Sweden held back a late Japan fightback to get to the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup, leaving the competition without a previous victor in the last 4.
Five days after ousting four-time champs the United States in the last 16, the Swedes controlled the 2011 champs for a lot of the night to set up a semi-final versus Spain at Eden Park on Tuesday.
Sweden will certainly play Spain in the semi-finals after La Roja beat the Netherlands 2-1 to reach their very first Women’s World Cup semi-final, many thanks to Salma Paralluelo‘s extra-time victor.
It’s England‘s turn on Saturday as they deal withColombia The European champs endured a significant scare versus Nigeria in the last-16 as well as understand they will certainly require to boost when they tackle an unsafe Colombia side, that stunned heavyweights Germany in the team phases.
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