Sweden 0-1 England (penalty one)<\/b><\/p>\n
England won the toss, benefitting from a shootout in front of their own fans and took the first penalty.<\/p>\n
Up stepped Alessia Russo, the Lionesses’ trusty goal threat. Jennifer Falk dived the right way, but her powerful effort never looked like being stopped.<\/p>\n
“Russo has left nothing on the pitch so to strike that as sweetly as she did – Falk went the right way, nowhere near it,” former England goalkeeper Rachel Brown-Finnis said on BBC One.<\/p>\n
Sweden 0-1 England (penalty two)<\/b><\/p>\n
Hampton stood on the line, her nose bloodied from a collision in the final moments of extra time.<\/p>\n
Filippa Angeldahl took the first kick for Sweden and sent it towards the right but Hampton got her hands to it.<\/p>\n
“She’s done her homework,” reacted Brown-Finnis. Hampton knew exactly where to go.<\/p>\n
Sweden 0-1 England (penalty three)<\/b><\/p>\n
England couldn’t make the most of their advantage.<\/p>\n
Lauren James tried to place her effort in the bottom left corner but Falk palmed it away.<\/p>\n
Sweden 1-1 England (penalty four)<\/b><\/p>\n
Sweden issued the perfect response. “Emphatic, beautifully struck,” said Brown-Finnis.<\/p>\n
Julia Zigiotti Olme showed no nerves and left Hampton with no chance. Her well-struck spot-kick went into the top corner and Sweden levelled.<\/p>\n
Sweden 1-1 England (penalty five)<\/b><\/p>\n
Were emotions not already running high enough, England fans were soon made even more anxious.<\/p>\n
Beth Mead went for the same place as James and faced the same result – Falk saved. “It’s a cushty height for the goalkeeper,” said Brown-Finnis.<\/p>\n
Sweden 1-1 England (penalty six)<\/b><\/p>\n
From a moment of agony to sudden hope.<\/p>\n
Magdalena Eriksson had the chance to put Sweden in front. Instead, her effort bounced off the far post.<\/p>\n
Sweden 1-1 England (penalty seven)<\/b><\/p>\n
By this point, Falk was beginning to look like Sweden’s saviour.<\/p>\n
Alex Greenwood sent her penalty down the middle. Falk dived, the ball hit her and it bounced back out.<\/p>\n
Three of the Lionesses’ four penalties saved.<\/p>\n
Sweden 2-1 England (penalty eight)<\/b><\/p>\n
Nathalie Bjorn put Sweden on the verge of victory, beating her Chelsea team-mate Hampton.<\/p>\n
England had to score their next.<\/p>\n
Sweden 2-2 England (penalty nine)<\/b><\/p>\n
Who better than the player who had netted the winning kick in each of England’s other two shootouts under Wiegman to deliver when needed?<\/p>\n
Chloe Kelly produced her trademark run-up, with a hop and a skip before firing past Falk.<\/p>\n
“What a night she is having,” said BBC commentator Robyn Cowen.<\/p>\n
Kelly had delivered the assist for England’s first goal, then the vital cross which led to their second. Now, she’d kept their hopes of a shootout victory alive.<\/p>\n
Sweden 2-2 England (penalty 10)<\/b><\/p>\n
Stepping up to take Sweden’s fifth penalty, to put them into the semi-finals, was none other than keeper Falk.<\/p>\n
She had already saved three, taking one as well was “just being greedy,” said Brown-Finnis.<\/p>\n
The Sweden goalkeeper could not produce another moment of jubilation for her supporters and skied over the bar.<\/p>\n
Sweden 2-2 England (penalty 11)<\/b><\/p>\n
Surely, after yet another miss, England would respond?<\/p>\n
Not this time. Grace Clinton’s weak effort rolled to the left which Falk easily saved.<\/p>\n
By this point, it looked like the shootout might never end. “I can’t believe how many penalties we’ve missed,” said Brown-Finnis.<\/p>\n
Sweden 2-2 England (penalty 12)<\/b><\/p>\n
Sweden once again had the opportunity to win the match. Sofia Jakobsson placed the ball on the spot with just four of the 11 penalties before her having been scored.<\/p>\n
She also went to the left, but Hampton tipped it on to the post with her outstretched hand.<\/p>\n
“These are cats with nine lives, the Lionesses,” Brown-Finnis said.<\/p>\n
Sweden 2-3 England (penalty 13)<\/b><\/p>\n
England’s most decorated player stepped up for the big moment.<\/p>\n
Bronze had no intention of wasting her chance and delivered the perfect penalty, thrashing it down the middle as Falk dived to the right.<\/p>\n
The Lionesses have talked throughout this tournament about producing “proper England” performances – and Bronze’s penalty was an “old school Stuart Pearce-type” of kick, said Brown-Finnis.<\/p>\n
She added: “Full of passion, full of heart, no nonsense penalty right into the roof of the net. Great strike, great player, great time.”<\/p>\n
Sweden 2-3 England (penalty 14)<\/b><\/p>\n
Sweden had to score to keep their hopes alive. The job fell to 18-year-old Smilla Holmberg to try to level.<\/p>\n
Holmberg didn’t even hit the target. She sent her strike soaring over the crossbar. The English players ran off in celebration.<\/p>\n
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