Thank you so much for joining me for this enthralling quarter-final. Sweden came out of the blocks firing with an English defensive blunder gifting Kosovare Asllani the opener and a piece of individual brilliance doubled their lead through Stina Blackstenius. England looked like they were booking their flights home but substitutions, particularly Michelle Agyemang and Chloe Kelly, turned around the defending champions’ fortunes. Lucy Bronze and Agyemang got England back into it and in the penalty shootout a save from Hannah Hampton and winning penalty from Bronze saw England through. To recap all the finer details, see the report below. The Lionesses will play Italy in the semi-finals. But there are two more semi-finals to play, first up is Spain v Switzerland and we will take you through all the action tomorrow. See you then.
England defender Lucy Bronze tells the BBC:
It was a crazy game. I saw my brother right at the end and he was so excited and I know when I saw him like that I knew we had put him through it. Holding the team together in the first half was difficult, Rolfo pushed on and she almost had a third goal. When we made the substitutes the momentum went with us. I actually hurt my leg a little bit in the game, that’s why I took the tape off, I watched the goalkeeper in the shootout and she goes quite early. I’ve been around long enough, I have to know the ins and outs of the game.
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