England at the first semifinal of the World Cup since 1990 after a comfortable victory against Sweden

England are in the country dreams after reaching their first World Cup semifinal in 28 years thanks to the goals of Harry Maguire and Dele Alli against the stoic Sweden.

A few days after laying down their penalty ghosts against Colombia, Gareth Southgate's men steadily continued their work in Samara to continue this extraordinary summer and bring the fantasy of the 1966 heroes closer to reality

The Third Half -final World Cup in England is expected by the two teams of Maguire and Alli, who won a comfortable 2-0 victory in the quarterfinals against surprise Sweden

. A tip to seize the occasion of his life and produced a laborious display that made fun of the Swedes on the right to accumulation.

Maguire embodies the transplant that this team has accumulated over the years and brought back its first international goal After 30 minutes, it continues its rapid rise from France's fan to Euro 2016 as heroes of the year. England in Russia.

Alli also made great efforts and helped put a frustrating tournament After missing opportunities, teammate Raheem Sterling missed opportunities and Jordan Pickford superbly denied Sweden's Marcus Berg.

Fresh from heroism at Tuesday's shootout, the goalkeeper kept his first clean sheet of the tournament. this group of brothers reached the semi-finals without incurring suspension or real injury problems.

The game against the Colombians was in full swing for 120 minutes, Southgate pushing for an unchanged side an afternoon when those efforts

Viktor Claesson's hoped effort was by far the best Swedish rudimentary successful in a opening loosely, but the Three Lions were doing little better than Alli surpbading a deep ball after grabbing possession of confident Emil Krafth

. It took 19 minutes for their first shot as Sterling slalomed through and Harry Kane swept a shot for the first time down and just wide.

England sent a little But the signs of life were ephemeral while the resolute form of the Swedish team strangled a sloppy side.

Fortunately for the men of Southgate, they are a little in their place and their first corner brought the first goal.

Ashley Young's performance from the left was good, but Maguire deserved the credit, dismissing Emil Forsberg to take advantage over Robin Olsen in the 30th minute.

England kept its cool after a goal that Sterling could – and perhaps – add

Shortly after being closed in a dangerous position, the attacker was put in through and surely relieved to see late an offside flag that he was guilty of searching before being deprived of Olsen [1]. The Swedish goalkeeper again frustrated Sterling in the final seconds of the game by foiling his last attempt to get around him after a nice pbad from Jordan Henderson.

This time it was early but perhaps clouded by his After longing for a goal, Sterling decided not to pbad to a teammate and turned away the shot from Andreas Granqvist.

At least, England had threatened the goal, while the direct attack of Sweden failed.

A beautiful center from the left found Berg at the far post, his powerful header forcing a superb one-handed shot from Pickford.

Maguire's power in the air continued to worry him, as did the Sterling franchise.

Henderson claimed a penalty before Jesse Lingard unlocked the Swedish backline.

A long-time Southgate favorite, his first shot of The Return of the Game and Alli had the space needed to pbad Olsen before the strong support of England

Delight would have been short duration if the Jordans of England had not refused Claesson in quick succession.

England's goalkeeper toppled an attempt from Berg as the match enters the last 20 minutes, which the Southgate men saw without major incident thanks to an impressive game management.

Next stop: World Cup Semi-final Wednesday in Moscow

England: Jordan Pickford 8 (out of 10), Kyle Walker 7, John Stones 7, Harry Maguire 8, Kieran Trippier 7 , Dele Alli 7, Jordan Henderson 7, Jesse Lingard 6, Ashley Young 6, Raheem Sterling 7, Harry Kane 6.

Subscribers: Fabian Delph (for Alli, 76) 6, Eric Dier (for Henderson, 85) 5, Marcus Rashford (for Sterling, 90) 5.

Sweden: Robin Olsen 6 (out of 10), Emil Krafth 6, Victor Lindelof 6, Andreas Granqvist 6, Ludwig Augustinsson 7 , Viktor Claesson 7, Sebastian Larsson 6, Albin Ekdal 6, Emil Forsberg 5, Marcus Berg 6, Ola Toivonen 5.

Followers: Martin Olsson (for Forsberg, 65) 5, John Guidetti (for Toivon onen, 65) 6, Pontus Jansson (for Krafth, 85) 5.

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