Japan 1-1 Sweden: World Cup 2026 – as it happened

Anthony Elanga clinched Sweden’s place in the last 32 after Daizen Maeda put Japan ahead with a lovely goal

“If I have my permutations correct,” begins James Humphries, “Japan battering Sweden would mean Scotland are not quite out yet; but as this occurred to me I was reminded of a mate many years ago, at about six in the morning at a party, going: ‘At a certain point, you’re just running from the comedown’.

“‘Running from the comedown’ should incidentally be the title of the Official Authorised SFA Book about this campaign, but it bloody won’t be.”

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