Sweden are through to the last 32
Sweden have squeezed through as one of the best third-placed sides. Not the comfortable route — but a place in the last 32 is a place in the last 32, and the knockouts don't care how you got there.
Japan v Sweden
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Match events
- 32
Isak Hien
Booking · Yellow Card
- 37
Isak Hien
Substitution · Lucas Bergvall
- 39
Ko Itakura
Substitution · Shogo Taniguchi
- 56
Daizen Maeda
Goal · Ritsu Doan
- 62
Anthony Elanga
Goal · Viktor Gyökeres
- 66
Ayase Ueda
Substitution · Koki Ogawa
- 67
Ritsu Doan
Substitution · Junya Ito
- 75
Alexander Bernhardsson
Substitution · Daniel Svensson
- 75
Elliot Stroud
Substitution · Ken Sema
- 75
Keito Nakamura
Substitution · Yuto Nagatomo
- 75
Ayumu Seko
Substitution · Tsuyoshi Watanabe
- 77
Shogo Taniguchi
Booking · Yellow Card
- 85
Viktor Gyökeres
Booking · Yellow Card
- 87
Victor Lindelöf
Substitution · Carl Starfelt
- 88
Gabriel Gudmundsson
Substitution · Benjamin Nygren
Why it matters
Group stage, Group F — points on the line.
Who to watch
Talisman
Takefusa Kubo
Japan
The creative spark Japan will lean on to unlock stubborn defences.
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Comeback
Alexander Isak
Sweden
A tough first season at Liverpool to forget — Sweden need their striker to rediscover his ruthless edge here.
Liverpool
Developing
Japan are through to the last 32
Japan are into the last 32. Job done in the group, and now the tournament really begins — one-and-done from here, every match a final.
Japan put Tunisia to the sword
Japan 4, Tunisia 0. A clean sheet and a comfortable win in the group stage — no fuss, no scare, exactly the sort of statement that puts a marker down for the rest of the field.
Sweden put Tunisia to the sword
Sweden 5, Tunisia 1. A statement in the group stage — they didn't just win, they sent a message. The kind of result that makes the rest of the field sit up.
Teams out: Japan 3-4-3 · Sweden 3-4-1-2. Full lineups on the pitch in the Lineups tab.