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Sarina Wiegman, England coach, has added:
It’s a very strong team. I think they always perform at tournaments, and they can play very physically but they also have pace up front, and they’re good in the air. But we also see some weaknesses, which we hope to expose.
Peter Gerhardsson, Sweden coach, has said:
Both we and England are better now than we were in 2022 [when they met at the Women’s Euro]. I hope we can show it here because last time we couldn’t show our potential. I hope it’s a good game and I hope we win.
I would really like to hear from you about footballing songs. I’ve been listening to a fair few over the tournament and I’m wondering which are your favourites. They don’t necessarily have to relate to England or Sweden, just any that you enjoy. Personally I love when fans adapt Gala’s song ‘Freed from Desire’ to reflect a lyric like ‘Beth Mead’s on fire, your defence is terrified’. Email me and let me know.
Current Arsenal boss Renee Slegers had been billed as BBC pundit for Euro 2025 but she is yet to feature and currently former manager Jonas Eidevall, who hadn’t been mentioned pre-tournament, is on the screen. Swapping and changing Gunners bosses.
And some Swedish stars include:
Here are some England stars to keep an eye on this evening:
The team news is in. For Sweden have made two changes to their starting XI with Hanna Lundkvist and Julia Zigiotti Olme coming in for Hanna Bennison and Smilla Holmberg.
Sweden: Falk; Lundkvist, Bjorn, Eriksson, Andersson; Angeldahl, Asllani, Zigotti Olme; Rytting Kaneryd, Blackstenius, Rolfo
Subs: Holmgren, Enblom, Sembrant, Nildén, Janogy, Hurtig, Jakobsson, Ilestedt, Wangerheim, Bennison, Holmberg, Blomqvist
England, meanwhile, make no changes to the team who beat Wales last time out.
England: Hampton; Bronze, Williamson, Carter, Greenwood; Toone, Walsh, Stanway; James, Russo, Hemp
Subs: Keating, Moorhouse, Charles, Mead, Le Tissier, Clinton, Morgan, Agyemang, Kelly, Beever-Jones, Park, Wubben-Moy
An excellent, as always, piece from Jonathan Liew focused on this quarter-final is exactly the story to read before this match kicks off:
Did you wonder why Chloe Kelly and Beth Mead clicked their fingers in celebration of a goal against Wales? Arsenal’s Kelly explains all:
The Guardian columnist and USWNT manager Emma Hayes has previewed this quarter-final, you can read her analysis here:
For a nation with a population of 10 million, with a men’s national side that failed to quality for three of the past four World Cups, Sweden have a track record in women’s football that belongs to a sporting superpower.
Sweden finished third at three of the past four Women’s World Cups and are five-time World Cup semi-finalists. They also claimed the silver medal at the Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo Olympics. In Europe, their success is even more consistent and they stand one win from a 10th European semi-final when they meet England in Zurich on Thursday. Their men’s national side has not reached a world or European semi-final for more than 30 years.
England defender Lucy Bronze has said:
Every other team wants to replicate what England did in 2022, what the Netherlands did before us, and really boost women’s football and we know that success comes from that. We know that we’re very fortunate in England that when we have success it really does explode the game and I think it’s what we want all over Europe and all over the world.
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One quarter-final has already been played and it saw Italy beat Norway to progress to the last four at a women’s major tournament for the first time since 1997. They will be the opponent for whoever wins tonight’s match and you can catch up on all the action from last night’s quarter-final here:
Hello and welcome to the Euro 2025 quarter-final between Sweden and defending champions England.
The Lionesses had a bumpy start to their campaign but finished the group stage strongly to reach the last eight, while Sweden have recorded three wins from three so far.
It is set to be a tight match with the nations among the favourites to win the entire tournament. The game is a repeat of the Euro 2022 semi-final where England beat Sweden 4-0 but the scoreline is not set to be as one-sided this time around.
Before the team news drops at around 6.45pm BST, we can take a look at what has been said in the build-up and big news from around the tournament. Let’s go.
