Sweden 1 Czech Republic 0 LIVE REACTION: Swedes reach World Cup play-off final after Quaison’s extra-time winner
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SWEDEN reached the World Cup play-off final, where they'll play Poland, after beating Czech Republic in the semis.
Robin Quaison scored deep into extra-time to hand the Swedes a vital win ahead of the World Cup later this year.
- RESULT: Sweden 1-0 Czech Republic
- Sweden XI: Olsen, 4. Danileson, 3. Lindelof, 18. Nilsson, 5. Olsson, 7. Claesson, 20. Olsson, 8. Ekdal, 10. Forsberg, 21. Kulusevski, 9. Isak
- Czech Republic XI: Vaclik, 2. Zima, 4. Brabec, 3. Holes, 15. Sadilek, 12. Masopust, 22. Soucek, 7. Barak, 14. Jankto, 9. Hlozek, 10 Kutcha
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Sweden strong in Solna
The match this evening takes place at the Friends Arena in Solna, just north of the capital city Stockholm.
The blue and yellow haven't lost a home match (all played there) since September 2020.
That spell includes victories against Spain and Croatia.
Welcome to Sweden vs Czech Republic
Tonight, we have a FIFA World Cup semi-final play-off match as Sweden take on Czech Republic.
The winner be on the brink of booking their place in Qatar for the World Cup at the end of this year, while the loser's dreams will be over. Poland awaits the successful side tonight in the final.
Sweden come into this game having fallen just short of automatic qualification after losing to Georgia and Spain in their last two matches in Group B.
The Swedes were knocked out of the 2018 World Cup by England in the quarter-final 2-0 but now risk missing out on the competition entirely.
Janne Anderson's side have a number of Premier League stars in their squad including Man Utd duo Victor Lindelof and Anthony Elanga as well as Spurs attacker Dejan Kulusevski.
Meanwhile, Czech Republic came third in their qualification group, behind Belgium and Wales but World Cup hopes are still alive for them.
The Czechs are looking to make their first World Cup since 2006, when they fell at the group stage.
However, this set of players enjoyed a fantastic Euro 2020 campaign beating the Netherlands on their way to eventually losing in the last eight round to Denmark.