Olise then took over the second half. He threaded a nutmeg through-ball for Barcola's finish in the 53rd minute, then set up Mbappe's second in the 74th for the kill. Widell Zetterstrom made 8 saves and kept this from being uglier. France head to Philadelphia on July 4 to face Paraguay in the Round of 16 with 13 goals across 4 matches and no sign of gears being changed.
The Gyokeres-Isak strike partnership that made Sweden a dangerous third-place qualifier? Completely nullified. Neither scored. Neither was given the space to operate. Sweden's best attacking moment was Gyokeres forcing a clearance at the back post in the 44th minute, and even that came to nothing. Widell Zetterstrom earned every save — but he was the only reason Sweden avoided humiliation.
Sweden finish the tournament at 1-1-2. They advanced as a third-place finisher with genuine forward talent, but the knockout format gave them no margin to absorb France's pressure and wait for a counter. The reshuffled back line gave up space on both flanks all game. Isak and Gyokeres needed supply lines that never came. Sweden go home with one of the tournament's better striker pairings and not much else to show for it.
We went 2-for-3 on this one. The moneyline hit clean — France were a 75%-plus favorite who played like it. Mbappe delivered the brace our bull case was built on and Sweden's back line was exactly as exposed as advertised. The spread covered too: a 3-goal margin beats a -1.5 line with room to spare. The total stung us. We backed the over at 3.5, France scored 3, and Sweden's attack produced zero. The market leaning under pre-match was the correct read — the knockout format stalled the scoring and Widell Zetterstrom took at least 2 goals off the board single-handedly. When the bear says 'knockout nerves can stall otherwise open games,' sometimes it just means the goalkeeper shows up. He did.
Paraguay1-0
Sweden3-0
Norway4-1
Iraq3-0
Senegal3-1France0-3
Japan1-1
Netherlands1-5
Tunisia5-1