Good afternoon and welcome to Eurosport’s LIVE text commentary of the quarter-final Women’s European Championship between the hosts Netherlands and Sweden. Oranje are one of only two sides to have won all of their group games, while Sweden took second spot in their group behind Germany despite losing 3-2 to already eliminated Italy.

Euro / Quarter-final

Stadion De Vijverberg / 29.07.2017

Netherlands

Completed

Sweden

L. Martens(33')
V. Miedema(64')

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ByKevin Coulson

Updated 29/07/2017 at 17:53 GMT

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Highlights

End of 2nd Half

FULL-TIME: Netherlands are through to the semi-final of the UEFA Women's Championship courtesy of goals from Lieke Martens and Vivianne Miedema.

This was a classy performance from the hosts and it's going to take something special to stop them going all of the way.

90'+2

Beerensteyn has a chance to put the icing on the cake... but she fluffs her lines and sends the ball wide.

90'+1

We shall have three minutes of additional time to play.

90'

SWEDEN CHANCE! It's not Blackstenius' day, is it? She times her run perfectly to meet a long ball. She only has the goalkeeper to beat, but she pokes it tamely at goal.

88'

NETHERLANDS SUB: Lineth Beerensteyn replaces the impressive Lieke Martens for the last couple of minutes.

86'

CHANCE! The Sweden goalkeeper, Lindahl, rushes off her line to prevent the Netherlands scoring a third!

84'

The Netherlands have the chance to seal it as van de Donk is played through... but Samuelsson races back to make a vital tackle.

Meanwhile, Mimmi Larsson is brought on for Sweden.

M. Larsson

Sweden (W)

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J. Andersson

Sweden (W)

Free Kicks1

80'

SWEDEN GOAL RULED OUT!

Blackstenius beats the onrushing Netherlands goalkeeper Van Veenendaal to the ball and it trickles towards the line. Schelin bundles the ball over as Sweden appear to have got one back. However, the linesman raises his flag for offside and it won't count.

77'

Sweden change to a 3-4-3 tactical system as they bid to somehow find a way back into this game.

74'

NETHERLANDS SUB: A classy performance from van de Sanden, but her match is up as she's replaced by Dominique Jansen

72'

SO CLOSE!

Miedema is inches away from sealing her double! She times her run perfectly to latch onto a loose ball inside the Sweden penalty area, but her side-footed effort slides agonisingly wide of the post.

69'

BRILLIANT TEAM GOAL

68'

65'

Full of confidence and hungry for more, the Netherlands come forward once more. A terrific ball finds Van de Sanden in space on the right channel, but this time she over-hits her cross.

64'

GOAL! Netherlands 2-0 Sweden.

The hosts have one foot in the semi-final now! It's a classic counter-attacking goal: Martens releases Van de Sanden down the channel with a fine pass. She takes a touch before delivering a pass across the face of goal to leave Miedema with a simple tap-in. It's her first goal of the competition!

60'

CLOSE! Netherlands' two best players of the evening combine to almost extend their side's lead. Martens delivers a cross into the Sweden area where Miedema rises highest but she can't keep her header down.

57'

The crowd has gone rather quiet now. Some music enthusiast produced a trumpet earlier and had really got the supporters going. Nerves have kicked in now though, I guess.

56'

Sweden have a free-kick from deep now and they'll surely pump this into the Netherlands penalty area.

54'

Down at the other end and Miedema gets in behind the Sweden defence in a wide area. She pulls the ball back into the penalty area, but it's just too heavy for any of her team mates.

53'

OVER!

She's already got two goals to her name this tournament, but Blackstenius should have another one. She latches onto a wonderful through ball from deep, but she can't keep her effort down.

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