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'My feeling is sometimes we put too much trust in VAR, you don't know until the ref whistles 'game on' if it's a goal or not. 'If you're talking about the complaint that our staff made it's obvious, we haven't seen it ourselves but a Swedish referee at home in a studio pointed out that they drew the line incorrectly,' Gerhardsson said. Peter Gerhardsson's side had goals disallowed for offside against Switzerland and Belgium, but former Swedish referee Jonas Eriksson claimed the VAR lines had been drawn incorrectly. While a calm Wiegman and Bright batted away questions on the importance of tonight's game, Sweden came out firing as they criticised UEFA for their use of VAR at the tournament.

It shows the growth of the game and the direction we want to continue in.' I think in this tournament the crowd has been unbelievable. 'It's the response that we've been looking for and that we've wanted in the women's game. Millie Bright, who has played in England's last two semi-final defeats, said the support from the home crowd has been crucial. There will be live screenings of England's semi-final in Trafalgar Square and various fan parks up and down the country. That's really exciting and we hope we're going to make them proud again.' It was really an extra dimension what we got at our last games. 'I hope they're going to bring us lots of energy again. 'Reaching the semi-final has been really great already, we saw that we brought a lot of inspiration, but I think our fans gave us a lot of inspiration too. We know they've performed really well over the last years, they've always performed well in the women's game.

They are number two in the FIFA rankings. 'I think it's going to be a very tight game. 'The England team is ready to play the best game tomorrow against Sweden and hopefully inspire the nation. Rosé sales have spiked during the tournament and all top three selling wines are pink this week.Įngland boss Sarina Wiegman has called on supporters to roar the Lionesses to victory Instead shoppers have plumped for popcorn and rosé wine. Waitrose have said the biggest sellers ahead of the big match have not been beer and crisps like before a England men's match. It would be a record for women's football in the UK and the team are favourites to reach the final.Ī report by .uk predicts that as well as spending £90million on food and drink, fans will also spend £7million on official kit, £2.8million on other merchandise and more than £1million on a new for the final at Wembley on Sunday.

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Team boss Sarina Wiegman has called on supporters to roar her side to victory as they look to end their major semi-final curse in Sheffield this evening.Ī full house is expected at Bramall Lane while tens of thousands of people will flood to cheer on the Lionesses at fan zones up and down England including in Trafalgar Square with Michael Owen among the chorus of stars wishing them luck.Īn 'excited' and tanned David Beckham recorded a video from what appeared to be his yacht in Saint-Tropez - where he is holidaying with Victoria and their children - and thanked the team for inspiring millions of girls including his daughter Harper, 11, who he said would be 'watching tonight'.įans also took to social media to give their support and some charted their journeys across the country to South Yorkshire because they are among the lucky 32,050 people with tickets for the match.īut the vast majority will watch at home and are predicted to spend £100million - including £90million on food and booze at major supermarkets to enjoy during the match.Īfter an extra time win over Spain last week, England face the Swedes in Sheffield with 14million viewers predicted to tune in on BBC1 for kick off at 8pm. England fans including David Beckham and Michael Owen are backing their team to win with a record 14million expected to watch the Lionesses' Euro 2022 semi-final with Sweden tonight and supporters are expected to spend £100million on food, booze and merchandise.