Sweden lost to Azerbaijan.
Sweden, piloted by Jan Andersson, suffered a harsh defeat. EPA / AOP
Sweden suffered a 0-3 crushing defeat in the European football qualifying match against Azerbaijan in Baku.
Azerbaijan is 120th in the Fifa world ranking. Sweden, on the other hand, is 23rd.
by Jan Andersson piloted by Sweden, they were already 0–1 down in the third minute of the game, when the home team Emin Mahmudov succeeded in scoring.
More came just three minutes later, after having scored the first goal Renat Dadashov gave Azerbaijan a 2–0 lead.
– This is humiliating. They won all the duels and were quicker to catch the other balls, Sweden Viktor Claesson said for SVT.
At the beginning of the second period of Azerbaijan Bahlul Mustafazada got a red card, but it didn’t help Sweden. Mahmudov completed the final score 3–0 in the last minutes of regular time.
– The players should be ashamed of their performance, Swedish Viaplay expert Bojan Djordjic said according to Expressen.
Before the match, Sweden had already lost its chance to advance from the group stage to the European Championships. Sweden is fourth in Group F.