The house aspect dominated the opening half an hour in Stockholm and got here near breaking the impasse after 25 minutes. Winger Claesson discovered Isak within the field however the Actual Sociedad attacker’s weak effort was parried away with ease by Giorgi Loria. Ibrahimovic’s first half second of magic got here 10 minutes later.
He chested the ball within the field earlier than enjoying a fragile contact to Claesson who volleyed dwelling to make it 1-0 along with his second worldwide objective in as many video games. Off after 84 minutes AC Milan star Ibrahimovic had an opportunity so as to add to his 62 objectives for the nationwide group six minutes from the interval however his limp shot dribbled previous the publish. Georgia made an brisk begin after the break however they did not create a clear-cut likelihood. Goalscorer Claesson was substituted for Leipzig ahead Emil Forsberg with 1 / 4 of an hour left to offer Jan Andersson’s dwelling aspect additional energy in entrance of objective.
Regardless of the offensive substitute the away aspect got here closest to scoring within the second half however Kristoffer Nordfeldt reached right down to cease Levan Shengelia’s whipped shot beautifully with eight minutes left.
Ibrahimovic’s return got here to an finish on 84 minutes as he left the sphere for Mainz striker Robin Quaison and Andersson’s aspect held on for 3 factors. Sweden subsequent journey to Kosovo on Sunday as Georgia host Spain earlier within the day.
