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Right-back Lucy Bronze prepared the 1-0 (34th minute) and scored the 2-0 herself (48th).
Photo: CARL RECINE / REUTERS
England is in the final of the European Football Championship on home soil.
In the semifinals against Sweden, the hosts got off to a difficult start and won 4-0 (1-0).
The goals came from Beth Mead (34'), Lucy Bronze (48'), Alessia Russo (68') and Fran Kirby (77').
After 1984 and 2009, it is the third final participation in a European Championship for the English women. The final will take place on Sunday (6 p.m., TV: ARD, Stream: Dazn) at London's Wembley Stadium.
After the kick-off, the English women were almost taken by surprise.
After just 20 seconds, goalkeeper Mary Earps had to stop a shot from Sofia Jakobsson.
Shortly thereafter, the 29-year-old from Manchester United saved again when Stina Blackstenius got the shot after a good pass from Kosovare Asllani, but failed to hit the ball properly (8th minute).
In the subsequent corner, Earps looked worse when she tried to clear with a fist.
Blackstenius was faster, but only headed against the crossbar (9').
Bronze and Mead assist each other
England struggled to create dangerous attacks against the compact Swedish centre.
Only towards the end of the first round did the duel improve, with more and more ball wins already being achieved in midfield.
The first dangerous chance resulted in the lead for England.
Right-back Lucy Bronze crossed halfway into the penalty area, where Mead controlled the ball and quickly fired into the left corner.
Sweden's goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl could only get the ball with her fingertips (34').
It was Mead's sixth goal in five games - nobody has ever scored more in a EURO.
After halftime it becomes clear - and beautiful
After the break it quickly became 2-0, this time with the roles reversed.
A corner kick from the left that Mead hit high towards the far post left Bronze uncovered, allowing the 2020 Fifa World Cup winner to head unchallenged and score into the left corner.
After a VAR review for a possible passive offside position by Lauren Hemp, the goal was allowed (48').
In the 57th minute, Hemp hit the crossbar after a sharp cross from Alessia Russo.
The 3-0 came anyway, and it was spectacular: Russo initially failed from close range to Lindahl, who made a strong save.
But Russo was first to the rebound and tried the heel from a tight angle.
The ball rolled into the goal through the legs of the Swedish goalkeeper (68').
It was Russo's fourth goal in five games.
The English playmaker Fran Kirby did it slyly.
After a throw-in, she saw goalkeeper Lindahl standing far in front of her goal and tried it with a lob, which Lindahl just managed to get hold of.
But she couldn't prevent the 4-0 win for England (77').
England's final opponents will be determined on Wednesday.
At 9 p.m. (TV: ZDF) Germany meets France.
The team of national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg is weakened by a corona infection: attacker Klara Bühl, who has been part of the starting eleven in every game and scored a goal in the quarter-finals against Spain, tested positive for the virus.
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