Players from England and Sweden were praised to each other in their courage in the penalty shooting at the Female European Championship Thursday, despite the record’s conversion and criticism from the fans.

England‘S Victoria 3-2 shootings over SwedenIt ensured that the royal champions in the euro semifinals in the Euro 2025, contained missed efforts and savings both goalkeepers.

Still, four of the English disappeared, and Sweden disappeared five of his seven efforts, players attracted a lot of internet criticism.

“In order to reinforce anyone, it takes a lot, so credit everyone who takes a punishment in those moments” England forward Alessia Russo said.

After what is described on the BBC website as “the biggest and worst Puchout of all time”, the Swedish defender Smilla Holmberg They received comfort, not criticism, from players on both sides after they missed the decisive blow.

“(We told her) that she should be proud of himself, that she was brave, that she played a big championship and that she was great,” The Emotional Guardian of Sweden Jennifer Falk told reporters.

The strong conversion rate 36% was the worst combined penalty charger in the female UEFA euro history, according to ESPN, the only second below 50% was semifinals 2017. years Denmark and Austria (43%).

However, the former goalkeeper of Sweden Hedvig Lindahlwho suffered a similar defeat of 3-2 shootings in the Olympic final of 2021. years against CanadaHe told Reuters on Friday to keep the guardian of Falk and England Hannah Hampton deserved praise in the shooting.

“We have to give credit to the Goalkees who really possessed that moment last night … with each preservation that he made Falk, she grew in the eyes of criminal people, and so is Hampton,” She said after Falk made four stops in Hampton’s two.

“Take Magda ErikssonPenal – it’s not a bad punishment just because she hit carpentry. This happened because she wanted a lot of margins against Hampton in order to close her mail than she would usually do. That’s a good goalkeeper, “Lindahl explained.

The shooting drew firing criticism from the social media fans, with many using it as an argument against the women’s game.

Studies, however, showed that conversion rates in penalties are similar between women and men, and both achieve success rate about 75 to 80%.

Lucy Bronze She turned the first ever sentence for England – and the decisive shot of her team – despite the tightening tensile, with a rocket that measures 102.51 kph, the third fastest tournament target.