Sweden boss Graham Potter was delighted as his side opened their World Cup campaign with a 5-1 thrashing of Tunisia at the Estadio Monterrey on Sunday night.
They appeared a world away from their dismal qualifying performances with an **** ured win over error-strewn Tunisia, with Brighton midfielder Yasin Ayari bookending the scoring, Mattias Svanberg finding the net and the star pairing of Alexander Isak and Viktor Gyokeres also on the scoresheet.
Potter was jubilant afterwards but also appeared to have picked up an injury over the course of the match, as he was pictured bleeding from his right ear.
“I don’t know what happened. Someone scratched me, or bit me. I’ll have to **** yse the video footage,” he joked, via Swedish publication Sportbladet.
Sweden still have to face **** an and the Netherlands in a difficult Group F, with the two sides playing out a 2-2 draw on Sunday.
They appeared a world away from their dismal qualifying performances with an **** ured win over error-strewn Tunisia, with Brighton midfielder Yasin Ayari bookending the scoring, Mattias Svanberg finding the net and the star pairing of Alexander Isak and Viktor Gyokeres also on the scoresheet.
Potter was jubilant afterwards but also appeared to have picked up an injury over the course of the match, as he was pictured bleeding from his right ear.
“I don’t know what happened. Someone scratched me, or bit me. I’ll have to **** yse the video footage,” he joked, via Swedish publication Sportbladet.
Sweden still have to face **** an and the Netherlands in a difficult Group F, with the two sides playing out a 2-2 draw on Sunday.
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