Guadalupe, June 9 -- Swedish footballer Viktor Gyokeres expressed pleasure over his team making it to the FIFA World Cup 2026 and also reflected on his dramatic 88th-minute match-winning goal to secure a 3-2 victory for Sweden over Poland in the World Cup qualification playoff final earlier this year.

Sweden recovered from a poor UEFA qualifying campaign to secure a place at the showpiece event. They finished bottom of Group B in the European qualifiers without a win but still reached the play-offs through their UEFA Nations League ranking, according to the FIFA website.

Under manager Graham Potter, Sweden beat Ukraine 3-1 in the semi-finals, with Viktor Gyokeres scoring a hat-trick. In a tense final, Gyokeres struck again, netting an 8...