The English, eliminated ten minutes from the end, turned the situation around to reach the last four on Wednesday.
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The host country was hot. Virtually eliminated ten minutes from the end, the English managed to get rid of the Spaniards (2-1 after extra time), Wednesday July 20, in the quarter-finals of Euro 2022. A clear strike from Georgia Stanway (98th) made the Brighton public jubilate and sent the English to the semi-finals.
YESSSSSSS!
THROUGH TO THE #WEURO2022 SEMI-FINALS pic.twitter.com/pU3XlXvTz1
— Lionesses (@Lionesses) July 20, 2022
The case was very far from won for the Lionesses. Abused, relatively poor in creation, they conceded the first goal by Esther Gonzalez, at the conclusion of a great collective action (54th). England trembled and relied on incoming Ella Toone, taking advantage of a deflection from Alessia Russo (84th) to snatch extra time. Orphan of its star Alexia Putellas, Spain was close to creating the feat but stumbled in the quarterfinals for the third time in a row.
Less dashing offensively than in the pools, where they stuck two cards to Norway (8-0) and Northern Ireland (5-0), the English will still be at the rendezvous of the semi-finals, as in 2017. Elthe will face there Sweden or Belgium, with the catch Friday. A rather affordable adversity when, at the same time, Germany or Austria will meet France or the Netherlands. The dream of a very first success in a major competition remains intact for the host country.