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 star Lucy Bronze may have provided the understatement of the century when she described the Lionesses’ Euro 2025 penalty shootout win over Sweden as a “crazy game”. Sarina Wiegman’s