His goal celebration broke out in added time in the first half – but after a long VAR review, Isak's 4-0 goal was disallowed due to offside.
On replay, it was clear that the judgment was incorrect – the goal should have been allowed. The VAR room made the mistake of measuring the offside position at the wrong time.
How is that possible? Seriously. It's almost the worst I've seen, says Isak, and continues:
I'm happy, of course, that we win, but I score a goal that should be allowed, then it's clear that you get annoyed.
"Pretty rough"
I don't think I've ever experienced anything like this at this level when I've been involved. You've seen a lot of mistakes, but this one was pretty rough. The VAR referees stood in the player tunnel at halftime. We argued with them, but they stuck to their decision that they had made the right call.
National team coach Jon Dahl Tomasson couldn't understand why Isak's goal wasn't allowed either.
I was furious, the whole team was furious. I don't understand it. For me, it was a goal, but we can't change it, he says.
In the second half, he got a new chance to write himself into the goal protocol, this time from the penalty spot.
Delighted with Gyökeres
Then Azerbaijan's goalkeeper Rza Cafarov made a huge save, and Isak saw himself goalless in Sweden's 6-0 win.
It's sour, but we win. Neither of these two things affects the result. If it had, it would have been an even bigger deal.
Instead, he was delighted with Viktor Gyökeres' four goals.
He's a goal machine. It's brutal. He's a player we'll get a lot of use out of for a long time to come. It's very positive for us and for him, of course, says Alexander Isak.
