Lowly Luxembourg strike early to beat Sweden in friendly

Sweden suffered a shock defeat by Luxembourg in a friendly on Saturday, as the hosts claimed a 1-0 victory thanks to an early goal from Seid Korac.

Luxembourg, who have never qualified for a major tournament, took the lead in the 23rd minute and continued to threaten while Sweden struggled to find any rhythm.

The result led to some introspection from the Swedish team, who are 65 places higher than Luxembourg in the world rankings, with the landlocked country of less than one million people ranked 92nd.

"There are many thoughts in my head right now. Anger and disappointment. Not a good feeling," Sweden goalkeeper Robin Olsen said.

"We'll have to try to shake this off. We need to analyse quite a bit what went wrong," striker Alexander Isak added.

"Of course, you can classify it as a failure that we lost. The only positive today is that it's a friendly match."

Sweden will have a chance to regain some pride when they host Northern Ireland in another friendly on Tuesday.