Soccer-Sweden hand Spain first WC qualifying defeat since 1993


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) -Sweden recovered from a goal down to hand Spain their first World Cup qualifying defeat for 28 years with a shock 2-1 victory on Thursday.

Alexander Isak and Viktor Claesson produced sumptuous finishes to cancel out Carlos Soler's early goal for the Euro 2020 semi-finalists and move Sweden top of Group B.

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