Sweden goalkeeper Jennifer Falk points x-rated evaluation of her spot-kick in penalty shoot-out drama

Sweden goalkeeper Jennifer Falk gave a blunt evaluation of her penalty within the spot-kick defeat to England final night time, describing it as “f****** s***”.

Falk was handed the accountability of placing her nation by way of to a semi-final with Italy on the Ladies’s Euro 2025 however blazed her effort over the bar.

Loopy scenes! 😱

Sweden goalkeeper Jennifer Falk steps up and has the possibility to win the penalty shootout however blazes over the bar! #BBCFootball #WEuro2025 pic.twitter.com/SNPMAC4UPV

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 17, 2025

She instantly redeemed herself by saving Grace Clinton’s effort however Sofia Jakobsson then missed with the match on the road.

Lucy Bronze blasted dwelling handy England the lead and the Lionesses progressed 3-2 when Smilla Holmberg lashed her penalty excessive.

Lionesses salvage draw after 90 minutes with two late targets

It was a chaotic ending to a match that ended 2-2 with defending champions England hitting again from 2-0 down with 11 minutes to go in regular time.

Falk was excellent within the shoot-out, saving 4 spot-kicks, till it got here to utilizing her ft as an alternative of her arms.

The 32-year-old informed Expressen: “Peter [Gerhardsson – Sweden manager] requested if I may do it after which I stated sure.

“I simply thought I might take a number of deep breaths and put it to the left, which I didn’t do.

“It was f****** c*** after which it was nearly specializing in saving the following penalty.”

We had the match in our arms – Eriksson

Sweden defender Magdalena Eriksson felt her facet ought to have sewn the sport up earlier than it even bought to extra-time and penalties.

She stated: “I really feel unhappy, empty, disenchanted, all on the identical time. This might be exhausting to maneuver on from. We had the match [in our hands] and it’s so extremely unlucky that we didn’t handle to take care of our lead.”

England have been on their manner dwelling as the sport reached its latter phases, targets from Kosovare Asllani and Arsenal ahead Stina Blackstenius contained in the opening 25 minutes placing Gerhardsson’s group in complete management.

However Sarina Wiegman executed her substitutions to perfection. Bronze pulled one again after which Michelle Agyemang prodded England stage.

“They began to push, bringing on offensive gamers and placing stress on our again line. In the long run they bought their reward. We defended the field properly all through the match however in these two conditions we didn’t try this.

“We gave all the pieces and it’s unlucky that it’s not sufficient. I’m extremely disenchanted.”

An absolute roller-coaster journey! 🎢

Listed below are the very best bits from England’s penalty shootout win over Sweden. Get pleasure from. pic.twitter.com/UnA1hSfkOp

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 18, 2025

Euro 2025 quarter-final fixtures

Wednesday, July 16

QF1: Norway 1-2 Italy (Geneva)

Thursday, July 17

QF3: Sweden 2-2 England (2-3p) (Zurich)

Friday, July 18

QF2: Spain vs Switzerland (Bern, 20:00, BBC)

Saturday, July 19

QF4: France vs Germany (Basel, 20:00, ITV)

Semi-finals

Tuesday, July 22

SF1: Winner QF3 v Winner QF1 (Geneva, 20:00)

Wednesday, July 23

SF2: Winner QF4 v Winner QF2 (Zurich, 20:00)

Closing

Sunday, July 27

Winner SF1 v Winner SF2 (Basel, 17:00)

Ladies’s Euro 2025 teams: Which groups certified?

England got a tough activity in Group D, going through 2017 champions the Netherlands and a France group ranked eleventh on this planet by Fifa.

Elsewhere, eight-time champions Germany met inaugural winners and four-time finalists Sweden in Group C, whereas Spain’s try to achieve the ultimate for the primary time pitted them towards opponents together with Italy, runners-up in 1993 and 1997.

Group A

Finland, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland

Group B

Belgium, Spain, Italy, Portugal

Group C

Denmark, Germany, Poland, Sweden

Group D

England, France, Netherlands, Wales

Ladies’s Euro 2025 fixtures, schedule

Euro 2025 Group stage

Wednesday, July 2

Group A: Iceland 0-1 Finland (Thun)
Switzerland 1-2 Norway (Basel)

Thursday, July 3

Group B: Belgium 0-1 Italy (Sion)
Spain 5-0 Portugal (Bern)

Friday, July 4

Group C: Denmark 0-1 Sweden (Geneva)
Germany 2-0 Poland (St.Gallen)

Saturday, July 5

Group D: Wales 0-3 Netherlands (Lucerne)
France 2-1 England (Zurich)

Sunday, July 6

Group A: Norway 2-1 Finland (Sion)
Switzerland 2-0 Iceland (Bern)

Monday, July 7

Group B: Spain 6-2 Belgium (Thun)
Portugal 1-1 Italy (Geneva)

Tuesday, July 8

Group C: Germany 2-1 Denmark (Basel)
Poland 0-3 Sweden (Lucerne)

Wednesday, July 9

Group D: England 4-0 Netherlands (Zurich)
France 4-1 Wales (St.Gallen)

Thursday, July 10

Group A: Finland 1-1 Switzerland (Geneva)
Norway 4-3 Iceland (Thun)

Friday, July 11

Group B: Italy 1-3 Spain (Bern)
Portugal 1-2 Belgium (Sion)

Saturday, July 12

Group C: Sweden 4-1 Germany (Zurich)
Poland 3-2 Denmark (Lucerne)

Sunday, July 13

Group D: Netherlands 2-5 France (Basel)
England 6-1 Wales (St.Gallen)

How you can watch Ladies’s Euro 2025: TV channels, reside stream

Within the UK, protection might be shared between the BBC and ITV. The fixture record above reveals which channel is broadcasting every match within the group stage, with the division of video games within the semi-finals to be confirmed.

Followers can watch the video games on-line and live-stream them on an unlimited vary of gadgets by way of the BBC Sport web site, BBC iPlayer app, ITV.com and the ITVX app.

Ladies’s Euro 2025 tickets: How you can purchase

Tickets vary from round £22-£35 between the group stage and the quarter-finals, with the semi-finals having an higher value vary of round £61 and tickets for the opening recreation and ultimate ranging between round £26-£79.

For full particulars and to e-book, go to UEFA.com’s ticketing web page for Ladies’s Euro 2025.