'relentless' Sweden Deserve More Recognition - Williamson

England skipper Leah Williamson says Euro 2025 quarter-final opponents Sweden are "relentless" astatine awesome tournaments and "deserve a small spot much recognition".

Sarina Wiegman's broadside vanished runners-up successful Group D, while Sweden won each 3 group matches to decorativeness apical of Group C and group up Thursday's lucifer (20:00 BST).

Sweden hit Euro 2022 finalists Germany 4-1 pinch an awesome capacity successful their past lucifer and conceded conscionable 1 extremity successful nan group stage.

Alongside England and France, they are nan only nations to person reached nan quarter-finals successful each 5 awesome tournaments since 2017.

And speech from their 4-0 nonaccomplishment to England successful nan Euro 2022 semi-finals, Sweden person won six of their past 7 games successful nan competition.

"Sweden's erstwhile results astatine tournaments are incredible. They are relentless erstwhile it comes to tourney football," said Williamson.

"Maybe disrespectful is excessively beardown a word, but I do deliberation they merit a small spot much recognition.

"When you person a squad who activity for each different for illustration Sweden, past you don't request to needfully person a crazy standout threat because everyone plays their roles.

"They are difficult to hole for successful that sense. The subject for them each to complete their jobs connected nan transportation makes them a vulnerable side."

While Williamson believes location are nary standout players successful a beardown Sweden side, she is very acquainted pinch nan threat Arsenal team-mate Stina Blackstenius poses.

She opened nan scoring pinch a composed decorativeness successful nan triumph complete Germany, and netted successful their 3-0 triumph against Poland.

The 29-year-old besides came disconnected nan chair to people nan only extremity arsenic Arsenal hit Barcelona successful nan Women's Champions League final successful May.

"Stina is an incredibly powerful footballer. She's very intelligent pinch her runs. She's a difficult subordinate to play against successful that respect," said Williamson.

"We were celebrating her occurrence astatine Arsenal - but not truthful overmuch now! She's a awesome subordinate and she has been for galore years now. Her acquisition speaks for itself.

"It's different [to] playing each different successful training pinch restrictions. It's uncommon that I get to play against Stina successful this setting. I bask it, and I for illustration Stina.

"It's reliable to region each of that. You don't want to attraction connected it excessively overmuch and there's tons of things that travel into play erstwhile you play against a team-mate, but I deliberation I've known Stina agelong capable that I cognize who she is and it's clip to attraction connected us."