Alexander Isak trains alone as Sweden step up preparations for Netherlands

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/isak-alexander/p41IV42c/"]Alexander Isak[/a], who put [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sweden/OQyqbHWB/"]Sweden[/a] 2-0 ahead against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tunisia/QqZVYk95/"]Tunisia[/a], has been training away from the rest of the squad. The striker, whose maiden season at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] was plagued by injuries and fitness issues, is working on an individual regime tailored to his recovery.[/p][p][b]"One player is training individually, and that's Alexander Isak. He is following an individual programme as part of extra recovery after the match,"[/b] said the [i]Blagult [/i]press officer, Petra Thoren.[/p][p]Isak played 89 minutes against the North African side, 10 minutes more than he has managed in any game for club or country since returning from a broken leg that kept him out from December to April. In fact, the 26-year-old did not complete 90 minutes for The Reds in the 2025/26 season.[/p][p]There is no suggestion that Isak will not be able to play equally as much against the Dutch, who drew their opener 2-2 against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/japan/ULXPdOUj/"]Japan[/a], though Isak will be spending a limited amount of time on the training pitch in Dallas: [b]"He will be out on the field some of the time and the rest in the gym,"[/b] Thoren confirmed.[/p][image alt="Ayari dons long sleeves for training in Dallas" id="8d9f400b-a894-4164-8453-0ed67d2d7adb" credit-line="ARVIDSON/BILDBYRĹN / Shutterstock Editorial / Profimedia" guid="28b58c43-a2f8-44c9-8ce5-8d76edb12ca3" original-width="1400" original-height="933" /][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ayari-yasin/vTrnQI0N/"]Ayari[/a] wraps up for the Texan sun[/h2][p]An early afternoon clash in Houston could turn [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/netherlands-WYintcWb/sweden-OQyqbHWB/?mid=0rAjVxuo"]Sweden vs Netherlands[/a] into a battle between who can better endure the heat. One player taking an unorthodox approach to acclimatising is the Swedes' two-goal hero from Monday, Yasin Ayari.[/p][p]Much was made of Ayari's Tunisian heritage after he scored a brace against his father's country of birth, but now he is using his experience of North Africa to prepare for the Texan sun, training in a long-sleeved tracksuit top and trousers.[/p][p][b]"It's to get used to the heat,"[/b] he told [i]Sportbladet[/i]. [b]"People usually do that in the Sahara to protect themselves from the sun. It's just to be ready for the matches so that it won't be such a big shock."[/b][/p][p]"In Morocco I've done it a few times when I've been there," he said, before admitting: [b]"But not in the Sahara."[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/world/world-championship/"]Follow Sweden vs Netherlands and every World Cup match on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]