Suecia aplasta 5-1 a Túnez y lidera el Grupo F del Mundial 2026

Sweden turned Tunisia’s worst mistake into the moment that defined a lopsided World Cup debut, racing to a 5-1 victory at Estadio Monterrey and moving to the provisional lead of Group F. Alexander Isak intercepted a grave error in Tunisia’s buildup, laid the ball off for a teammate in the box and then finished the move himself with a right-footed cross-shot, a quick punishment that reflected Sweden’s control throughout the match.

Yasin Ayari scored twice to give Sweden the early edge, while Isak, Viktor Gyökeres and Mattias Svanberg also found the net. Gyökeres’ goal was Sweden’s third of the night in Monterrey and helped turn the opening match into a statement performance for a team that had been expected to lean heavily on its attack.

The result carried historical weight as well. Sweden scored five goals in a World Cup match for the first time since 1938, when it beat Cuba 8-0, and the team did it after arriving in Mexico with the pressure of a difficult qualification path behind it. In Monterrey, however, the Scandinavian side looked far more decisive than Tunisia, which had come into the tournament with a defense that had not conceded during qualifying.

The Isak-Gyökeres pairing, highlighted before kickoff as Sweden’s main attacking threat, delivered the kind of pace and directness that Tunisia could not match. Gyökeres, born on June 4, 1998 in Stockholm and now at Arsenal, gave Sweden another sharp edge in front of goal, while Isak repeatedly forced Tunisia onto the back foot. Sweden’s five-goal burst in the Gigante de acero underlined not only the margin between the sides on the day, but also the difference in how quickly each team handled pressure in its own half.

For Sweden, the win offered an early foothold in Group F and a reminder that a team that scraped through qualifying can still arrive at a World Cup with real firepower. For Tunisia, the match exposed how a single buildup error can unravel a defensive plan, especially against an opponent with the pace and precision to finish chances immediately.