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Excitement for the knockouts has hit fever pitch in Switzerland, as the quarter-finals begin this evening.
There is just one day to go before the Lionesses take on Sweden for a place in the semi-final and Sarina Wiegman's side have been hard at work in preparing ahead of Friday.
Here's everything you need to know from day 15 at Euro 2025...
Today in camp
With just over 24 hours to go until the game against Sweden, the Lionesses are pulling out all the stops.
Sarina Wiegman's side are leaving nothing to chance as they search for that extra edge to get themselves over the line on Thursday.
Be it gym work, training drills or video analysis, everything is in play for England.
Their last two meetings against Sweden both ended in draws and the Lionesses know they will have to be at their very best to avoid going home early.
Team News
Whether knocks and niggles or lengthy lay-offs, so often has tournament football seen players forced to watch the biggest games of their lives from the sidelines.
But the good news is that there is no such worry for England, with the 23-strong squad expected to be fully fit and firing.
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SportsPro have reported that viewership for this summer's Euros was higher than that of the men's Club World Cup final in the UK.
Broadcast on ITV1, England's 6-1 win over Wales in their last group stage match averaged 2.9m viewers, with Channel 5's coverage of the Club World Cup final contested by Chelsea and PSG managing only 1.1m.
ITV shares rights with the BBC in the UK for coverage of the Euros and will broadcast the France v Germany quarter-final on Saturday.
England's clash with Sweden will be shown on BBC One.
What are the pundits saying?
Pundit and ex-Lioness Rachel Brown-Finnis is predicting a 3-1 win for her former teammates.
"This is going to be very tough test for England but I think the Lionesses have got the quality they need to get through and, against the Netherlands and Wales, they have reached the required levels with their performances too," Brown-Finnis said in her column for BBC Sport.
"If England go 100%, then in whatever aspect you want to measure this game, I think they will have too much for Sweden.
"They drew twice when they met each other in qualifying but this is knockout tournament football now and that has very different demands, which sees different qualities shine through.
"England have already effectively had one knockout game at this tournament, when they played the Dutch knowing that if they lost, they were out.
"We saw how Sarina Wiegman's side responded then, and the scenario seemed to bring the best out of them.
"I am co-commentating on this game and I'm expecting a similar story here, with another full-tilt performance from England."
Quote of the day
"I feel like Sweden is always flying under the radar and that is something that suits us. We believe that we are one of the best teams in the world due to the results, but people barely speak about us.
"We know we can beat any team in the world at our best so we don't think about it too much but people should talk about us more." - Sweden striker Kosovare Asllani
Best of the rest
The quarter-final gets underway in earnest later this evening, with Group A winners Norway and Group B runners-up Italy going head-to-head.
With Caroline Graham Hansen, Ada Hegerberg and Guro Reiten among their ranks, Norway boast plenty of firepower.
But Italy have proven that they didn't cross the border to just make up the numbers.
Despite losing 3-1, le Azzurre matched world champions Spain for large periods of their encounter and their clash with Norway could very well go either way.
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