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 semi-finals of Women's Euro 2025 on Thursday after coming back from two goals down and then beating Sweden 3-2 in a chaotic penalty shoot-out to continue their title defence. "Not how we planned it to be,

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

Smilla Holmberg missed PK, England advanced past Sweden and clinch spot in Euro Semifinals. 2 HOURS AGO・UEFA Women's EURO・0:47

With Italy waiting for England if they reach the semi-finals of Euro 2025, BBC Sport looks at how the Azzurre could threaten the Lionesses' quest to retain their title.

The European Championships quarter-final clash between England and Sweden is a repeat of the 2022 semi-final in the same competition, a game England won 4-0 en route to lifting the trophy. The English will hope it’s a similar story here after a mixed bag at the Euros thus far.

Lucy Bronze is adamant the "proper England" mantra within the team underlines how this is a group that can find a way to win a match "by any means possible."

England have made the fewest changes to their starting line-up between games out of the eight teams through to the quarter-finals