Soccer-Proud Isak stakes claim to Zlatan's crown as Sweden beat Slovakia

[ASFN Admin]

He may not have been involved in the penalty that Emil Forsberg scored as Sweden beat Slovakia 1-0 in their Euro 2020 Group E clash on Friday, but the name of Alexander Isak was on everyone's lips as the Swedes went to the top of their group. After a drab first half, the 21-year-old Real Sociedad striker exploded into life in the second, bamboozling the Slovak defence with mazy dribbles and sharp changes of direction that reminded Swedish fans of a young Zlatan Ibrahimovic. "To play the Euros in these arenas and to do it for Sweden, it's an unbelievable feeling, and I'm so happy that we managed to take three points from this game."

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