Players from England and Sweden heaped praise on each other for their bravery in a penalty shootout at the Women's European Championship on Thursday, despite a record-low conversion rate and criticism from fans.

England head coach Sarina Wiegman was thrilled with her team’s togetherness and fight after they came from two goals down to eventually defeat Sweden 3-2 on penalty kicks in their UEFA Women’s

England then bounced back by defeating the Netherlands 4-0 and Wales 4-1 to get to this stage of the tournament. In the win over the Netherlands, Georgia Stanway, Ella Toone, Lauren Hemp, Alessia Russo, Beth Mead, and Aggie Beever-Jones scored for England, setting up for this thrilling matchup against Sweden.

The England news conference has wrapped up and the Lionesses are going through their final preparations before facing Sweden for a place in the semi-finals of Euro 2025.

Aygemang was at the heart of the comeback, the teenager causing chaos with her movement and power. Her run down the right almost gave England a winner right at the death, but Alessia Russo’s shot was saved.