Emil Forsberg, Slovenia, scored a penalty kick.
The Sweden captain has now selected 28 of his 31 career penalties.
– It’s unusually noisy. If you’re on those numbers, you’re absolutely on top of Europe, says Eric Neva at Studio Viaplay.
It was New Sweden in many ways that lined up against Slovenia in the League of Nations. Jan Anderson He chose to switch to the 4-3-3 method for the first time during his tenure as captain of the national team and there were many inexperienced players who made it to the starting lineup.
Sweden started well in the first minutes, but it was Slovenia that got a really dangerous situation after eight minutes. Robin Olsen, however, stood in the way.
Just a minute later, Sweden was even closer. Dejan Kulusevski gave Alexander Isak a fantastic push, who nodded with the ball at the post.
Slovenia was at times serious about changes, but it was Sweden that took the lead.
Kolosevsky’s single goal
Victor Claeson Wall played with Kulusevsky in the penalty area and was sent off. The referee pointed to the penalty kick and Emil Forsberg put it 1-0.
The captain has now assigned 28 of the 31 penalties in his career.
– It’s unusually noisy. That’s more than 90 percent. If you’re on those numbers, you’re absolutely on top of Europe at that very moment, says Eric Neva on the Visat broadcast.
Shortly thereafter, Karl Starvelt had to leave the field injured and was replaced by Alexander Milosevic.
Sweden created some situations at the start of the second half. Kulusevsky had the best chance of a dangerous shot, but Jan Oblak saved it superbly.
But in the 88th minute, Kulusevsky scored the net. The star stood for a real individual goal when he drove the ball into the penalty area and hit the net 2-0.