Tunisia aiming for winning start in World Cup clash with Sweden

Tunisia's national football team is determined to begin their World Cup campaign with a victory against Sweden on Sunday. Coach Sabri Lamouchi stated his intention to field an attacking side, aiming to score goals from the outset.

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Who wouldn't want to start with a win tomorrow? I think that the Swedish coach and the Swedish players also are keen to start with a victory.

While Tunisia built a reputation as a strong defensive unit during qualifying, securing nine wins and one draw without conceding, Lamouchi emphasized a proactive approach for the opening match. With subsequent games against Japan and the Netherlands, he believes starting with a win is crucial.

"Who wouldn't want to start with a win tomorrow?" Lamouchi asked at a press conference. "I think that the Swedish coach and the Swedish players also are keen to start with a victory." He added that the Tunisian fans expect a strong performance, and the team will strive to achieve it against a formidable opponent.

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The Tunisian fans are here and they would like to see their national team perform very well, and this is what we are trying to do. We will endeavour to help our team win against a very difficult team, a very strong team, and we will get off to a good start in this competition.

Lamouchi acknowledged the quality of Sweden's key players, Viktor Gyokeres and Alexander Isak, but also highlighted Sweden's strengths in set pieces and other players like Anthony Elanga and Benjamin Nygren. Despite a recent 5-0 loss to Belgium in a warm-up match, defender Ali Abdi asserted that the team has learned from the experience and will focus on their defensive structure and overall performance.

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I don't need to present the players to my team, they know them very well, they know the quality of these two unbelievable players but Sweden they have a lot of strength even in the set pieces.

Coach Lamouchi expressed confidence in his team's ability to qualify from the group, a feat Tunisia has never achieved before. He stressed the importance of instilling belief in his players that this goal is attainable.

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We have to look at the positive aspects and show that we've come from Africa as the best team in terms of defensive structure, and we are here to have a very good performance together with our coach. We don't want to focus on the negative experiences.