2023-11-16 19:31:46
Sweden’s national soccer team suffered a devastating defeat at the end of the European Championship qualification. The Scandinavians, who had already failed in the race for the EURO starting places in the group with Austria, suffered a 3-0 defeat in Azerbaijan on Thursday. The ticket for Germany was won by the Hungarians, who scored the necessary point thanks to a last-minute equalizer in the 2-2 draw in Bulgaria. Spain won 3-1 in Cyprus, Scotland only played 2-2 in Georgia.
Sweden was already 0-2 behind in Baku following just a few minutes. Before Emin Mahmudov (3rd) made it 0-1, Swedish captain Victor Lindelöf made a serious mistake, Renat Dadashov (6th) completed the home team’s double strike. The Scandinavians were no longer able to come up with the right answer. In the second half, the Swiss referee Esther Staubli whistled a foul penalty for the guests, but took it back following VAR intervention. Azerbaijan’s Bahlul Mustafazade saw red for his “emergency brake” just outside the penalty area (57th).
With one more man on the field, things became even more bitter for the Swedes. Captain Mahmudov shot with great control from just inside the opponent’s half of the game and surprised the Swedish goalkeeper Robin Olsen (89th). The defeat will not help the standing of Sweden’s team boss Janne Anderson, who is under criticism. The Swedes will play at home once morest Estonia on Sunday.
Hungary celebrated in front of an empty crowd in Sofia. The Hungarians seemed to have already lost the game, which had been moved to the Bulgarian capital at short notice, before Alex Petkow headed a free kick from Dominik Szoboszlai into his own goal in the seventh minute of stoppage time. Former striker Kiril Despodow had previously brought Bulgaria ahead with a penalty (79th). Both teams finished the game with only ten men following yellow-red cards.
For the Spaniards, who have already qualified for the European Championships, Barcelona’s young star Lamine Yamal opened the scoring in the 5th minute. The 16-year-old scored for the second time in his third international appearance. Mikel Oyarzabal (22nd) and Joselu (28th) made everything clear in the first half hour. After the change of sides, the Cypriots were still able to write. The Scots, who also already had their European Championship ticket, equalized in the 93rd minute in Tbilisi through Lawrence Shankland. The Georgians took the lead twice through Napoli star Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (15th, 57th), Scott McTominay (49th) equalized for Scotland to make it 1-1.
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