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Granqvist thankful for VAR
Sweden's Andreas Granqvist (right) and Gustav Svensson embrace after the group F match between Sweden and South Korea today
SWEDEN, who ended the hopes of the Netherlands and Italy on their way to qualifying for this World Cup, started with a win against the Republic of Korea in Nizhny Novgorod.
The only goal came from a penalty awarded by Salvadorian referee Joel Aguilar only after being persuaded by his video assistant referees to review substitute Kim Minwoo’s challenge on Viktor Claesson on a pitch-side screen.
Over a minute had passed before the referee correctly pointed to the spot and captain Andreas Granqvist stepped up to side-foot home Sweden’s first World Cup finals goal in 12 years.
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