Graham Potter insisted his Sweden aspect will “be taught rather a lot” from their 5-1 thrashing at the hands of the Netherlands in Houston.
The English head coach opted to concentrate on the positives after a pummelling towards Oranje that noticed Anthony Elanga web a comfort aim after braces from Brian Brobbey and Cody Gakpo had put the Dutch in a commanding place.
Crysencio Summerville netted a fifth late on, with Sweden changing into the primary group to have misplaced their second World Cup sport by 4 targets after successful their opening match – 5-1 towards Tunisia – by the identical margin.
“Clearly [I’m] actually dissatisfied. I assumed we did plenty of good issues within the sport,” Potter stated.
“However clearly defensively you may’t concede that many and hope to win. However we’ll be taught rather a lot from them. We’re enjoying towards an excellent group.”
‘Now we have to simply accept it’
Potter, previously of Brighton, Chelsea and West Ham, highlighted the spirit proven by his gamers, and insisted the defeat can be one his group would mirror on.
He added: “The boys stored going, in equity to them, they stored going, however it was a kind of issues we’ll be taught rather a lot from.
“Generally it’s a must to have these experiences. I believe it was that kind of sport. Now we have to simply accept it and be taught from it.”
Subsequent up for Sweden is a visit to Dallas to face Japan figuring out that avoiding defeat would put Potter’s males in a fantastic place to succeed in the final 32.
