Follow live reaction to England’s extraordinary penalty shootout victory over Sweden, in a game they trailed 2-0

Defending champion England staged a remarkable late comeback to beat Sweden in penalties and advance to the semifinals.

Defending champion England has staged a remarkable late recovery from two goals down to take its quarterfinal against Sweden to extra time at the Women’s European Championship.

England are through to the semi-finals of Euro 2025 after a quite ludicrous football match with Sweden. Not much of it made

By Philip O'Connor ZURICH (Reuters) -England beat Sweden 3-2 in an astonishing penalty shootout that featured 14 attempts to reach the Women's Euros semi-finals on Thursday after the reigning champions had fought back from 2-0 down to force the game to extra time.

Blackstenius is so good at running in behind. The way she took the first goal in Sweden's 4-1 win over Germany showed a real intelligence to keep onside. It was top-level forward play. She has been accused of missing clear-cut chances, but she executed that perfectly. That will have given her a real boost.

England then bounced back by defeating the Netherlands 4-0 and Wales 4-1 to get to this stage of the tournament. In the win over the Netherlands, Georgia Stanway, Ella Toone, Lauren Hemp, Alessia Russo, Beth Mead, and Aggie Beever-Jones scored for England, setting up for this thrilling matchup against Sweden.

The Swedes look to punch their ticket to the 2025 UEFA Women’s European Championship semifinals with a win on Thursday, as they go up against the reigning champions, England.

The UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 matchup between England and Sweden is slated for July 17 at 3 p.m. ET in Zürich, Switzerland. Want to watch live on TV? Details are below in this article.

England head coach Sarina Wiegman was thrilled with her team’s togetherness and fight after they came from two goals down to eventually defeat Sweden 3-2 on penalty kicks in their UEFA Women’s