England survived one of the worst penalty shoot-outs in major tournament history as Sweden twice missed the chance to reach the semi-finals

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.

Watch Sweden v England on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Thursday 17 July, with kick off at 8pm BST. Gabby Logan is live in Zurich as England take on Sweden in their quarter-final at the UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 tournament.

England started badly vs. Sweden, turned things around in 103 second-half seconds, then won a penalty shootout which saw nine misses to progress to the Euro 2025 semifinals. But they have their goalkeeper and two super-subs to thank.

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

Aygemang was at the heart of the comeback, the teenager causing chaos with her movement and power. Her run down the right almost gave England a winner right at the death, but Alessia Russo’s shot was saved.

Arsenal's Stina Blackstenius doubles Sweden's lead as England find themselves two goals down inside 26 minutes in their Euro 2025 quarter-final clash at Stadion Letzigrund in Zurich.