Viktor Gyokeres warned his Sweden side on Sunday that they will have to be “almost perfect” defensively if they are to cause an upset against France in the World Cup last 32.

The 2022 runners-up France will be strong favourites to beat Sweden when they meet tonight in New Jersey. Speaking at Sweden’s training base here, Arsenal striker Gyokeres made no attempt to play down the scale of the task facing his team. “We will have to be at our best, we have to do our defensive organisation almost perfectly and then take our  chances,” he said.