England, Euro 2025
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Lowdown on UEFA Women's EURO 2025
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Follow live reaction to England’s extraordinary penalty shootout victory over Sweden, in a game they trailed 2-0
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's EURO 2025 defence is already hanging by a thread after trailing Sweden by two first-half goals and the omens don't inspire confidence for a comeback. Sarina Wiegman's side fell behind with
The European Championships quarter-final clash between England and Sweden is a repeat of the 2022 semi-final in the same competition, a game England won 4-0 en route to lifting the trophy. The English will hope it’s a similar story here after a mixed bag at the Euros thus far.
Of the 13 penalties that have been missed at Euro 2025, it should be noted that three have come against the host nation Switzerland. Hegerberg missed her first penalty in the opening game in Basel, with Caldentey and Putellas also failing to convert against the hostile home fans in Bern.
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