A quarter of an hour from the end, the recently replaced Robin Quaison was demolished and created a penalty for Sweden, which was VAR-examined after goalkeeper Martin Dubravka went out hard and tackled the Swede in free position.
Emil Forsberg put it hard on the right near the post and despite Dubravka going in the right direction, the ball went safely in goal for 1-0.
In the final minutes, Slovakia had a position to equalize but it was too crowded and messy in the Swedish penalty area that the ball did not go through.
In extra time, it was close that Slovakia received a penalty after hand bouncing in the Swedish penalty area.
Five minutes later, Sweden had a great opportunity to close the match when Alexander Isak came through and passed to substitute Viktor Claesson whose shot was blocked in the penalty area.
"Match performance"
With 20 minutes left, Alexander Isak, hard courted and with fine dribbles, struggled on to a free kick where he fired a shot at the first post where Martin Dubravka covered up.
- That is the match's performance, says SVT Sports expert Glenn Strömberg.
Even though it was offside, many people put the juice in their esophagus when Juraj Kucka snuck up and nodded, where Robin Olsen had to make a reflex save after just under an hour.
A few minutes later, Sweden had a high-class goal chance when Ludwig Augustinsson nodded heavily and Slovakia's goalkeeper Martin Dubravká made a fantastic one-handed save.
This after a post from Sebastian Larsson.
A couple of minutes later, Isak had a good nod that just went over, an illustration of the match turning in Sweden's favor.
In the prelude to the second half came the first half of the match.
Alexander Isak got a gap and fired a shot that was covered at the last minute.
There was more nerve in that sequence than in the entire first, cautious half.
In the last group game match, Sweden will face Poland on 23 June.