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Yasin Ayari recorded a brace, Alexander Isak had one aim and two assists, and Viktor Gyokeres recorded a aim and an help to assist Sweden cruise to a 5-1 victory over Tunisia on Sunday evening in World Cup Group F play at Guadalupe, Mexico.
Mattias Svanberg additionally scored as Sweden took benefit of some sloppy play by Tunisia to win the opening match for each squads.
Omar Rekik scored for Tunisia, who took simply two pictures from contained in the field.
Sweden is the lone unbeaten staff in Group F. Japan and Netherlands performed to a 2-2 tie earlier Sunday.
Sweden scored twice within the first half-hour to take management of the match.
The first strike, coming within the seventh minute, was arrange by Victor Lindelof’s lengthy cross upfield. Tunisia goalkeeper Mouhib Chamakh got here means out of his space to attempt to remove the chance however was unsuccessful and Gyokeres took a left-footed shot that was cleared away by Tunisia’s Montassar Talbi.
The ball caromed past the field to Ayari, who despatched a right-footed rocket towards the online with solely defender Mohamed Amine within the path. Ayari’s shot sailed over the top of Amine and into the online.
In the thirtieth minute, a counterattack noticed Isak obtain the ball on the left flank. He maneuvered round Talbi and despatched a tough right-footed floor shot that hit off the arm of a diving Chamakh en path to the again of the online and a 2-0 lead.
Tunisia obtained on the board within the forty third minute when Hannibal Mejbri delivered a stellar cross that Rekik was capable of flick his head on and despatched it into the online.
Sweden regained a two-goal lead within the 59th minute as a consequence of a mistake within the Tunisia finish.
Chamakh lackadaisically despatched an underhanded rolling cross towards Ellyes Skhiri that Isak. He tapped it over to Gyokeres, who despatched a right-footed shot into the online to make it 3-1.
Svanberg scored off a free kick within the 84th minute. He was initially dominated to be offside however a evaluation displayed that Isak had tipped the ball along with his foot earlier than it obtained to Svanberg — eliminating any offside — and the aim was restored. That tip gave Isak his second help of the evening.
Another Tunisia giveaway gave Ayari an opportunity within the sixth minute of second-half stoppage play and he drilled a right-footer into the highest left nook.
The Swedes outshot Tunisia 13-6, together with a 7-2 benefit in pictures on the right track.
Sweden’s Kristoffer Nordfeldt and Chamakh every registered one save.
Sweden will subsequent face Netherlands on Saturday in Houston. Later than evening, Tunisia will meet Japan in Guadalupe, Mexico.
–Field Level Media