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Evening all, and welcome to Georgia v Sweden!

World Cup Qualification UEFA / Matchday 9
Adjarabet Arena / 11.11.2021
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Ben Snowball

Updated 11/11/2021 at 18:53 GMT


73'
What Georgia have done really well is find out-balls, Volkov winning a flick-on then dashing down the line to collect it, winning a corner off Lindelof. It comes to nowt, but the home side remain a threat.
71'
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Isak collects possession 22 yards out and though he's got options, he decides to shoot, dragging wide of the far post.
71'
Okriashvili looked extremely displeased with that development but in the meantime, Sweden have a corner, which Lindelof can't quite reach.
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Georgia send on Volkov and Davitashvili for Tsitaishvii and Okriashvili.
68'
Surely it won't be long before we see Dejan Kulusevski.
66'
Zurab Khizanishvili, the Georgia manager, was clever in his team selection for today, picking players with youthfulness and legs. That's given them a proper edge on the counter, though they've ridden their luck at the back with the chances Sweden have missed.
65'
If Sweden lose tonight, they'll have to win in Spain to qualify.
63'
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Nilsson fouls Okriashvili and is booked.
61'
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GOAL! Georgia 1-0 Sweden (Kvaratskhelia) Well! Okrinashvili chips in, Kakabaze wins the flick-on, and though Olsen blocks Azarov's close-range shot, the ball squirts loose to Kvaratskhelia, who rams home! Sweden are in all sorts!
60'
But now Georgia sweep forward, Azarov finding Kvaratskhelia, who's clattered by Svanberg. Free-kick, 35 yards out, and a chance to stick on in the mixer.
59'
Sweden are back in control now.
57'
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Augustinsson crosses big from the left and Zltana does brilliantly to chest it back across, into Claesson's path. But from six yards, he can't quite drag the ball on target, sending it just wide of the near post.
56'
Kvaratskhelia screeches towards the Sweden box, looking to slip a pass in behind for Okriashvili, but Krafth reads it well and intercepts.
53'
Nowt! He absolutely clatters it over the bar.
52'
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Okriashvili fouls Olsson 23 yards out, just left of the D, and is booked; what can Zlatan conjure from the free-kick...
51'
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Sweden win a free-kick 30 yards out and Georgia don't bother with a wall, so Forsberg hits it. The ball starts straight and it looks like the keeper s ready for some deviation, but it never coes, so he catches, fumbles, then gathers.
50'
Sweden have wastedthe first five minutes of the half. They'll be starting to wonder, though will also know that should they be forced into a playoff, chances are they win it.
48'
This time, Olssen and Forsberg gang-up on Okriashvili, and Sweden clear.
47'
Kvaratskhelia crosses from the right and Augustinsson heads behind though there's no one on his blind-side; he needed a shout from the keeper there, ad the resultant corner forces another.
46'
I said earlier that if Sweden win they're through; if it's a draw, they'll need a point in Spain, but a one-goal defeat would be ok if it wasn't 1-0 or 2-1, as that'd give them a better head-to-head record - they beat Spain 2-1 in Stockholm earlier in the group.
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We go again! This is a huge half for Sweden...