Wiegman 'very emotional' after 'crazy' England win

ZURICH -- England caput manager Sarina Wiegman said she thought astatine slightest 3 times that the Lionesses' Euro 2025 travel was implicit earlier they defeated Sweden connected penalties, adding that she can't retrieve immoderate lucifer rather similar this quarterfinal.

England came backmost from 2 goals down to gully 2-2 with Sweden successful mean clip and past edged a chaotic punishment shootout 3-2 acknowledgment to immoderate wayward penalties and the brilliance of Hannah Hampton.

Wiegman said she was "very emotional" and "still tons of adrenaline" aft a "crazy game." She added she could not retrieve "anything similar this" successful her managerial career.

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But supra all, she was relieved aft she saw Sweden physique a 2-0 first-half lead.

"We wanted to commencement the crippled a batch amended than we did," Wiegman said. "That's not a bully start. Then truly rapidly they scored a 2nd extremity and we were struggling coming into the game. Then you deliberation we wanted to deliberation astir however could we assistance the team. Then we started playing a spot amended but we didn't make much. In the 2nd fractional we were connected the shot a batch more."

Wiegman made a flurry of substitutions connected the 70-minute people and past brought connected Chloe Kelly successful the 78th minute. Lucy Bronze scored England's archetypal successful the 79th infinitesimal disconnected a Kelly transverse and past 103 seconds later, substitute Michelle Agyemang finished from adjacent range.

With the lucifer deadlocked, it went to penalties wherever Hampton saved 2 penalties, and Bronze slotted the winning effort. "Today I thought astir 3 times we were out," Wiegman said.

Wiegman was delighted with Hampton's performance.

"She didn't person doubters successful our bubble," Wiegman said. "I deliberation she had a precise awesome performance. She had immoderate precise bully saves successful the 2nd halves. She had 1 punishment connected the close broadside that was an unthinkable save. Pretty large publication today."

And she was besides afloat of praise for Bronze.

"Lucy Bronze is 1 of a benignant and I person ne'er seen anybody similar her earlier successful my life," Wiegman said. "There are truthful galore astonishing players but what she does and her mentality -- the goal, punishment astatine the acold post. That's what defines her -- her resilience and fight.

"The lone mode to get her disconnected the transportation is successful a wheelchair."

Leah Williamson was forced disconnected injured astatine the commencement of the 2nd fractional of other clip aft she rolled her ankle. England present look a tense hold implicit whether she'll beryllium acceptable for their semifinal with Italy connected Tuesday.

"She'll beryllium assessed tomorrow," Wiegman said. "I don't cognize [how she is, but] she couldn't enactment connected the transportation anymore."