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Swedish footballers are still 100 percent after three duels of the World Cup 2022 qualification. On Thursday, they defeated the B-group favorite Spain 2: 1 in Stockholm and have a two-point lead over their opponent at the top of the table.
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“Honestly, we are much better than we think of ourselves. We could have won this match with an even bigger difference. I’m proud, we currently have a really good team, ” declared the Swedish winger after the meeting Dejan Kuluševski, who assisted in winning the victory of Viktor Claesson in the 57th minute.
The Spaniards started hopefully, and in the 5th minute, Carlos Soler, Valencia’s midfielder, spiced up his debut in the national team. The home side worked hard to get through the middle and as a result, had a good chance of getting one back as Alexander Isak tried lifting the ball over keeper 63 minutes into the match. After a corner kick and a series of passes, after a break, Claesson decided on a valuable triumph, who pushed himself through the shot from the inside to the nearest pole.
For the Spaniards, it was already the second point loss in four duels, at the beginning of the qualification they drew at home with Greece. “We have no room for further hesitation,” stressed the defender Jordi Alba, whose team lost in due time for the first time since October 2020. “It simply came to our notice then. There are still a lot of points to play, we have challenging matches ahead of us and we have to manage them. But we didn’t deserve to lose today. “
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The Swedes also met Spain as part of the basic group of this year’s European Championship. Now they are well on their way to a direct advance to the World Championships in Qatar, which will only be secured by the group winner. A barracks await the second team of the group.
The next duel awaits the Spaniards on Sunday with a domestic duel with Georgia, and the Swedes will present themselves in Greece next week after a weekend preparatory meeting with Uzbekistan.
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