World Cup 2018: England beat Sweden 2-0 to reach semi-finals

Published on: 07 July 2018

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World Cup 2018: Sweden 0-2 England highlights

England are into the World Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1990 thanks to Harry Maguire and Dele Alli headers against Sweden.

Gareth Southgate's side now face hosts Russia or Croatia on Wednesday in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium for a place in next Sunday's final.

Maguire rose highest to thump home Ashley Young's first-half cross, the eighth of England's 11 goals at this World Cup to come from a set-piece.

And Alli was unmarked to turn home Jesse Lingard's cross against a lacklustre Sweden in Samara.

England keeper Jordan Pickford pulled off three fantastic saves to keep Sweden out - first turning away a Marcus Berg header, then producing a low stop from Viktor Claesson and finally tipping Berg's shot over the bar.

England will discover their semi-final opponents later, with Russia and Croatia kicking off at 19:00 BST.

The Three Lions are in the last four for only the third time. They went on to win their home tournament in 1966 but lost to West Germany on penalties in 1990.

But the peculiar way this World Cup has shaped up means they will now play the team ranked 20th or 70th in the world for a place in the final - against either Belgium or France.

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Pickford's flying save keeps out Marcus Berg's header for Sweden

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    The eight goals England have scored from set-pieces is the most by a team at a World Cup since Portugal in 1966 (also eight). Sweden have lost three of their past four matches against England, a run which follows 12 consecutive games without defeat against them between 1979 and 2006. Six of England's last 11 goals against Sweden have been scored via headers, all from different players (Sol Campbell, Steven Gerrard, Gareth Barry, Andy Carroll, Maguire and Alli). England - who scored with both shots on target on Saturday - have found the net with 10 of their past 13 shots on target at this World Cup. England have now scored 11 goals in a World Cup for only the second time, also doing so in their victorious year of 1966. Alli is the second youngest player to score for England at the World Cup (22 years and 87 days), behind only Michael Owen (18 years and 190 days against Romania in 1998). Maguire became the first player to score their first England goal in a World Cup knockout match since Rio Ferdinand in 2002 against Denmark. Pickford made three saves in this match and became the youngest England goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in a World Cup match (24 years and 122 days).

More to follow.

    Line-ups Match Stats Live Text

Line-ups

Sweden

    1Olsen

    16KrafthSubstituted forJanssonat 85'minutes

    3Lindelöf

    4Granqvist

    6Augustinsson

    17Claesson

    7LarssonBooked at 90mins

    8Ekdal

    10ForsbergSubstituted forOlssonat 65'minutes

    9Berg

    20ToivonenSubstituted forGuidettiat 65'minutesBooked at 87mins

Substitutes

    5Olsson

    11Guidetti

    12Johnsson

    13Svensson

    14Helander

    15Hiljemark

    18Jansson

    19Rohdén

    21Durmaz

    22Thelin

    23Nordfeldt

England

    1Pickford

    2Walker

    5Stones

    6MaguireBooked at 87mins

    8HendersonSubstituted forDierat 85'minutes

    12Trippier

    7Lingard

    20AlliSubstituted forDelphat 77'minutes

    18Young

    10SterlingSubstituted forRashfordat 90+1'minutes

    9Kane

Substitutes

    3Rose

    4Dier

    11Vardy

    13Butland

    14Welbeck

    15Cahill

    16Jones

    17Delph

    19Rashford

    21Loftus-Cheek

    22Alexander-Arnold

    23Pope

Referee:

Björn Kuipers

Attendance:

39,991

Match Stats

Home TeamSwedenAway TeamEngland

Possession

Home42%

Away58%

Shots

Home6

Away12

Shots on Target

Home3

Away2

Corners

Home1

Away6

Fouls

Home10

Away7

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Sweden 0, England 2.

Full TimePosted at 90'+6'

Second Half ends, Sweden 0, England 2.

BookingPosted at 90'+4'

Sebastian Larsson (Sweden) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 90'+4'

Harry Kane (England) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 90'+4'

Foul by Sebastian Larsson (Sweden).

Posted at 90'+2'

Offside, Sweden. Ludwig Augustinsson tries a through ball, but Marcus Berg is caught offside.

SubstitutionPosted at 90'+1'

Substitution, England. Marcus Rashford replaces Raheem Sterling.

Posted at 90'

Attempt missed. Ludwig Augustinsson (Sweden) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.

Posted at 89'

Foul by Harry Maguire (England).

Posted at 89'

Andreas Granqvist (Sweden) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 87'

Eric Dier (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 87'

Foul by Pontus Jansson (Sweden).

BookingPosted at 87'

John Guidetti (Sweden) is shown the yellow card.

BookingPosted at 87'

Harry Maguire (England) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 87'

Foul by Harry Maguire (England).

Posted at 87'

John Guidetti (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 86'

Jesse Lingard (England) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 86'

Foul by Martin Olsson (Sweden).

Posted at 85'

Eric Dier (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 85'

Foul by Andreas Granqvist (Sweden).

SubstitutionPosted at 85'

Substitution, Sweden. Pontus Jansson replaces Emil Krafth.

SubstitutionPosted at 85'

Substitution, England. Eric Dier replaces Jordan Henderson.

Posted at 83'

Kieran Trippier (England) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 83'

Foul by Ludwig Augustinsson (Sweden).

Posted at 82'

Attempt blocked. Jesse Lingard (England) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Harry Kane.

Posted at 80'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Posted at 79'

Delay in match Emil Krafth (Sweden) because of an injury.

SubstitutionPosted at 77'

Substitution, England. Fabian Delph replaces Dele Alli.

Posted at 72'

Harry Maguire (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 72'

Foul by Andreas Granqvist (Sweden).

Posted at 71'

Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Jordan Pickford.

Posted at 71'

Attempt saved. Marcus Berg (Sweden) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by John Guidetti.

Posted at 69'

Corner, England. Conceded by Emil Krafth.

Posted at 68'

Attempt blocked. Dele Alli (England) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.

Posted at 66'

Attempt missed. Harry Maguire (England) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.

Posted at 65'

Corner, England. Conceded by Ludwig Augustinsson.

SubstitutionPosted at 65'

Substitution, Sweden. Martin Olsson replaces Emil Forsberg.

SubstitutionPosted at 65'

Substitution, Sweden. John Guidetti replaces Ola Toivonen.

Posted at 62'

Attempt blocked. Viktor Claesson (Sweden) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

Posted at 62'

Attempt saved. Viktor Claesson (Sweden) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcus Berg.

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Source: bbc.com

Source: bbc.com

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