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Yahoo
2 days ago
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- Yahoo
Leah Williamson reveals extent of ankle injury as Lionesses look ahead to Euros semi-final
Leah Williamson said she did not know the extent of her injury after she left the pitch in extra time. England battled to a dramatic penalty shootout win over Sweden on Thursday night. After trailing by two at half time, they scored two second-half goals in quick succession to force extra time and, eventually, penalties, where just five of 14 spot-kicks were scored. But Williamson had left the pitch by that stage, having landed awkwardly and rolled her right ankle after challenging for a header. Speaking at full-time, she said she did not know how severe the injury could be. 'It wasn't about me,' she explained. 'A game like that requires you to be at 100% and nobody can put a foot wrong, so it wasn't the time to stay on the pitch, but I don't know.' She continued, saying she was disappointed to have had to watch the shootout from the bench but that she was thrilled with the team's performance. 'I just feel really really proud. That was awful to watch at the end. I just love that we don't ever give up. 'I've said it before. We are never done. We don't believe that we are ever done. The fight back, the quality to turn the game around, then stay in it mentally, just incredible.' Williamson was most proud of her substitutes' performances. Chloe Kelly changed the game on arrival, assisting Lucy Bronze and teeing up Michelle Agyemang in the fw minutes after her introduction. 'You hope to create an environment where everyone is ready and everyone feels valued enough that when it is their time, they can step up and do their job, and that is what you just saw. Everybody covered so much ground, did work for themselves, did their job, and helped out each other. I am so proud of them. 'I said we played three finals in a row now, in terms of if you lose you're going home. We have the proof. Its about turning up and doing the job, so I am a happy girl today.' She laughed off the missed penalties in the shootout, too. Asked how much preparation the squad had put in, she chuckled: 'Loads! I know obviously, there were a few more misses than normal, but that is something you have to do before a tournament. 'There is so much science behind it nowadays. It's the easiest and the hardest thing in the world.'
Japan Times
2 days ago
- Sport
- Japan Times
England beats Sweden in sensational shootout to reach Women's Euro semis
England beat Sweden 3-2 in an astonishing penalty shootout that featured 14 attempts to reach the Women's Euros semifinals on Thursday after the reigning champions had fought back from 2-0 down to force the game to extra time. It was a thrilling climax to a game in which England teetered on the brink of elimination, only to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. In all, Sweden keeper Jennifer Falk saved four penalties, but she skied the potentially winning spot kick over the bar, throwing a lifeline to England that was gleefully grabbed. Lucy Bronze fired the holders into the lead before Swedish teenager Smilla Holmberg blasted her effort high over the crossbar to end the contest. It all looked so different for the Swedes as they roared into an early lead, Stina Blackstenius teeing up captain Kosovare Asllani to score in the second minute after England gave the ball away cheaply, and Blackstenius then outran Jess Carter to score with a confident finish herself in the 25th minute. The Swedes looked more than comfortable throughout the first half as England floundered. Following the interval coach Sarina Wiegman rang in the changes, bringing on Beth Mead, Michelle Agyemang and Esme Morgan in the 70th minute, and the introduction of Chloe Kelly a few minutes later added even more attacking verve. Bronze pulled a goal back for England in the 79th minute, meeting Kelly's cross and heading home from a tight angle to reignite the white-clad fans in the crowd and Agyemang leveled two minutes later with a superb poacher's finish to send the game to extra time. Both sides had their fair share of chances in extra time but the game went to penalties, and though the Swedes missed their first spot kick, Falk's superb saves soon put them in the driving seat. Falk had the chance to win it but she sent her kick high over the bar, and though she saved from Grace Clinton, Bronze beat her from the spot. After Sofia Jakobsson's miss, the pressure proved too much for the 18-year-old Holmberg, who fired over. "Right now, I don't know, I don't know," England keeper Hannah Hampton, who suffered a bloody nose in the game, said when asked how she felt after the dramatic victory. "It's just all gone so quick, like that last little bit in the penalty shootout, but ... we're very happy, obviously, you can see all the celebrations going around." Wiegman breathed a sigh of relief at the final whistle. "It was hard. One of the hardest games I've ever watched. Very emotional. We could've been out four or five times during the game. When you're 2-0 down at halftime, it's not good," she said. "We started really badly and then at the end of the first half we got better and in the second half we got better but we didn't create anything so we had to change shape. Then we scored two goals so that was crazy already. "Then we go into extra time, some players injured, some players cramping, Hannah Hampton with blood all over the place, then we go to the penalty shootout and we miss a lot but they miss even more and we're through," she added. England will face Italy in Geneva on Tuesday for a place in the final.
News.com.au
2 days ago
- Sport
- News.com.au
England reach Euro 2025 semis after shootout win over Sweden
England roared into the semi-finals of Women's Euro 2025 on Thursday after coming back from two goals down and then beating Sweden 3-2 in a chaotic penalty shoot-out to continue their title defence. Smilla Holmberg blasted over from the spot to settle the shootout drama in Zurich after the match finished 2-2 thanks to Lucy Bronze and Michelle Agyemang's quick-fire strikes just as England looked to be limping out of the tournament. The reigning European champions were staring at elimination with 11 minutes remaining in normal time after Kosovare Asllani, who opened the scoring with her 50th international goal in the second minute, and Stina Blackstenius shot Sweden into a two-goal lead at half-time. "That was one of the hardest games I have ever watched. We could have been out four or five times," England boss Sarina Wiegman told the BBC. "We started badly. We didn't create anything so we changed shape and we scored two goals which was crazy. The shootout, we missed a lot but they missed more and we're through." England will face Italy, who are in the last four for the first time since 1997, in the last four in Geneva on Tuesday after a rollercoaster comeback. "Not how we planned it to be, of course, but it's a learning experience that we put in our back pocket and learn from going forward," Chloe Kelly, who was key to both England goals and took one of the few good penalties of the shootout, told reporters. "We solved the problems and then it was about getting back in the game. The resilience of the team is incredible." Defeat ended Sweden's bid for a first major honour since winning the first official Euros back in 1984, Peter Gerhardsson's team falling in the most painful of fashions. Goalkeeper Jennifer Falk, who saved four penalties, had the chance to send Sweden through but like Holmberg she scooped her effort over the bar and gave England the chance to reach the last four. "All analysis feels fairly pointless right now, right now it's melancholy. You feel a certain sadness that it turned out this way," said Sweden coach Peter Gerhardsson. - England survive - England scored 10 goals in their final two Group D matches to reach the last eight but showed none of that attacking flair in the early stages at the Letzigrund Stadium. Sweden were on the front foot from the off and somehow it was no surprise when Asllani drilled home her opener after just one minute and 46 seconds, the attacking midfielder being left completely free to collect Blackstenius' lay-off and score. Jess Carter's loose pass led to that goal and moments later goalkeeper Hannah Hampton almost gifted Blackstenius her third goal of the tournament after miscontrolling the ball and allowing the Arsenal striker to bear down on an open goal before Leah Williamson slid in to cut out the danger. Lauren Hemp's pot shot was brilliantly tipped onto the bar by Falk but that was a rare bright spot in a dismal opening half for England, who were deservedly two behind at the break. Blackstenius showed how lethal she can be in the 25th minute when she raced in behind a dozing English defence, collected Julia Zigiotti Olme's pass, held off Carter and slotted home. England were brighter after the restart and Hemp should have halved the deficit when she failed to direct Lauren James' cross on target. And Bronze gave England hope by heading home a searching cross in the 79th minute from Kelly, one of four late substitutions alongside Agyemang who two minutes later reacted quickest to a loose ball and prodded England level. Extra time passed without much incident and that left the shootout in which a parade of poor penalties ended with Holmberg ballooning her effort way over and sending England through. td/mw/rcw
CNA
2 days ago
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- CNA
England beat Sweden in sensational penalty shoot-out to reach Women's Euro semis
ZURICH :England beat Sweden 3-2 in an astonishing penalty shootout that featured 14 attempts to reach the Women's Euros semi-finals on Thursday after the reigning champions had fought back from 2-0 down to force the game to extra time. It was a thrilling climax to a game in which England teetered on the brink of elimination, only to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. In all, Sweden keeper Jennifer Falk saved four penalties, but she skied the potentially winning spot kick over the bar, throwing a lifeline to England that they gleefully grabbed. Lucy Bronze fired the holders into the lead before Swedish teenager Smilla Holmberg blasted her effort high over the crossbar to end the contest. It all looked so different for the Swedes as they roared into an early lead, Stina Blackstenius teeing up captain Kosovare Asllani to score in the second minute after England gave the ball away cheaply, and Blackstenius then out-ran Jess Carter to score with a confident finish herself in the 25th minute. The Swedes looked more than comfortable throughout the first half as England floundered. Following the interval coach Sarina Wiegman rang in the changes, bringing on Beth Mead, Michelle Agyemang and Esme Morgan in the 70th minute, and the introduction of Chloe Kelly a few minutes later added even more attacking verve. Bronze pulled a goal back for England in the 79th minute, meeting Kelly's cross and heading home from a tight angle to re-ignite the white-clad fans in the crowd and Agyemang levelled two minutes later with a superb poacher's finish to send the game to extra time. Both sides had their fair share of chances in extra time but the game went to penalties, and though the Swedes missed their first spot kick, Falk's superb saves soon put them in the driving seat. She had the chance to win it but she sent her kick high over the bar, and though she saved from Grace Clinton, Bronze beat her from the spot. After Sofia Jakobsson's miss, the pressure proved too much for the 18-year-old Holmberg, who fired over. "Right now, I don't know, I don't know," England keeper Hannah Hampton, who suffered a bloody nose in the game, said when asked how she felt after the dramatic victory. "It's just all gone so quick, like that last little bit in the penalty shootout, but... we're very happy, obviously, you can see all the celebrations going around." Wiegman breathed a sigh of relief at the final whistle. "It was hard. One of the hardest games I've ever watched. Very emotional. We could've been out four or five times during the game. When you're 2-0 down at halftime, it's not good," she said. "We started really badly and then at the end of the first half we got better and in the second half we got better but we didn't create anything so we had to change shape. Then we scored two goals so that was crazy already. "Then we go into extra-time, some players injured, some players cramping, Hannah Hampton with blood all over the place, then we go to the penalty shootout and we miss a lot but they miss even more and we're through," she added.
Sky News
3 days ago
- Sport
- Sky News
England through to semi-finals of Women's Euros after beating Sweden on penalties
England have booked their place in the semi-finals of the Women's Euros after knocking out Sweden. The Lionesses won 3-2 on penalties at Stadion Letzigrund in Zurich, Switzerland. England had clawed their way back into the game after being 2-0 down at half-time. It was Lucy Bronze who delivered the first England goal, assisted by substitute Chloe Kelly. Moments later, Michelle Agyemang followed suit, bringing the score level before going into extra-time in the quarter-final match. Pressure was on the defending champions after they won the tournament in 2022. Their journey in the group stage started with a defeat to France, but hopes were lifted after England sailed past the Netherlands and Wales to reach the knockout stages. Sweden on the other hand went into Thursday's game unbeaten in the tournament so far, having already defeated Germany, Poland and Denmark in the group stages.
