It was Zlatan Ibrahimovic's first international in almost five years.
The first half was cool.
But in the 35th minute Zlatan stepped forward.
Assist by Zlatan
Mikael Lustig sent the ball into the penalty area.
Zlatan brought the ball with him and passed to Viktor Claesson in front of goal.
The outsider threw in 1-0 from close range.
That goal was enough for victory.
- We fight for each other and that is enough for three points.
We get to continue working.
We were not happy that they got so many adjustment modes, that was something we talked about.
We are not completely satisfied with the performance, but we are satisfied with the victory, says Claesson to C More.
Claesson thought Zlatan was easy to play with.
- He has come in well in the group.
He is easy to play with, says the goal scorer.
Sweden dominated, as expected, ball possession.
But it took until just over halfway into the first half before Sweden got a really hot goal chance.
It was Sebastian Larsson who lifted the ball to Claesson.
He nodded the ball down to Alexander Isak who pulled to direct, but the goalkeeper saved.
Good saves by Nordfeldt
Before that, Georgia had had two good goal chances.
Goalkeeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt had saved a free kick and Mikael Lustig had steered a dangerous entry from the edge.
The second half was poor chance.
But Georgia had an excellent chance with ten minutes left of regular time.
Nordfeldt, however, was quickly down and saved with his right arm.
It was 84 minutes for Zlatan, who was replaced by Robin Quaison.
Zlatan and Isak started in the attack, and it seemed that they did not train much together.
Isak, however, stood for a good effort with good defensive work and many runs.