England vs. Sweden score: Highlights from World Cup quarterfinals

Gabe Fernandez

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England is going back to the World Cup semifinals for the first time since 1990 thanks to the heads of Dele Alli and Harry Maguire.

The Three Lions looked like they were knocking on the door throughout the entire game. Sweden's defense held firm until another set piece goal gave England an early lead.

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It wasn't all just the offense for England, however. Jordan Pickford had a few brilliant saves to keep the clean sheet for his side, each just as, if not more, brilliant than the last. Now, Gareth Southgate's team will have to wait to see who emerges victorious between Russia and Croatia for their semifinal opponent.

Sporting News followed along the game with live highlights, updates and more from the game. Here's what you might have missed.

England vs. Sweden score: World Cup highlights

FINAL: England 2, Sweden 0

90' + 3' —  YELLOW CARD: Larsson (Sweden)

90' —  SUBSTITUTION: Raheem Sterling OUT, Marcus Rashford IN

Five minutes of extra time added

89' —  Sweden tries to curl in a free kick shot into the goal, but the ball goes sailing high.

88' —  YELLOW CARD: John Guidetti

87' —  YELLOW CARD: Maguire 

83' —  SUBSTITUTION: Emil Krafth OUT, Pontus Jansson IN (Sweden)

83' —  SUBSTITUTION: Jordan Henderson OUT, Eric Dier IN (England)

79' —  To their credit, Sweden have not given up. A counter attack has led to a few chances of passes in the box. Emil Krafth is down with an injury.

76' —  SUBSTITUTION: Dele Alli OUT, Fabian Delph IN

71' —  Sweden nearly gets a goal but Jordan Pickford comes up big AGAIN to save Berg's shot.

65' —  SUBSTITUTION: Ola Toivonen OUT, John Guidetti IN; Emil Forsberg OUT, Martin Olsson IN (Sweden)

62' —  Pickford comes up big again! A beautiful layered counter from the Swedes looked like they would get a chance to score off of Clausson, but the Everton keeper became a wall to knock the ball to his defenders and keep the clean sheet.

58' —  GOAL ENGLAND (2-0)!!  England's constant pressure has paid off. Dele Alli pulls off the back line to receive a cross from Lingard in the box and head it right past Olsen to double the lead.

57' —  Jesse Lingard sends a soft shot from outside of the goal that leads to an English corner.

52' —  An England free kick gave the Three Lions a couple opportunities on goal, but nothing of substance as it was all blocked out by Swedish defenders.

47' —  Sweden with the early chance! Marcus Berg takes the great pass and rises above Ashley Young to hit it towards goal. Luckily for the Three Lions, Pickford was there to make a great save.

46' —  Second half is on.

HALFTIME: England 1, Sweden 0

45' —  Raheem Sterling with another chance! Another great pass into the box for the attacker. Sterling's dribble gets deflected by Olsen and he had the chance pass it to Harry Kane or Dele Alli, but opted to shoot himself. It was sent out of bounds for an English corner.

43' —  Late offsides call! What appeared to be an obvious offside call was delayed to see Raheem Sterling finish out a one-on-one attempt vs. Olsen. No goal.

42' —  Trippier plays in a beautiful ball for Sterling, who gets smothered by Swedish defenders before succesfully bringing the ball down.

40' —  Sterling weaved his way into Sweden's box, but his pass towards the near post was ultimately deflected straight into defender Andreas Granqvist.

33' —  England are one goal away from matching the team's tournament total from 1966, when they won the World Cup.

29' — GOAL ENGLAND (1-0)!  Another set piece goal for this World Cup is exactly what we would have expected as fans. Harry Maguire scores his first international goal in an ideal time!

28' —  England with two crosses into the box that were deflected by Swedish defenders. It's hard to tell whether they're knocking on the door, or if Sweden has England right where they want them.

24' —  Jesse Lingard passes it to Kieran Trippier in the box who tries to find Kane in the middle. Sweden's keeper, Robin Olsen, was there to stop the cross.

23' —  An English cross inside the box has earned a penalty shout from the players because it hit the arm of Forsberg, but the referee thought it wasn't worth reviewing.

18' —  Just wide for England! A Raheem Sterling-led counter-attack allowed Harry Kane to get a shot outside the box for the English that sailed just wide left.

13' —  Longshot from outside the box from Larsson that goes right above Pickford's net. Pickford is justifiably irritated with his defenders for not closing down.

10' —  Raheem Sterling's pace threatened a Swedish defender and forced the man in yellow to kick the ball out to give England a threatening throw-in.

7' —  English foul leads to a Swedish free kick, but the pass goes out of bounds and goes back to England.

6' —  Dele Alli has a great opportunity to start a counter-attack when he stole a bad touch from a Swedish defender. His pass to Harry Kane was too strong and the Swedish keeper had no problem picking it up.

1' —  And we're off!

Starting Lineups:

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