England vs. Sweden: 2018 World Cup live

48: Sweden dangerous, but refused

Sweden begins brilliantly: Augustinsson pbades to Berg, and his bouncing head is saved by Pickford with a punch.

Andrew Das: Pickford, who saved England against Colombia, has now saved them against Sweden too. It was a great chance, but it came down quickly, plunging left to take it away. Only 24, he is really impressed in this tournament.

46: Beginning of the second half

Here is the debate for England right now: What to do with Raheem Sterling? His detractors are on Twitter, claiming he should have scored on those occasions. While his supporters argue that other players would never have created those chances to start. Options for England include Danny Welbeck and Marcus Rashford.

Do not Forget Colombia

England is in control of the game, but without a second goal, it will not feel safe until the final whistle. England lost a 1-0 lead in the final minutes of the match against Colombia in the round of 16.

The Numbers

England was at the height of his favoritism in the first half: 5 shots on goal accuracy. England also had three corners at the zeroth of Sweden, and one of them led to the goal.

Halftime: England 1, Sweden 0

England finishes half by bombing the box of Sweden with crosses and corners. The Swedish defense is able to stop them, but it looks a lot more like 2-0 than 1-1 at the moment.

Andrew Das: A little fireworks just before half-time, with England pressing one twice. This may change the impression of what was largely sad 45 minutes, but England will take it: up 1-0, and seeing the semi-finals on the horizon.

45: Sterling keeps running

Raheem Sterling takes hold of a long pbad in the box and gets a touch of control. But a double team removes the ball. And then it happens again and he gets the hang of it with Olsen coming down to save

Andrew Das: O.K., Sterling was there but … what was he doing? After the goalkeeper's contact on the ball, Sterling recovered but could not decide what to do next. He had Kane and another teammate but, after gaining time, he shot and fired. "Um, Raheem," they both say. "You have not seen us here?"

44 "Offside

Jesse Lingard finds a Sterling Raheem sprinting and for a brief moment, England seems to have a great chance. But he is clearly offside.

Andrew Das: I do not know what the linesman saw over there: Sterling was an offside mile.

43: Sweden makes Pickford Work

Emil Forsberg, but there is not much, and it's an easy gain for Jordan Pickford

41 & # 39 ;: England Counters

Sterling with a dangerous cross, just on the bottom line. Lingard manages to score but Granqvist does a good job of avoiding the ball or the penalty.

38: Sweden Runs

A small counterattack for Sweden tries to find Ola Toivonen, but it's just out of reach. Kyle Walker rushes to keep the game and start a cons of England

36 "3-1 on Shots

Officially, England has three shots, whose only goal was judged on the target. Sweden managed a single shot, not on the target.

35: England keeps a sounding

Another center in the surface for England. This time, Kieran Trippier sends one, but Sweden is here to clean it up.

32: Sweden will have to attack

England had been the dominant team (150 pbades completed at 98) but could not do anything in the last third of the platoon. The heading of Maguire has changed that, and Sweden will have to improve its own offensive efforts

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30 "GOAL! England Scores!

Ashley Young takes the corner and sends it. Harry Maguire jumped the highest. His head is true and England is going from the front.

Andrew Das: The focus put by England on decorating pieces is paying off. This is an area in which they thought they could exploit the whole tournament, especially in the V.A.R. age. But that one would have been good anytime – a goal from the old school where Maguire just beat his man and took it.

GOALLLLLL !!!!!! HARRY MAGUIRE WITH A BULLET HEAD !!!! #SWEENG pic.twitter.com/JfgQlLmSee

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26 & # 39 ;: Sweden enclosing it

Jordan Henderson loses the ball to Sweden side, recovers it and loses it again. The defense of Sweden is impressive.

25: Trippier makes Olsen work

England takes over. A shot of a good position by Trippier pulls a stoppage by Robin Olsen.

23: No space for Sterling

Raheem Sterling dribbles trying to create a little space but the rifle in the middle section of a defender. England wants a hand ball, but it's not there.

20 'England Pushing Now

England returns immediately and enters a dangerous place. Ashley Young sends a center in the box, but Sweden is there to get rid of it.

Andrew Das: Not much to stimulate the imagination in this game, even if the highlights go, England safely pulling off something for something.

19: Kane … Almost!

Raheem Sterling, from England, goes on for a long time, the best of the game. Approaching the penalty area, Kane picks up the ball and sends a small rocket, which just goes above

14 & # 39 ;: Sweden misses a chance

Viktor Claesson has a small free space and decides to let fly, but it's above the closed off. A better shot there would have been problems for England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.

Andrew Das: I must be honest: Fifteen minutes and this game has all the action of an English league match with everyone except the English and the Swedes kidnapped. And I'm not sure that any of us would sit down to watch this game.

11: England Shoots First

The Englishman Kyle Walker tries a long-range strike, but that's Robin Olsen's keeper who imposes it. Still, it was a shot.

10: Sloppy So Far

Kane tries to lead Sterling with a pbad, but it's a bit too far ahead of him. This game has not yet the crispness of the Brazil-Belgium thriller of yesterday

Andrew Das: I hope everyone appreciates their loooong look at the midfielder in Samara . Looks like it's not been out of context yet.

7: Dele Alli to … Nobody

A Dele Alli flight seems to set up England for something, but it does not convey it to anyone. [196590675]: Pasdechancepourlemoment

Many pbades in the middle of the field and bad pbades through the balls did not give anything at all.

Andrew Das: Cagey leaves both sides in the first minutes, as one might expect. You can not necessarily win the game sooner, but you can do something stupid to lose it.

3: Sweden Holds

The Swedish defense seems already stingy. Jordan Henderson sends a nice ball lobed, but Sweden is easily occupied.

Kickoff!

England in red, Sweden in bright yellow. Which team will beat their semifinal of 20 years and over?

Jamie Vardy, the England striker, who was injured in the groin, is on the bench in sweatpants. So, do not expect to see him today.

England on the rise

English training is absolutely not surprising. it's the team they've exhausted or they've finished at every moment. But they will have to be wary of what took a little Brazil last night: the widespread expectation that they have in the bag. Sweden is not full of star dust, but it is a solid unit that knows what it is: no more, not less. And at some point, people will have to recognize that they are a good team. It is difficult to arrive in the quarterfinals. Just ask Germany. Or Argentina. Or Portugal. Or …….

& # 39; Three Lions & # 39;

What is this song from English fans? These are "Three Lions" from the Lightning Seeds and comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner, a song written for the 1996 European Championship, which was held in England. His repeated refrain is "the return of football", a reference to England being the cradle of sport. The lyrics refer to "30 years of suffering", the time since England's victory at the 1966 World Cup. England is unchanged from the team that beat Colombia in overtime in the round of 16. Dele Alli and Ashley Young were slightly injured, but both are apparently OK and registered on the team sheet.

Goalkeepers: 1 Jordan Pickford (Everton)

Defenders: 6 Harry Maguire (Leicester), 5 John Stones (Manchester City), 12 Kieran Trippier (Tottenham), 2 Kyle Walker (Manchester City), 18 Ashley Young (Manchester United)

Midfielder: 20 Dele Alli (Tottenham), 8 Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), 7 Jesse Lingard (Manchester United)

For: 9 Harry Kane (Tottenham), 10 Raheem Sterling ( Manchester City)

Starting lineup of Sweden

Goalkeeper: 1 Robin Olsen (Copenhagen)

Defenders: 3 Victor Lindelof (Manchester United), 4 Andreas Granqvist (Krasnador), 6 Ludwig Augustinsson (Werder Bremen) , 16 Emil Krafth (Bologna)

Midfielders: 7 Sebastian Larsson (Hull), 8 Albin Ekdal (Hamburg), 10 Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), 17 Viktor Claesson (Krasnador)

Forwards: 9 Marcus Berg (Al Ain), 20 Ola Toivonen (Toulouse)

England & # 39; s Mindset

English manager Gareth Southgate, veteran of England's past chess as a player, impressed his players as they control their fate, that losses suffered by previous generations of players should not influence they can reach in Russia.

"We talked to players to write their own stories," he said after defeating Colombia in the quarter-finals. "Tonight they showed that they did not have to comply with what happened before, they created their own story, and I do not want to go home."

The old guard and the new

England (1966) and France (1998) are the only former World Cup champions in

England vs Sweden: the game in the game

L & # England is the 2-1 favorite for the match. But why bet on the winner when there are so many other actions available? The plus / minus for the game is 2 goals. Want to bet a gap in football style points? England is a half-goal favorite (with bets on the first 90 minutes only). You can bet on the leading scorer: Harry Kane is the 3-1 favorite, followed by Rashford and Sterling and only then the Swedes, led by Berg at 12-1. (Sports betting is not legal in all jurisdictions. Please review local laws before bidding.)

Swedish manager Janne Andersson said on Friday that his team was an open book.

"I think there was a coach who said about his team" that they are pretty easy to badyze but hard enough to beat, "Andersson told reporters in Samara. I think it's a good description for us. "

" It should not be so hard to get an idea of ​​what we're doing, "he added." The surprise is probably that we are terribly consistent. "

Southgate's Fashion Trend

Have you noticed Southgate's equipment? It's wearing a jacket (or vest) without a jacket. And people take note of the Southgate style: Stores in England have reported a run on vests (as reported in each British newspaper) .The future popularity of the vest could well be determined by 22 men on the ground today. England, the brief vogue of the vest can be quickly forgotten

Play It Safe

Six players risk missing a potential semifinal if they get a yellow card today. Four of England – Jordan Henderson, Loftus-Cheek Ruben, Jesse Lingard, Kyle Walker – and two from Sweden: Viktor Claesson and Albin Ekdal. FIFA eliminates the yellows after the quarterfinals, ensuring that the best players will not miss the final to get a second yellow in the semifinals, but those of today still count. (A red always leads to a ban, no matter when it comes.)

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