World Cup 2018 Live Updates: England beat Sweden 2-0 to advance into the semi-finals
The final whistle blows… England are through to the semi-finals for the first time in 28 years….
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94: Yellow card to Sebastian Larsson . He pulls throws and then kicks Kane
Meanwhile Marcus Rashford comes on for Sterling…
90: Now Guidetti is booked for Sweden
Another yellow card
Five minutes of added time….
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89: Maguire again bring down Granqvist and Sweden have a free-living outside the english box. Augustinsson Armada over it and sends the ball into row z.
87: Harry Maguire brings down Berg and is booked
First yellow card of the match
85:Krafth off for Jansson
Final substitution for Sweden
84: Eric Dier on for Henderson
2nd substitution for England
82: Augustinsson fouls Trippier and England have a free-kick. It comes off to nothing
78: Trippier with gorgeous cross from the right and Sterling was there to tap it in, but Granqvist puts the foot in
76: Alli off for Fabian Delph
Substitution for England
74: Sublime play from Lingard, he driblles but everyone then overhits a pass to Sterling
71: Olsson finds Berg, whose first touch lays down the ball for him to shoot. He does and the ball was sailing into the roof of the net, but Pickford stands up again
Pickford with another glorious save
67: CHANCE FOR MAGUIRE! But he smashes it into the stands.. the ball from a corner ricochet’s off Kane for Henderson to head it to Maguire at the far post, but his shot was rash and way over the bar!
Forsberg is off for Martin Olsson
65: Toivonen is off for John Guidetti
Substitutions for Sweden
62: Sweden nearly pulls one back. Toivonen and Berg plays a lovely one-two, before the latter back heels the ball to Claesson, his shot is saved by Pickford and England survives
2-0 to England
59: Lingard with a gorgeous chip in the box from which Alli heads home
⚽⚽⚽England scores again. Goaallll!! Dele Alli scores
58: Trippier’s cross is cleared
56: Jesse Lingard’s shot deflects off for a corner
54: Kane wins a free-kick and Ashley Young’s free-kick is headed from the far post by Maguire. The ball reaches Srerling who tries an over-head kick but Sweden clear
47: Pickford with a brilliant save!! Marcus Berg heads in a powerful header from a Augustinsson delivery but Pickford stretches full to keep the the ball out. That’s SwedensS first shot on target
Play begins
Emil Forsberg has scored 1 goal in 15 attempts. Berg with none in 14 attempts.
The second-half is about to begin…
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What a half it was for England, Sweden doesn’t look anywhere near and the ‘Three Lions’ should have scored thrice. Raheem Sterling with a double miss in quick succession, while Kane’s only shot hit the side-post.
Trivia: Maguire’s header was England’s 10th goal at this World Cup. The only time they managed to score more than 10 goals was in 1966 with 11 goals.
England lead 1-0 at half-time
Consecutive corners for England before the referee blowsntye half-time whistle
45: Sterling again….And he misses again. Henderson with a perfect long ball behind the Swedish defence, Sterling takes it down and rounds Olsen, but the giant keeper gets a hand to it. Sterling still had Kane in space but he goes for glory and skies it
1 minute of added time.
44: Lingard finds Seeking through and alone but he fails to score. He is offside.
42: Sweden attack but Forsberg’s ball is straight at Pickford
The replays shows Forsberg was marking Maguire…Oh how can he mark a centre-back. Maguire completely overpowers him and scores
35: Trippier curls one ball into the box, Granqvist clears before it reaches England
Ohhh!!! England and set-pieces
⚽⚽⚽ Harry Maguire scores with a thumping header from a Ashley young corner
31: Goalllll England!!!!
28: Lingard floods a lovely ball into the box which Trippier heads down but Sweden clears
25: Claesson’s wonderful through ball finds Berg alone. He is off-side
Interesting stat: None of the Swedish player in the field plays in Sweden all of England’s 23 players play in Emgoand
23: Sterling trying to find a penalty for Harry Kane to score. Hits he ball straight at the defender’s hands
21: Lindelof with a side pass to Krafth , who miscues and England attack again
19: Ohhh Kane… Sterling with a brilliant run finds Kane, who shoots but it hits the lower left post and goes out
18: Krafth with a lovely long ball to Toivonen, but stones clears
13: Claesson with a shot well above the bar but why is Pickford screaming
10: Kane lays down a wonderful ball to Sterling, which is cleared by Lindelof..
7: Freekick to Sweden and they are immediately lining up a barrage of men in the opposition penalty box. The delivery is cleared for a throw in. A long one coming in from Claesson
2: A spell of passing at the back for England now before Walker tries a crossfield pass but it’s blocked by Berg. England pick up the second ball but Sweden apply the press and win it back immediately. Claesson’s run on the right was a good one but the pass by Larsson was overhit and England breathe easy…
1: Sweden hoof it up top but the English defence gets it away. England pick it up and play around
Sweden in the quarters for the first time since 1994
England are playing their first quarter-final since 2006. The last time they progressed being the quarters was in 1990, when they beat Cameroon 3-2
England in Reds and Swades in Yellow
The whistle blows!!
The match is about to begin…..
Sweden (4-4-2): Olsen; Augustinsson, Granqvist, Lindelof, Krafth; Larsson, Ekdal, Forsberg, Claesson; Toivonen, Berg
England (3-5-2): Pickford; Maguire, Walker, Stones; Young, Dele, Lingard, Henderson, Trippier; Sterling, Kane
The line-ups are out!
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the England vs Sweden quarter-final clash at the Samra Arena.