Superb England rout Sweden to reach Euro final

Beth Mead and Lucy Bronze every had an help and a aim as England overcame a nervy begin to thrash Sweden 4-0 at Bramall Lane in Sheffield on Tuesday evening and advance to the finals of the 2022 Girls’s European Championship.

Sarina Wegman’s England facet got here into the match as favourites within the semifinal towards world No. 2 Sweden following a dramatic come-from-behind win over Spain within the quarters, because the Lionesses regarded to stay on monitor to win a primary main trophy for his or her nation because the males’s workforce gained the 1966 World Cup.

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Sweden regarded harmful on the counter within the early going, however England had been first to attain when Mead settled a Bronze cross from the appropriate within the thirty fourth minute, turned and smashed a stunning volley previous Hedvig Lindahl to present the Lionesses the lead at half-time.

England began the second half in excellent trend, with Bronze heading house at Lindahl’s far publish from Mead’s whipped in nook to double the lead after a short VAR verify for offside.

Lauren Hemp almost put England up three on 57 minutes, however her contact was simply off with a close-range shot and the ball popped up and caromed off the crossbar.

England gamers have a good time after scoring a aim towards Sweden within the semifinals of the 2022 Girls’s Euro. Getty Photographs

Ten minutes later, England discovered their third from substitute Alessia Russo’s intelligent back-heel that went proper between the legs of Sweden keeper Lindahl to safe victory and a spot within the last for third time within the workforce’s historical past.

And Fran Kirby made it 4-0 earlier than full-time to the delight of the sold-out crowd with a intelligent chip that Lindahl may solely get her fingertips on earlier than it bounced into the again of the online.

England, who’ve by far probably the most objectives from open play on the match with 17, will face the winner of Wednesday’s different semifinal between Germany and France (watch reside on ESPN2 at 3 p.m. ET).

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