Sebastian Andersson met Marcus Danielson's post with his forehead and set his first national team goal since the January tour of 2017. It was the little light that lit up an otherwise rather bleak first half.
In addition to the goal, there was hardly anything from the first half that will have impressed Janne Andersson who replaced the entire starting eleven from the match against Romania, except Kristoffer Olsson. In the second act, the newly composed elf looked somewhat more well-anointed.
Against a tighter and tighter, defenseless defense, the goal chances began to line up. Mattias Svanberg, who made his debut in the A-national team, unloaded a distance shot that was controlled in goal via a defender.
With ten minutes left, the third beautiful goal message arrived. Svanberg sent in a corner that John Guidetti sent in a hard header.