As Smilla Holmberg's final missed penalty flew into the Zurich air, the entire England squad raced towards goalkeeper Hannah Hampton in celebration. Manager Sarina Wiegman stayed near the bench and jumped into her assistant Arjan Veurink's arms.

By Philip O'Connor ZURICH (Reuters) -England beat Sweden 3-2 in an astonishing penalty shootout that featured 14 attempts to reach the Women's Euros semi-finals on Thursday after the reigning champions had fought back from 2-0 down to force the game to extra time.

England recovered from a two-goal deficit to force a penalty shootout and beat Sweden as they scraped into the Euros semi-finals on Thursday night.