England v Sweden

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“Using 50% fewer cameras in our tournament than the men’s game, that is a catastrophe really,” she seethed. The confidence in the team has grown.” Not quite “girls, it’s Sweden,” but it’ll have to do. “Using 50% fewer cameras in our tournament than the men’s game, that is a catastrophe,” fumed Kosovare Asllani after an apparently legit opening goal was chalked off in their win over Belgium. The fight for football’s powers-that-be to treat the women’s game equally and with due respect is clearly not over; at least in 1984, there was no VAR to worry about. “There was one man and his dog in terms of reporters from England.” Tonight’s semi-final is only 150 miles up the M1 at Bramall Lane, but thankfully a world away in terms of its status. The coach, Peter Gerhardsson, has a score to settle with Wiegman, whose Dutch side dumped Sweden out of the 2019 World Cup. Sweden went on to beat England in a bronze-medal match labelled “a nonsense” by Phil Neville, after the Lionesses’ third straight semi-final defeat at a major tournament. The fight for the Euro 2022 trophy is down to the final four, the stage where the teams still in it will start to think they can win it.

Hosts England take on Sweden in the Euro 2022 semi-final this week. Here's all you need to know about the match.

They also have the defensive organisation to deal with England’s threat from the flanks. It’s a really good team. That may be explained by the fact they have allowed only 97 opposing attacks, according to UEFA’s official statistics. Mead, by contrast, has scored with all five of her efforts on target. “But I can assure that we’re going to have a plan – and we need a good plan, we need a very good plan, and maybe we need an extremely, very good plan. “It’s going to be a difficult game, I think totally different to what we had against Spain, because they have a different style of play.

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Hemp has been a key performer and proven she can provide when the Lionesses have needed her most. They have been the better side in all their games so far and have only conceded twice. England have been the competition’s form team, conceding just goal, scoring 15, and eliminating the pre-tournament favourites Spain (admittedly without star player Alexia Putellas) in the previous round.

England and Sweden will go head-to-head on Wednesday for a place in the final of the European Women's Championship. It is fair to say that the Lionesses ...

Beat Sweden on Tuesday and England will believe it is their destiny to go all the way. To get around that, all you have to do is get a Virtual Private Network (VPN), assuming it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs. A VPN creates a private connection between your device and t'internet, meaning the service can’t work out where you are and won't automatically block the service you've paid for. Peter Gerhardsson is an astute tactician and his team is one of the most balanced at the tournament. They outplayed Belgium in the quarter-finals and should really have triumphed by a much wider margin than 1-0. They had chances to pull further clear of the hosts, who were visibly less comfortable in possession than their opponents. It is fair to say that the Lionesses rode their luck last time out.

England will look to forwards Beth Mead and Alessia Russo, who have combined for eight goals in the tournament. Sweden has been stout on defense, though, ...

The winner of Tuesday’s game will face the winner of Germany-France, which is set for Wednesday at 3 p.m. Eastern time, in Sunday’s final at Wembley Stadium. England and Sweden are kicking off the semifinal round of the Women’s Euro 2022 tournament Tuesday afternoon at Sheffield, England’s Bramall Lane. The Brits are not only the favorites to win Tuesday’s match, they’re favored to win the title, per DraftKings Sportsbook, which would be their first since the tournament’s inception in 1984. Follow along for live updates from the first Women’s Euro 2022 semifinal.

The action as it happened from tonight's Euro 2022 semi-final between England and Sweden at Bramall Lane.

England are into the final of the European Championship after a 4-0 victory over Sweden with goals from Mead, Bronze, Russo and Kirby.

If anyone deserved to get in on the act, it was Kirby. After everything she has been through, nobody would have blamed her if her speculative effort from distance had gone nowhere, but after an awkward bounce it ended in the net. Fortunately, the sky had turned black, and the night was all but over from a Swedish perspective. This was an occasion that called for the attack behind Ellen White to use their imagination and Kirby, in particular, has it in abundance. At 2-0, England were sat deep, holding on for dear life when two saves in as many minutes – the second at full stretch – thwarted the danger. Just as Spain showed in the last eight, squeeze hard enough and it is possible to cut off England’s blood supply. Sweden targeted the space between Lucy Bronze and Millie Bright, Jakobsson had time to get her shot away, and were it not for the legs of Mary Earps Sweden would have broken some hearts.

England vs Sweden live commentary stream, team news, TV channel and updates as the Lionesses hope to take the final step towards a Euro 2022 final.

Ellen White is emotional for a reason, the support, interest and growth of the game is amazing. England eventually clear their lines but Sweden have started dangerously. It looks like it will come to nothing but from an angle which defies belief she is able to produce a backheel which nutmegs the 'keeper. Growing up the boys didn’t want to play with a girl, the coach of the boys team would never play me. It's her sixth goal of the tournament and gives England a great platform in this semi-final. The ball is flashed across the face of goal and just evades the boot of Ellen White - Lucy Bronze picks up the pieces and crosses for Beth Mead to turn and find the back of the net. Fran Kirby gets the goal she deserves as she tries to chip the 'keeper, she gets a hand to it but is unable to lift it over the bar and the ball lands in the back of the net. Mary Earps produces a moment of magic to keep out a certain goal - superb reflexes from the England 'keeper to maintain a two goal lead. Fran Kirby manages to produce some creativity when England do get the ball and forces a corner from which Lucy Bronze manages to squeeze a header home. Special praise for a brilliant creative performance from Fran Kirby and a marvellous cameo from Alessia Russo which saw her score a goal of the tournament contender. It was a memorable night for English football, with a brilliant performance from Fran Kirby and a moment of genius from Alessia Russo the highlights. England beat Sweden 4-0 at Bramall Lane on Tuesday night with a stunning performance to reach the final of Euro 2022.