Good afternoon and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the World Cup quarter final between Sweden and England. We'll bring you all the action as it happens in Samara. Kick off is at 3pm.

That was so easy for England. The ball from Lingard to Alli at the back post was a good one, but the marking from Sweden was abysmal. They allowed Alli so much space to head home.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Sweden 0 England 2 (59 mins - Dele Alli). England have a two-goal lead! They are edging closer and closer to a World Cup semi final! Trippier plays it back to Lingard, who finds Alli at the back post completely unmarked and he heads past Olsen! Well-worked goal.

There's a feeling that England are just starting to ramp things up. They did that right at the end of the second half, and now they are camped on the edge of the Sweden box again.

Let's be honest, the quality in this game hasn't really been up to match. It hasn't been a good match, but England are ahead and they haven't faced all that much from Sweden.

MAGUIRE AGAIN! The England defender was up from the back for a freekick, he heads across goal, Sterling's overhead kick comes back to him, then Maguire's second header is cleared under the crossbar.

Was that a cross or a shot from Forsberg? The RB Leipzig man just seemed to spot Pickford off his line a little bit, but the ball was too deep and the keeper watched it drift over.

England seem to have settled again after a difficult start to the second half. They are knocking the ball around and Sweden seem to have reverted to their default of sitting deep.

There were some doubts over Pickford heading into this World Cup. He is the youngest starting keeper England have ever had at a major tournament, but he has risen to the challenge.

This is already much more positive from Sweden at the start of the second half. They are pushing higher up the pitch. This period is a really crucial point in this quarter final.

BIG PICKFORD SAVE! A warning for England. Berg beat Young at the back post and powered a header towards the goal, but Pickford got down really well to make the strong save!

Will we see a different Sweden in this second half? They will surely come out and attack a bit more given that they need a goal to save their World Cup hopes. More positive from them already.

So here is the fact of the matter - England are just 45 minutes away from the semi finals of the World Cup. They have a 1-0 lead and Sweden have caused very little problems so far.

The second half is under way! England have a 1-0 lead over Sweden.

What did you make of the first half in Samara? Have England done enough so far? Does Southgate need to make changes? Can you see Sweden mounting a fightback? Tweet me!

HALF TIME: Sweden 0-1 England. Maguire's goal is the difference between the two teams at the break. Not the greatest 45 minutes of football, but England were starting to ramp things up.

IT JUST WON'T GO IN! This time Sterling is onside from the pass from Henderson. Sterling's touch was great, he tries to round Olsen, he took too long to take the shot and the block is made!

WHAT A MISS... FLAG UP! Sterling stopped as he was played in, he thought he was offside. The flag stayed down, his shot was straight at Olsen... then the flag went up. His blushes are spared.