The centre of a Russian city has run out of beer after a number of Sweden fans drank it all.
The capital of Nizhny Novgorod was transformed into a sea of gold as an estimated 7,000 Swedes descended on the city centre for their opening match of the 2018 World Cup against South Korea.
The game attracted thousands of Swedish fans which made for one of the busiest nights for Nizhny Novgorod's small city centre. So much so that the Swedish crowd drank a number of pubs dry.
And that was before the game kicked off.
"Yup, some places had already run out by yesterday. The city has never had to arrange something on this scale before, so they've been completely taken by surprise," the Swedish Football Association's head of security Martin Fredman told Sportbladet.
The Swedes made an excellent start to the World Cup with a 1-0 victory over the South Korean side thanks to the spot-kick awarded by VAR.
And while the Swedish fans were busy celebrating pre-match, they were only going to be in the mood to party following captain Andrea Granqvist's winning goal.
"The beer in central Novgorod ran out today after the Swedish success. That alone shows how many of us are here and the party atmosphere there is," supporter Carl Eriksson told local newspaper Corren following Sweden's win.
Sweden face reigning world champions Germany next week and now face a near 2,000-kilometre trip south to Sochi.
The game is their chance to qualify for the knockout round if they can pull of the difficult challenge of securing a victory over the Germans.
