{"id":70830,"date":"2018-07-07T22:40:02","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T17:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=70830"},"modified":"2022-11-26T15:18:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T10:18:45","slug":"england-kicked-out-sweden-by-2-0-to-reach-world-cup-semis-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=70830","title":{"rendered":"England kicked out Sweden by 2-0 to reach World Cup semis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SAMARA, July 07 (TNS): \u00a0\u00a0Harry Maguire and Dele Alli scored as England comfortably defeated Sweden 2-0 in Samara on Saturday to reach the World Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1990.<\/p>\n

Leicester defender Maguire headed in the opening goal from a corner on 30 minutes, with Alli adding a second just before the hour.<\/p>\n

Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford then produced a series of crucial saves in the final half-hour to seal England\u00b4s long-awaited spot in the last four.<\/p>\n

It was just a second England victory over Sweden in nine competitive meetings, and sets up a clash with either hosts Russia or Croatia on July 11 in Moscow for a place in the final.<\/p>\n

Southgate stuck with the same team that overcame Colombia on penalties in the last 16, while Sebastian Larsson returned for Sweden after missing the 1-0 win over Switzerland through suspension.<\/p>\n

Viktor Claesson drilled over for Sweden early on with an ambitious attempt from distance, while Harry Kane, the tournament\u00b4s leading scorer with six goals, dragged wide after a penetrating run by Raheem Sterling.
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Sweden manager Janne Andersson had warned his side England were a match for them at set-pieces, and so it proved when Maguire connected with Ashley Young\u00b4s corner after a low-key first half hour.<\/p>\n

Maguire outjumped the much smaller Emil Forsberg to nod low into the corner, as England scored for the eighth time in Russia from a dead-ball situation.<\/p>\n

The lively Sterling should have doubled the lead on the stroke of half-time when he brilliantly controlled Jordan Henderson\u00b4s lofted pass, but he was unable to find a way past Robin Olsen and his follow-up was blocked by Andreas Granqvist.<\/p>\n

Pickford had relatively little to do in a quiet first half, but the England goalkeeper produced a vital stop to claw away a Marcus Berg header minutes after the restart.
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England promptly cranked up the pressure and pulled further ahead on 59 minutes when a completely unmarked Alli sent a thumping header past Olsen after a first-time cross by Jesse Lingard.<\/p>\n

Maguire then lashed over after a scene of panic in the Sweden area as England chased a third goal, although they were twice indebted to Pickford for preserving their two-goal lead.<\/p>\n

The Everton shot-stopper thrust out a hand to superbly keep out Claesson\u00b4s low strike from 10 yards following a neat lay-off by Berg.<\/p>\n

Pickford then showed terrific reflexes to tip over an effort from Berg, who shot on the turn after being picked out in the area by substitute John Guidetti.<\/p>\n

Southgate withdrew Henderson for Eric Dier in the closing stages and will have a full squad to choose from in the semi-final, injuries permitting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SAMARA, July 07 (TNS): \u00a0\u00a0Harry Maguire and Dele Alli scored as England comfortably defeated Sweden 2-0 in Samara on Saturday to reach the World Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1990. Leicester defender Maguire headed in the opening goal from a corner on 30 minutes, with Alli adding a second just before the hour. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70830"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108341,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70830\/revisions\/108341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}