Sweden exit World Cup after 3–0 loss to France

Sweden's World Cup is over. A 3–0 defeat to France in the Round of 32 sends your team home, outclassed by a French side that swept through its group and now marches on as title contenders (1). The match, played earlier this week at MetLife Stadium, leaves little to analyze, France were simply too strong for a Sweden side that had scraped through Group F as one of the third-placed qualifiers. Elliot Stroud's rapid rise from Mjällby to facing Ousmane Dembélé on this stage remains the tournament's most vivid Swedish storyline, but it ends here.