defending champion England Beat Sweden On Thursday, staged a notable late recovery from two goals from two goals to reach the semi-finals of the Women’s European Championship at a nail-biting penalty shootout.
Sweden keeper Jennifer fauk A woman rescued four punishments, a record in Euro shootout. But he scored a potentially winning spot kick as a bar and won 3–2 at the age of 18. Smila Holmberg Missing after the last one Lucy bronze He was powerfully sent to the lioness.
“Stressful. Watching stressful, stressful games,” England goalkeeper Hannah Hampton Asked about the firing, he told the BBC, in which he saved two punishments with Sweden, with three other people missing.
“Every time I saved one, I was thinking” Please just put it so that we have a little cushion. ” His keeper then settled and saved the next one and I was thinking ‘Oh goodness, we go here.’ ,
England would be grateful to penalty, however, as almost stuck almost-they were 12 minutes before the goal from bronze and teenage options. Mitchell Egimang Took the match for extra time.
This is the first time in the history of women’s euros that a team has fought two goals in a knockout match.
England will face Italy In the semi -finals in Geneva on Tuesday.
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Steina Blacksteinius Ted up Sweden captain Kosovir Asani After England, to score in the second minute, the ball was distracted cheaply, and Blacksteinius dropped himself out in the 25th minute to score himself with a confidence.
Bronze pulled back a goal for England in the 79th minute, meeting Chloe KellyCross home from a tight angle and heading home to re-ignite white-thorough fans in the crowd and substitute Mitchell Egimang The game was leveled two minutes later with the finish of a great predators to send the game on extra time.
This is the first time in the history of women’s euros that a team has fought two goals in a knockout match.
Both sides had an appropriate part of the opportunity in additional time, but went into the game penalty, and although the sweds missed their first spot kicks, the spectacular savings of the fauk soon put them into the driving seat.
She got a chance to win it but she sent her a kick high over the bar, and although she survived Grace Clinton, bronze defeated her by the spot.
After Sophia Jacobson’s Miss, the pressure for Holmberg proved to be very high, who fired for the ninth Miss of an unforgettable firing.
Sarina Wigman’s side reached her fourth semi -finals in the last five euros and became the first champion after Germany in 2009, making beyond the quarter -finals in the following tournament.
This report used information about Reuters, Associated Press and ESPN research.
