Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored both goals very effectively in Georgia’s peeling victory in front of their own fans in Batumi. They arrived during the last half hour.
The 2-0 goal in particular came after a terrible defensive play by Manchester United stopper Victor Lindelöf. He let Kvaratskhelia pass when the Swedish team stood high in the field. The home team’s goal hero made no mistake alone with goalkeeper Robin Olsen.
A few minutes before, Olsen had brilliantly turned away a distance shot from Kvaratskhelia. He fisted the ball just over the crossbar.
Dominated the match, but lost
Before the goals, Sweden had dominated the match a lot, but it was never online despite the guests posing with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Alexander Isak as the leading pair. It was Ibrahimovic’s first international since March.
A knee injury caused the 40-year-old to lose this summer’s European Championship play-offs.
Sweden came to Thursday’s settlement as group leader two points ahead of Spain. Later in the evening, the Spaniards are on a victory hunt in Greece, and with full reckoning they will take over the initiative before the meeting with Sweden in Seville on Sunday.
In that case, the Swedes will need a victory in the group final to go directly to next year’s World Cup in Qatar. The two teams will have to play rematch in March.
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