Soccer-Five-star Swedes score big win over Azerbaijan


Soccer Football - UEFA EURO 2024 Qualifiers - Group F - Sweden v Azerbaijan - Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden - March 27, 2023 Sweden's Emil Forsberg scores their first goal Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via REUTERS

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Substitute Jesper Karlsson scored a brilliant late free kick and Anthony Elanga added a superb solo goal as Sweden hammered Azerbaijan 5-0 in their Group F European Championship qualifier on Monday.

After a terrible team performance against Belgium, in which Romelu Lukaku scored a hat-trick in their first group game, the Swedes came out with all guns blazing and Alexander Isak had a goal ruled out for offside before Emil Forsberg scored in the 38th minute.

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