England came back from a 2-0 deficit to take Sweden to penalties and seal their place in the Euro 2025 semifinals, but they did it by virtue of one of the strangest, and longest, penalty shootouts ever.

Defending champion England staged a remarkable late recovery from two goals down to take its quarterfinal against Sweden to extra time on Thursday at the Women’s European Championship.

With that, England became the first team to ever overturn a 2‑goal deficit in the knockout stages of the Women’s EURO, and it seemed that maybe destiny had other ideas in the end.