Spain 1-0 Sweden: Morata's late goal secures World Cup qualification for hosts

Morata's late goal secures World Cup qualifiction for hosts

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

9' Sarabis's shot wide out

16' Sorsberg's shot inches wide

24' Laporte goes down in the box but ref says no penalty!

38' CLOSE! Forsberg's shot wide out

48' Isak's shot over the bar

52' De Tomas' header wide out

62' Morata’s shot wide out

66' Svanberg's bicycle kick over the bar

78' Morata's shot over the bar

85' GOAL! Spain 1-0 Sweden (Morata)

Spain officially sealed their spot at the Qatar World Cup in 2022 after a tight 1-0 victory against Group B rivals Sweden at the Estadio de La Cartuja in Seville on Sunday evening.

Sweden went into the match knowing they needed to win to overtake group leaders Spain, but failed to fire a shot in anger, with only 27 per cent possession and zero shots on target.

As the visitors pushed forward late on, Alvaro Morata punished them, scoring the only goal of the game with four minutes left to put the cherry on Luis Enrique's side's qualification celebrations.

Line-ups

Spain XI: Azpilicueta, Alba, Busquets, Sarabia, Raúl de Tomás, Laporte, Unai Simón, Olmo, Soler, P. Torres, Gavi

Subs: De Gea, Morata, Rodrigo, Carvajal, Koke, Gaya, D.Llorente, Mendez, Merino, Rodri, Brahim, Robert Sanchez

Sweden XI: Ekdal, Forsberg, R. Olsen, Lindelof, V. Claesson, Augustinsson, Krafth, K. Olsson, J. Nilsson, Isak, Kulusevski

Subs: Ibrahimovic, Olsson, M.  Eriksson, K. Nordfeldt, D. Sundgren, A. Milošević, O. Lewicki, Quaison, Svanberg, Dahlberg, J. Karlsson, J. Cajuste