There wasn't much sleep after the premiere in Monterrey, Mexico on Sunday evening local time (early morning in Sweden).
Not much of a party either. Some played ping pong to unwind. Others had a victory pilsner.
We took the opportunity to watch some highlights. It was a nice cold beer; you can treat yourself to that. It tasted good, says assistant national team captain Sebastian Larsson.
"There were a lot of impressions to digest. I only got a couple of hours of sleep, but I'll make up for it tonight," says Kristoffer Nordfeldt.
The pictures from home are heartwarming
Like the rest of the Swedish starting eleven, he missed specific football training at FC Dallas Stadium after Blågult returned to Texas the day after the 5–1 victory. He will also get that on Tuesday, when the entire team has the day off.
Plenty of time to mentally put what has been behind us, therefore.
The Swedish players were confident of victory against Tunisia, but did not expect such a formidable start to the World Cup tournament in North America.
That we would have a good chance of winning was something we all believed in, but that it would happen this way was probably something few would have thought, says the AIK goalkeeper.
We know it was a fantastic evening but we are definitely not satisfied.
Midfielder Mattias Svanberg, who was substituted in against Tunisia and scored to make it 4-1 with his first touch, also wants to look ahead.
"It's important not to just live on this. We have the good feeling today and tomorrow when we have the day off. Then it's about looking ahead and getting ready for the match against Holland," says Svanberg.
If it's going to be a truly magical World Cup week, the start couldn't have been better. Kristoffer Nordfeldt has been touched by the images from Sweden where blue and yellow fans have curled up on TV couches in the middle of the night, met at sports bars or gathered at big screens to follow their national team.
That's why we're here. We want to give ourselves and the entire Swedish people a great summer of football.
Contrast with last fall
It's easy to forget how dark it looked last fall after a disappointing World Cup qualifying campaign that led to the then national team coach Jon Dahl Tomasson being fired.
But it is a different national team under Graham Potter - who replaced Tomasson and took Sweden to the World Cup via the playoffs - says Kristoffer Nordfeldt.
We had a national coach before, with one philosophy. Now we have another national coach with a different philosophy, which maybe suits our team a little better. We play a little more to our strengths.
Sweden continues the World Cup with a match against the Netherlands in Houston on Midsummer's Day.
