A rare scene in the European Cup: 7 rounds of free throws, only 5 of them were scored in 14 penalty kicks, England is not a loser this time

In the early morning of July 18, in the quarter-finals of the Women's European Cup, the Swedish women's football team faced the English women's football team. During the regular time of the game, the two teams refused to give in and ended with a 2-2 draw. In the subsequent penalty shootout, the free throw performances of the two teams made the audience feel uneasy, and even doubted whether they had the level of professional players.

Just two minutes into the game, the Swedish women's football team showed strong attack power, quickly found an opportunity in the opponent's penalty area, scored a goal, and quickly took a 1-0 lead. In the 25th minute, the Swedish team made another effort, and with excellent cooperation and accurate shooting, the score expanded to 2-0. Although the situation was quite serious for the English women's football team, they were not discouraged and instead launched a fierce counterattack in the final stage of the game.

In the 79th minute, Kelly of the English women's football team made a precise cross, and his teammates jumped high from the back point and scored a crucial goal, narrowing the score to 1-2. Immediately afterwards, in the 81st minute, the forward of the England women's football team once again showed excellent offensive awareness, successfully grabbed the point in front of the goal, and tied the score to 2-2! Within two minutes, the English women's football team scored two goals in a row, completing an amazing reversal. In the subsequent overtime game, neither side failed to break through the opponent's goal again, and the game entered a tense and exciting penalty shootout.

In the penalty shootout, the Swedish team first stood at the free throw point, but unfortunately lost the ball. In the following game, Sweden lost opportunities in the third and fifth rounds and lost almost all penalty kicks. The English women's football team is also facing tremendous pressure. They failed to hit the target in the second to fourth rounds and frequently missed opportunities.

After the tense contest in the first five rounds, both sides lost three penalty kicks. At this time, the game entered a fierce and sudden death stage. In the sixth round, both teams lost their best chances again. In the seventh round, England finally broke free from the heavy pressure and successfully made a free throw, but the Swedish player made a mistake at a critical moment, failed to seize the opportunity and lost a penalty.

In the end, after a long seven-round penalty duel, the English women's football team narrowly defeated the Swedish women's football team with a slight advantage of 5-4, and advanced to the semi-finals with his head held high. In the next semi-finals, their opponent will be the Italian women's football team whose strength cannot be underestimated.