedira, Ali Abdi, Skhiri, Valery, Montassar Talbi, Hannibal, Omar Rekik, Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida, Anis Ben Slimane, Elias Saad, Abdelmouhib Chamakh

Subs: D. Bronn, Mortadha Ben Ouanes, Firas Chaouat, Aymen Dahmen, Sebastian Tounekti, Mohamed Belhadj Mahmoud, Ismaël Gharbi, Elias Achouri, Hazem Mastouri, Moutaz Neffati, Sabri Ben Hessen, Raed Chikhaoui, Adem Arous, Khalil Ayari, Rayan Elloumi