‘I know all their players’ – Sweden’s Magdalena Eriksson relishes Euro 2022 semi-final with England

Sweden defender Magdalena Eriksson said she was close to tears after a stoppage-time winner against Belgium sent her country through to the Euro 2022 semi-finals, where they will face hosts England. The Swedes had a frustrating night in front of goal and they had racked up 32 attempts to Belgium’s three to no avail going into added time. Ad/> But the tournament’s top-ranked team – at no.2 in the world — finally found the breakthrough with a close-range finish from Linda Sembrant in the 92nd minute.

Euro 2022Sembrant scores stoppage time winner to send Sweden to semi-finals against England4 HOURS AGO «I felt the tears coming because I was so happy,” Eriksson told the BBC. “It was a frustrating evening. To finally get that relief, oh my God.

I'm so proud of all the girls for how hard we fought.» Sweden began their Euros campaign with a draw against the Netherlands, but have now won three games in a row against Switzerland, Portugal and the Red Flames. Sembrant scores stoppage time winner to send Sweden to semi-finals against England 'A little bit!' — Sweden fans thinks team are underrated ahead of Belgium clash But they were made to work hard for a place in the last four, as Stina Blackstenius had a first-half goal ruled out for offside following a VAR review and Belgium goalkeeper Nicky Evrard had a fine game. “It feels unbelievable.

That was our goal for the day. It wasn't easy. Belgium made it really difficult.

I'm so happy we got the win. I'm so happy for Linda and that we finally got the goal,” Eriksson added. «It was really tough.

We had to stay mentally really strong. We had to stay positive. We did that.