England came backmost from 2 goals down to gully 2-2 earlier beating Sweden 3-2 successful a nail-biting punishment shootout to scope the semifinals of the Women's Euros, with Sweden's Smilla Holmberg firing implicit to extremity the contest.

Stina Blackstenius teed up Sweden skipper Kosovare Asllani to people successful the 2nd infinitesimal aft England gave the shot distant cheaply, and Blackstenius past out-ran Jess Carter to people with a assured decorativeness herself successful the 25th minute.

Lucy Bronze pulled a extremity backmost for England successful the 79th minute, gathering Chloe Kelly's transverse and heading location from a choky space to re-ignite the white-clad fans successful the assemblage and substitute Michelle Agyemang levelled 2 minutes aboriginal with a superb poacher's decorativeness to nonstop the crippled to other time.

Both sides had their just stock of chances successful other clip but the crippled went to penalties.

Swedish keeper Jennifer Falk saved 4 spot kicks and skied the perchance decisive punishment implicit the bar, but Bronze fired England into the pb and Holmberg skied her effort arsenic the champions went done to the past four.