Sweden goalkeeper Jennifer Falk gave a blunt evaluation of her penalty within the spot-kick defeat to England final evening, describing it as “f****** s***”.
Falk was handed the duty of placing her nation via to a semi-final with Italy on the Girls’s Euro 2025 however blazed her effort over the bar.
Loopy scenes! 😱
Sweden goalkeeper Jennifer Falk steps up and has the possibility to win the penalty shootout however blazes over the bar! #BBCFootball #WEuro2025 pic.twitter.com/SNPMAC4UPV
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 17, 2025
She instantly redeemed herself by saving Grace Clinton’s effort however Sofia Jakobsson then missed with the match on the road.
Lucy Bronze blasted dwelling handy England the lead and the Lionesses progressed 3-2 when Smilla Holmberg lashed her penalty excessive.
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Lionesses salvage draw after 90 minutes with two late objectives
It was a chaotic ending to a match that ended 2-2 with defending champions England hitting again from 2-0 down with 11 minutes to go in regular time.
Falk was excellent within the shoot-out, saving 4 spot-kicks, till it got here to utilizing her toes as an alternative of her palms.
The 32-year-old informed Expressen: “Peter [Gerhardsson – Sweden manager] requested if I may do it after which I mentioned sure.
“I simply thought I might take just a few deep breaths and put it to the left, which I didn’t do.
“It was f****** c*** after which it was nearly specializing in saving the following penalty.”
We had the match in our palms – Eriksson
Sweden defender Magdalena Eriksson felt her aspect ought to have sewn the sport up earlier than it even obtained to extra-time and penalties.
She mentioned: “I really feel unhappy, empty, dissatisfied, all on the similar time. This might be laborious to maneuver on from. We had the match [in our hands] and it’s so extremely unlucky that we didn’t handle to take care of our lead.”
England have been on their approach dwelling as the sport reached its latter levels, objectives from Kosovare Asllani and Arsenal ahead Stina Blackstenius contained in the opening 25 minutes placing Gerhardsson’s group in whole management.
However Sarina Wiegman executed her substitutions to perfection. Bronze pulled one again after which Michelle Agyemang prodded England stage.
“They began to push, bringing on offensive gamers and placing strain on our again line. Ultimately they obtained their reward. We defended the field properly all through the match however in these two conditions we didn’t do this.
“We gave all the pieces and it’s unlucky that it’s not sufficient. I’m extremely dissatisfied.”
An absolute roller-coaster experience! 🎢
Listed here are one of the best bits from England’s penalty shootout win over Sweden. Get pleasure from. pic.twitter.com/UnA1hSfkOp
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 18, 2025
Euro 2025 quarter-final fixtures
Wednesday, July 16
QF1: Norway 1-2 Italy (Geneva)
Thursday, July 17
QF3: Sweden 2-2 England (2-3p) (Zurich)
Friday, July 18
QF2: Spain vs Switzerland (Bern, 20:00, BBC)
Saturday, July 19
QF4: France vs Germany (Basel, 20:00, ITV)
Semi-finals
Tuesday, July 22
SF1: Winner QF3 v Winner QF1 (Geneva, 20:00)
Wednesday, July 23
SF2: Winner QF4 v Winner QF2 (Zurich, 20:00)
Ultimate
Sunday, July 27
Winner SF1 v Winner SF2 (Basel, 17:00)
Girls’s Euro 2025 teams: Which groups certified?
England got a tough activity in Group D, facing 2017 champions the Netherlands and a France group ranked eleventh on this planet by Fifa.
Elsewhere, eight-time champions Germany met inaugural winners and four-time finalists Sweden in Group C, whereas Spain’s try to succeed in the ultimate for the primary time pitted them in opposition to opponents together with Italy, runners-up in 1993 and 1997.
Group A
Finland, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland
Group B
Belgium, Spain, Italy, Portugal
Group C
Denmark, Germany, Poland, Sweden
Group D
England, France, Netherlands, Wales
Girls’s Euro 2025 fixtures, schedule
Euro 2025 Group stage
Wednesday, July 2
Group A: Iceland 0-1 Finland (Thun)
Switzerland 1-2 Norway (Basel)
Thursday, July 3
Group B: Belgium 0-1 Italy (Sion)
Spain 5-0 Portugal (Bern)
Friday, July 4
Group C: Denmark 0-1 Sweden (Geneva)
Germany 2-0 Poland (St.Gallen)
Saturday, July 5
Group D: Wales 0-3 Netherlands (Lucerne)
France 2-1 England (Zurich)
Sunday, July 6
Group A: Norway 2-1 Finland (Sion)
Switzerland 2-0 Iceland (Bern)
Monday, July 7
Group B: Spain 6-2 Belgium (Thun)
Portugal 1-1 Italy (Geneva)
Tuesday, July 8
Group C: Germany 2-1 Denmark (Basel)
Poland 0-3 Sweden (Lucerne)
Wednesday, July 9
Group D: England 4-0 Netherlands (Zurich)
France 4-1 Wales (St.Gallen)
Thursday, July 10
Group A: Finland 1-1 Switzerland (Geneva)
Norway 4-3 Iceland (Thun)
Friday, July 11
Group B: Italy 1-3 Spain (Bern)
Portugal 1-2 Belgium (Sion)
Saturday, July 12
Group C: Sweden 4-1 Germany (Zurich)
Poland 3-2 Denmark (Lucerne)
Sunday, July 13
Group D: Netherlands 2-5 France (Basel)
England 6-1 Wales (St.Gallen)
How one can watch Girls’s Euro 2025: TV channels, dwell stream
Within the UK, protection might be shared between the BBC and ITV. The fixture record above reveals which channel is broadcasting every match within the group stage, with the division of video games within the semi-finals to be confirmed.
Followers can watch the video games on-line and live-stream them on an unlimited vary of units via the BBC Sport web site, BBC iPlayer app, ITV.com and the ITVX app.
Girls’s Euro 2025 tickets: How one can purchase
Tickets vary from round £22-£35 between the group stage and the quarter-finals, with the semi-finals having an higher worth vary of round £61 and tickets for the opening sport and last ranging between round £26-£79.
For full particulars and to guide, go to UEFA.com’s ticketing page for Women’s Euro 2025.
