England captain Leah Williamson says Euro 2025 quarter-final opponents Sweden are “relentless” at main tournaments and “deserve a bit of bit extra recognition”.

Sarina Wiegman’s facet completed runners-up in Group D, whereas Sweden received all three group matches to complete prime of Group C and arrange Thursday’s match (20:00 BST).

Sweden beat Euro 2022 finalists Germany 4-1 with a formidable efficiency of their final match and conceded only one objective within the group stage.

Alongside England and France, they’re the one nations to have reached the quarter-finals in all 5 main tournaments since 2017.

And apart from their 4-0 loss to England within the Euro 2022 semi-finals, Sweden have received six of their previous seven video games within the competitors.

“Sweden’s earlier outcomes at tournaments are unimaginable. They’re relentless on the subject of event soccer,” mentioned Williamson.

“Perhaps disrespectful is just too sturdy a phrase, however I do assume they deserve a bit of bit extra recognition.

“When you’ve got a crew who work for one another like Sweden, then you definately need not essentially have a loopy standout menace as a result of everybody performs their roles.

“They’re laborious to arrange for in that sense. The self-discipline for all of them to finish their jobs on the pitch makes them a harmful facet.”