Alexander Isak stole the show as Sweden won 3-0 in their home qualifying match on Saturday night! The talented youngster scored the best goal of the match and also delivered a few sublime pieces of skill in a routine victory.Sweden are now only one point away from the top spot in Group B after an Emil Forsberg penalty, a stunning strike from Isak and a late goal from Robin Quaison, guided the Swedes to their eighth successive victory on home soil.Emil Forsberg stepped up to open the scoring with his first goal of the qualifying campaign from the spot. After the break, the visitors looked a more threatening proposition and they had the ball in the net just before the hour mark, however, the linesman’s flag was to cut their celebrations short.
Sweden went in search of a second and Isak looked particularly threatening and was showing no signs of rust, after recently returning from injury. Just after the hour mark, the Real Sociedad player danced through the defence with some extraordinary footwork but he was thwarted on two occasions by Arijanet Muric. Although, the 22-year-old son of Eritrean parents was not deterred and only moments later, Isak scored a wonderful goal, by cutting in from the left to unleash an unstoppable strike from outside the box.
In the 79th minute, substitute Robin Quaison completed the scoring by sliding the ball past a helpless Muric. As a result of the impressive victory, Sweden can go top of the group with a win against Greece on Tuesday.WORLD CUP 2022 QUALIFIERS EUROPESaturdayAzerbaijan – Republic of Ireland 0-3 (0-2)/Robinson 7, 39, Ogbene 90/Georgia – Greece 0-2 (0-0)/Bakasetas 90 pen, Pelkas 90+5/Sweden – Kosovo 3-0 (1-0)/Forsberg 29 pen, Isak 62, Quaison 79/Lithuania – Bulgaria 3-1 (1-0)/Lasickas 18, Cernych 82, 84 – Despodov 64/Kazakhstan – Bosnia and Herzegovina 0-2 (0-1)/Prevljak 25, 66/Finland – Ukraine 1-2 (1-1)/Pukki 29 – Yarmolenko 4, Yaremchuk 34/Scotland – Israel 3-2 (1-2)/McGinn 30, Dykes 57, McTominay 90+4 – Zahavi 5, Dabbur 32/