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 came back from a 2-0 deficit to take Sweden to penalties and seal their place in the Euro 2025 semifinals, but they did it by virtue of one of the strangest, and longest, penalty shootouts ever.

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.