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Confident England reach first World Cup semi-final in 28 years

Updated: 2018-07-08 03:48

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Players of England celebrate after winning Sweden at the end of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia quarter final match at the Samara Arena in Samara, Russia on July 07, 2018. [Photo/VCG]

Sweden had reached the quarter-finals by making life hard for supposedly superior opposition and it was easy to see why after a dour opening when England looked incapable of stringing passes together against their hardworking opponents.

It was predictable in many ways, therefore, that the deadlock was broken from a set piece.

Reuters

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