Azzouz Ayari who is the father of Yasin Ayari spoke to Sportbladet before the World Cup about wanting his son to represent Sweden. Azzouz Ayari is from Tunisia.
"My children are a part of Sweden. My children were born in Sweden. My children's friends is in Sweden. I'm an immigrant. Yasin is Swedish with a Tunisian background. So he has the right to play for Sweden.
I really want him to play for Sweden. He should feel that he can give something back to the nation that really took care of him. That opened the school, opportunities, he ate his meatballs with mashed potatoes. Why should I interfere with that? I'm so happy for him. It was his dream since he was little, he wants to reach his dreams. I'm so happy for him."
Yasin Ayari scored twice against Tunisia in Sweden's opening game of the World Cup and he didn't celebrate the first goal.
Lucas Bergvall became the youngest World Cup debutant for Sweden when he played against Tunisia. He broke the record previously held by Jesper Blomqvist from the World Cup in 1994.
1. Lucas Bergvall, 20 years and 132 days old
2. Jesper Blomqvist, 20 years and 134 days old
3. Lennart Skoglund, 20 years and 183 days old
4. Tomas Brolin, 20 years and 193 days old
5. Ingemar Erlandsson, 20 years and 199 days old
Det ser minst sagt ljust ut för Sverige 😍🇸🇪
Enligt Football Meets Data som har simulerat utfallet i Sveriges grupp efter den första omgången, ser sannolikheten att nå sextondelsfinal ut så här:
🇸🇪 Sverige – 97 %
🇳🇱 Nederländerna – 86 %
🇯🇵 Japan – 82 %
🇹🇳 Tunisien – 14 %
🚨Viktor Gyökeres becomes the highest goalscorer at international level in 2026 presently.
6 - Viktor Gyökeres has scored six goals in four games for Sweden in 2026, two more than any other European player has scored for their nation this calendar year.
Inevitable.
Arsenal players making waves
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐊 𝐇𝐀𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐂𝐔𝐏 🎭
16 goals in his last 15 games for Sweden 🔥
One of the main reasons why Sweden are back at the World Cup — and he’s proving it on the biggest stage too 🤩