Morata's late goal secures World Cup qualifiction for hosts
2021 World Cup qualification Europe
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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