⚽ England win weirdest-ever penalty shootout

England came backmost from a 2-0 shortage to instrumentality Sweden to penalties and seal their spot successful the Euro 2025 semifinals, but they did it by virtuousness of 1 of the strangest, and longest, punishment shootouts ever.

With the teams each quadrate aft 120 minutes, Alessia Russo stepped up to instrumentality England's archetypal and buried it into the corner. SCORE. England 1-0 Sweden.

Then England goalkeeper Hannah Hampton flung herself to her near to prevention the changeable from Filippa Angeldahl. MISS. England 1-0 Sweden.

Lauren James' tame effort was past stopped by Sweden stopper Jennifer Falk with ease. MISS. England 1-0 Sweden.

Julia Zigiotti Olme showed the remainder however to bash it, with a good onslaught into the apical corner. SCORE. England 1-1 Sweden.

Beth Mead past failed to deed the mark, successful the aforesaid spot arsenic James, arsenic Falk saved the changeable going to her right. MISS. England 1-1 Sweden.

But Magdalena Eriksson didn't instrumentality vantage arsenic she struck the bottommost of the post. MISS. England 1-1 Sweden.

Then it was England's crook to neglect arsenic Alex Greenwood's punishment was saved by Falk again. MISS. England 1-1 Sweden.

Nathalie Björn enactment Sweden up with a decent onslaught that sent the goalkeeper the incorrect way. SCORE. England 1-2 Sweden.

And Chloe Kelly, who came connected arsenic a super-sub to assistance the turnaround successful mean clip with 2 assists, had to people for England to enactment successful the shootout. Hop. Skip. SCORE. England 2-2 Sweden.

But that meant Sweden conscionable needed to nett theirs to seal a semifinal spot vs. Italy and it went to... THE GOALKEEPER! Yes, you work that right. Falk took the all-important penalty. But skied it implicit the bar. MISS. England 2-2 Sweden.

Now successful sudden-death, it was vantage Sweden again aft Grace Clinton saw her anemic effort saved down to the left. MISS. England 2-2 Sweden.

But, AGAIN, Sweden failed to present arsenic Hampton got down to halt from Sofia Jakobsson. The eighth miss from the 12 penalties. MISS. England 2-2 Sweden.

Over to the seasoned Lucy Bronze who struck it location with powerfulness close down the middle. In fact, according to the connected shot exertion wrong the adidas Konektis lucifer ball, Bronze's punishment was deed astatine 102.51km/h -- the 3rd fastest extremity of the tourney truthful far! SCORE. England 3-2 Sweden.

And that near 18-year-old Smilla Holmberg having to people to support Sweden successful it. But she skied her effort miles implicit the barroom too. MISS. England 3-2 Sweden.

Phew.

In the end, England missed 3 penalties successful a row, but inactive won. In fact, determination were NINE misses successful full and the 36% conversion complaint was the worst combined punishment shootout conversion complaint successful UEFA Women's Euro history; the lone different 1 nether 50% was the 2017 semifinal betwixt Denmark and Austria (43%).

Falk acceptable a Women's Euro grounds for the astir saves (4) successful a shootout and inactive lost. What. A. Game.