Sweden look to Isak and Gyokeres against Greece in their final World Cup tune-up
One game left, then it gets real. Sweden host Greece at the Strawberry Arena in Solna on Thursday night in their last outing before a World Cup group that pairs them with the Netherlands, Japan and Tunisia.
The mood needs lifting. Monday's 3-1 defeat to Norway was a rough watch, with the hosts three goals up inside 37 minutes, and it extended an awkward run for Graham Potter: no clean sheet yet in his time as Sweden manager. Whatever shape he settles on at the back, it has one more evening to look convincing.
Gyokeres back to partner Isak
The attack is a different story, at least on paper. Viktor Gyokeres sat out the Norway match after Arsenal's Champions League final days earlier, and his expected return puts him alongside Liverpool's Alexander Isak in a front line most countries at this World Cup would envy. Getting those two sharp, and combining, is arguably the whole point of Thursday.
An opponent with nothing at stake
Greece will not be in North America this summer. Their build-up is really about the next Nations League cycle, and they arrive in Solna short of confidence and short of goals. That makes them awkward opposition in one sense, with no pressure and nothing to lose, but this is exactly the type of game a World Cup side should be winning comfortably.
Sweden have not always done comfortable under Potter. A controlled win and an unbothered goalkeeper would send them across the Atlantic feeling much better about themselves.
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