Monterrey [Mexico], June 15 (ANI): Tunisia head coach Sabri Lamouchi known as the staff’s FIFA World Cup 2026 opener loss towards Sweden ‘tough’ and ‘painful’, in line with Reuters. His staff suffered a 1-5 loss to Sweden on Sunday (Local Time) as solely Omar Rekik was capable of finding the online.
Tunisia endured a tough outing, with a number of pricey errors proving decisive. Goalkeeper Mouhib Chamakh was answerable for Sweden’s opening objective within the 18th minute after misjudging a protracted clearance, whereas captain Ellyes Skhiri dedicated an error that led on to Viktor Gyokeres’s strike within the 59th minute.
In the match, Sweden’s Yasin Ayari opened and accomplished the scoring, and substitute Mattias Svanberg additionally scored a objective. It was Alexander Isak and Gyokeres who constantly troubled Tunisia’s again line all through the match. For Tunisia, Rekik was the one identify on the scoresheet.
Speaking on the post-match press convention, Lamouchi expressed his disappointment with the end result, describing the defeat as ‘tough’ and ‘painful’ and admitting that starting the match with such a heavy loss was a tough setback for his staff.
‘It’s a tough loss. It’s painful. Starting the competitors with this unhealthy of a loss is certainly tough,’ Lamouchi stated as quoted by Reuters.
He rued the errors within the area dedicated by the staff, saying, ‘We made means too many errors.’
After the 1-5 defeat, Tunisia now face mounting strain as they put together to tackle Japan subsequent.
Coming to the match, Graham Potter’s aspect made a blistering begin and took management of the competition with two objectives contained in the opening half-hour.
A mistake by Tunisia goalkeeper Chamakh allowed Sweden to take the lead after he misjudged a protracted clearance from Victor Lindelof. Following a blocked effort from Viktor Gyokeres, the rebound fell to Yasin Ayari, who scored into an empty internet from distance.
Sweden doubled their lead within the thirtieth minute when Gyokeres arrange Alexander Isak on a fast counterattack, and the striker calmly completed previous Chamakh to make it 2-0.
Tunisia, nonetheless, refused to fold and located a means again into the match simply earlier than halftime. Omar Rekik escaped his marker to go residence a floated supply from Hannibal Mejbri, giving the Eagles of Carthage renewed hope heading into the break.
Sweden successfully ended any hopes of a Tunisian comeback when Isak capitalised on a mistake by captain Ellyes Skhiri and arrange Gyokeres, who scored from shut vary to revive a two-goal benefit.
Although Hannibal Mejbri continued to threaten along with his creativity, Tunisia struggled to include Sweden’s attacking depth within the closing phases.
Svanberg added a fourth objective with a composed end inside the world earlier than Ayari accomplished his brace in spectacular vogue, driving residence from exterior the field to cap a commanding Swedish efficiency.
The convincing win offers Sweden a super begin forward of a vital Group F conflict towards the Netherlands, who drew 2-2 with Japan of their opening match. (ANI)