England squad reached the semi-finals of the World Cup.
In 1/4 team Gareth Southgate defeated the Swedish national team with a score of 2: 0.
"Lions" opened the account on the 30th minute of the meeting - Garry Maguire successfully responded to the pass from the corner from Ashley Young and calmly ferried the ball into the net of the gate "Tre Kronur".
Interestingly, this goal was 8 for the players of the English team, which they held from the standard position on this Mundiale. Footballers of the England team doubled their advantage already in the second half of the meeting - Dele Alli from several meters shot the goalkeeper of Sweden after the transfer in the performance of Jesse Lingard.
This ball was scored in the 59th minute. Thus, after defeating Sweden, England secured its participation in the semifinals of the world championship. The bout of this stage will be held on July 11. "Lions" will play with the winner of the pair Russia - Croatia, which starts on July 7 at 21:00 Kiev time.
Recently, the first pair of participants of the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup.
__________________________ Recall that 9 countries, including Ukraine, Australia, Finland, Japan, Denmark, Iceland, Great Britain, Poland, Sweden, declared a diplomatic boycott of the World Championship in Russia. The reasons for this were the Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine and Syria, the poisoning of the Russian ex-intelligence agent Sergey Skripal in Britain, the starvation of Ukrainian political prisoners, including the director Oleg Sentsov, and the systematic violation of human rights in the Russian Federation.
Unlimited hunger strike Sentsov announced May 14, 2018. His main demand is the release of more than 60 Ukrainian political prisoners who are behind bars in Russia. This requirement of the director was supported by the US State Department, the EU, the Canadian Parliament and.
2015 Russian court illegally sentenced Sentsov to 20 years in a strict-regime colony. The actions in support of the director were held all over the world, including in Russia.