Soccer - Isak shows Spain the value of a genuine number nine


Soccer Football - World Cup - UEFA Qualifiers - Group B - Sweden v Spain - Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden - September 2, 2021 Spain's Aymeric Laporte in action with Sweden's Alexander Isak PHOTOGRAPHER/TT News Agency via REUTERS

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - On a night that started so badly for Sweden, it did not take long for the value of having an out and out number nine in their team to become evident.

Just 62 seconds after conceding to Spain, Alexander Isak latched on to Sergio Busquets's mistake to finish with aplomb and set Sweden on the way to a shock 2-1 victory in their World Cup qualifier.

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