2018 World Cup Quarter-Final – England vs Sweden
Twenty-eight years of waiting ended under the Saransk lights with two goals and a clean sheet.
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- Score
- England 2 – 0 Sweden
- Scorers
- Dele Alli (17'), Marcus Rashford (58')
- Venue
- Mordovia Arena, Saransk, Russia
- England Manager
- Gareth Southgate
- Sweden Manager
- Jan Andersson
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Did You Know?
- England finished fourth in the 2018 World Cup.
- England have qualified for the World Cup seventeen times.
- England won the 1966 FIFA World Cup final on home soil.
- England are one of eight nations to have won the World Cup.
- England's best performance at the European Championship is runners-up in 2020 and 2024.
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