Sweden head coach Graham Potter stated that his squad will learn from their 5-1 defeat to the Netherlands at the FIFA World Cup 2026 in Houston.
Potter watched on as his team were thumped at Houston Stadium on Saturday, with Brian Brobbey and Cody Gakpo both scoring twice for Ronald Koeman’s side.
The Netherlands were already four goals up by the time Anthony Elanga pulled one back in the 59th minute, but Crysencio Summerville added more gloss for the Oranje late on.
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Potter acknowledged the Dutch superiority but emphasized that his developing team will take valuable lessons from this heavy loss into their crucial final group match against Japan.
Sweden now faces a decisive Group F fixture against Japan, with Potter stressing that the team needs to be more clinical with their finishing.
“Obviously, really disappointed. It was a tricky one to analyse, we did lots of good things,” Potter said.
“We attacked, had good opportunities, but you can’t concede that many and hope to win. We’ll learn a lot from the game.
“We played against a good team. They hurt us in wide areas and one goal was from a long ball we didn’t deal with well.
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“It was not a great start in the first period [but we] then came back in the second part of the first half.
“We started well in the second half, but lost the ball, conceded two goals and the game was gone from us.
“The boys kept going, but it is one of those things we’ll learn a lot from.”
