Raw emotion and a never-say-die attitude came to the fore as the European champions somehow made it into the semi-finals

Defending champion England has staged a remarkable late recovery from two goals down to take its quarterfinal against Sweden to extra time at the Women’s European Championship.

England roared into the semifinals of Women’s Euro 2025 on Thursday (Friday in Manila) after coming back from two goals down and then beating Sweden 3-2 in a chaotic penalty shoot-out to continue their title defense.

England then bounced back by defeating the Netherlands 4-0 and Wales 4-1 to get to this stage of the tournament. In the win over the Netherlands, Georgia Stanway, Ella Toone, Lauren Hemp, Alessia Russo, Beth Mead, and Aggie Beever-Jones scored for England, setting up for this thrilling matchup against Sweden.

Follow live reaction to England’s extraordinary penalty shootout victory over Sweden, in a game they trailed 2-0

Defending champion England staged a remarkable late comeback to beat Sweden in penalties and advance to the semifinals.

England's EURO 2025 defence is already hanging by a thread after trailing Sweden by two first-half goals and the omens don't inspire confidence for a comeback. Sarina Wiegman's side fell behind with

Following their dramatic quarter-final win against Sweden on Thursday, England are just one game away from the Euro 2025 final. The Lionesses looked down and out after a calamitous first-half in Zurich in which Sweden took a deserved 2-0 lead.

The Swedes look to punch their ticket to the 2025 UEFA Women’s European Championship semifinals with a win on Thursday, as they go up against the reigning champions, England.

In the end, Sweden vs England in the quarter-final of the Women's European Championship was a brilliantly chaotic mess of a game.

Forward Chloe Kelly, who came off the bench to score a 110th-minute winner in the Euro 2022 final, said England's substitutes had become a tight-knit group at this year's tournament with their own WhatsApp group and goal celebration.