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Here we go...Sarina Wiegman and Lucy Bronze have arrived.

It is a packed room but the England boss looks relaxed.

"We are in a good place," says Wiegman.

Remember, you can watch the news conference by clicking the 'watch live' tab at the top of this page.

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Are we heading for another Spain v England final showdown, two years after the Spanish defeated the Lionesses in Sydney to win the World Cup?

England are favourites to progress to the semi-finals, according to Opta's supercomputer., external

In fact, England are predicted to reach the final in 43.2% of simulations - just 0.4% lower than Spain.

The supercomputer predicts the Swedes to progress to the semi-finals in 38.9% of simulations compared to England's 61.1%.

The winners of Thursday's quarter-final play Norway or Italy next Tuesday in Geneva.

BBC Radio 5 Live

As well as live BBC One coverage, you can listen to full match commentary of Thursday's quarter-final on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app.

Former England goalkeeper Karen Bardsley will be alongside Vicki Sparks in Zurich. Build-up starts at 19:00 BST.

At 22:30 there is a Euro 2025 606 with Natalie Pike and ex-England forward Toni Duggan, where you can ring in and give your views on the game.

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England are running late.

Their news conference should have started 10 minutes ago but we'll bring it to you just as soon as it starts.

Remember, you can watch it by clicking the 'watch live' tab at the top of the page.

These were the scenes at England's training base in Zurich earlier today.

Light rain is forecast in Zurich later today but Thursday's forecast is for sunshine, with temperatures predicted to be around the 22C (72F) mark at kick-off.

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What fans said after England defeated Wales 6-1 to advance to the knockout stage...

AJS66: Sweden are going to fancy their chances against our defence. Bronze in a different postcode (again) for the Welsh goal. Once Hemp and James were off, no-one ran at the Welsh. Carter, poor all game - Rolfo, Blackstenius and Kaneryd will fly past her. It will not be a good watch. If we keep playing a back three to allow Bronze to wander, put Le Tissier in? Not a Man U fan btw…

The Governor: Well done England. Sweden will be a totally different problem. I fear that England's defence is suspect. Here’s hoping the Swedes have an off day.

Nickw1975: Sweden, as we have seen, are a really good side. If we can beat them then we can go far. I'm nervous though, Swedes shouldn't be underestimated.

Sweden

These were the scenes in Zurich after Sweden hammered Germany 4-1 to seal top spot in Group C.

The Blue-Yellow are one of only four teams to win all three games at Euro 2025 along with world champions Spain, France and Norway.

Sweden started with a 1-0 win over Denmark in Geneva. Then came a 3-0 victory against Poland in Lucerne before the statement win against the Germany.

Read: 'Something different about Sweden'.

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Emma Sanders
BBC Sport women’s football news reporter at Stadion Letzigrund

It's familiar territory for England as they are back at Stadion Letzigrund to speak to media before tomorrow's quarter-final against Sweden.

Lucy Bronze is always a great talker and watches a lot of football so will no doubt have done her homework on the Swedes.

Sarina Wiegman was in good spirits following their 6-1 win over Wales but the feeling at the FA is this will be England's toughest test yet.

That's it from the Sweden camp. Very soon we will be hearing from Lucy Bronze and Sarina Wiegman as we countdown to the Euro 2025 quarter-final between Sweden and England.

Sweden

And finally from Sweden boss Peter Gerhardsson, on how to deal with Lauren James: "I can't handle her. James is a special player and I like that kind of player because she has something special.

"She is doing the things she wants to do on the pitch. As a coach sometimes you want structure but I think James makes her own decisions, every coach likes that kind of player. I hope that we can handle her tomorrow."

Sweden

Peter Gerhardsson on if Stina Blackstenius' pace can hurt England: "It's no secret because since 2017 Stina Blackstenius has been one of our most important players. I don't think that's a secret to the England team, Leah Williamson has seen her in training at Arsenal.

"I think the transitions in our team are very important, that's not only through Stina but even more players and to be more more direct when you get the ball and that's no secret. England know it and we know it."

Sweden's team features Stina Blackstenius, who scored Arsenal's winner against Barcelona in the Champions League final in May.

Will she get the better of her club vice-captain Leah Williamson on Thursday?

Emma Sanders
BBC Sport women’s football news reporter at Stadion Letzigrund

A great response from Peter Gerhardsson on Lauren James when I asked how you deal with her.

He laughed and said he was happy he didn't have to come up against her personally.

He expanded and said she was a player "all coaches loved" because she plays with creativity and individuality. A nice response.

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Sweden manager Peter Gerhardsson on what has changed since their Euro 2022 defeat: "I think development is always important. Both us and England are better now than we were in 2022. If you take the World Cup in 2019 and then 2023, everything is better [for us]. I think both us and England are better teams, better players and in better shape overall.

"I hope we can show it tomorrow because like you say, last time [in the Euros] it was not a good result for us. In this Euros we have had no sickness, no big injuries and we have been training normally and I hope for a good game tomorrow and I hope that we win."

Sweden

Sweden boss Peter Gerhardsson: "We haven't looked at any video clips from Euro 2022 so maybe we have suppressed it. If a player thinks about it, and if they wake up at 04:30am screaming about England 4-0 Sweden, then fine, they'll deal with it."

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BBC Sport at Euro 2025

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Stadion Letzigrund in Zurich has become something of a home stadium for England. They played two group matches here and will face Sweden in the quarter-final at the same ground on Thursday.

The football stadium also doubles up as an athletics venue, which means some feel it's not as intimate as other stadiums, with fans some distance from the pitch because of the track around the perimeter.

Leah Williamson spoke to the media yesterday and said although it was nice to be back in familiar surroundings, her family were not big fans of the stadium because of the running track issue.

Sweden

More from Peter Gerhardsson on Stadion Letzigrund, which has a running track around it: "I don't really like the running lanes around the pitch, I want those small arenas. One of my favourite arenas is Craven Cottage where Fulham play.

"Our supporters made this arena brilliant though, I didn't even think about the tracks around the pitch."

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Sweden boss Peter Gerhardsson on what Kosovare Asllani, who has 202 caps, means: "She has been enormously important. I wanted to have a really skilled number 10 so I moved her from the left wing.

"Maybe I moved her to her position because of her attacking qualities but we've seen she's just as skilled defensively. Sometimes she is the player who runs most of all, I might not have known that at the time.

"She is an incredible team captain and she drives herself and the team with an enormous competitive instinct so it is very important that we built the team around her."

Sweden

Sweden boss Peter Gerhardsson believes this quarter-final could go all the way with extra-time and penalties required to decide the winners.

"It might be 120 minutes and you have to think about that when you're balancing the team and then penalties might be the end outcome," he adds.

"Somewhere it is a personal responsibility, the players who want to practise penalties can but we haven't set up anything. It is one of the most difficult moments in football, it is so difficult to prepare. It is very difficult to have a plan for.

"We don't know what our final XI will look like after 120 minutes and after that the coaching staff and I will come up with a plan. It is a fairly complex thing."