Sweden needed a point at home against Ireland to be ready for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand 2023.
But it took a late equalizer by Kosovar Asllani to arrange this.
When the clock ticked up in 79 minutes at Gamla Ullevi in Gothenburg, the guests led 1-0, a result that would not secure the ticket.
It was the substitutes Filippa Angeldahl and Olivia Schough who served the Real Madrid star free position in the penalty area after the former lured in a post that Schough only extended.
The 12,123 spectators in Gothenburg broke out in great cheers.
Otherwise, it was Arsenal player Katie McCabe who, via a blue-yellow player, outwitted Hedvig Lindahl just before the break.
The goal was preceded by a suspected offside, but the home team cleared.
- Extremely difficult to see.
It is marginal.
We had needed VAR and colored lines to see if it was offside or not, said SVT's expert commentator Markus Johannesson.
The last qualifying match, away against Finland in September, will thus be insignificant.