Thank you for joining me for this one! Sweden put in an utterly dominant performance for 60 minutes but Japan almost closed out a comeback. Sweden were able to hold on and an Ilestedt goal and Angeldahl penalty were enough to see them through to the semi-finals where they will play Spain. For a recap on the action read the report below. We will be back with live coverage of the last two quarter-finals tomorrow but until then have a great Friday!
There will be a new winner of the World Cup in this tournament and Sweden have knocked out two previous winners in defending champions USA and 2011 winners Japan. Here’s a piece on why the USA’s campaign did not go as planned:
