Zlatan Ibrahimovic reached out to offer his support to Smilla Holmberg after her penalty shoot-out heartache in the dramatic Women's Euro 2025 quarter-final defeat to England, her father has revealed.

Sweden looked on course for the last four when they led the Lionesses 2-0 in Zurich before goals from Lucy Bronze and Michelle Agyemang forced extra-time and penalties.

There were nine missed spot-kicks in total in an astonishing shoot-out, which England won 3-2, with Holmberg blasting her effort over the bar before being pictured in tears.

Speaking to Swedish radio in quotes reported by ESPN, her father Ola Persson said: "It was a sad daughter I held in my arms about an hour after the game.

"She is strong and she has received a lot of support from both the team, supporters, friends and relatives, she even got a text message from Zlatan here this morning."

WE NEVER QUIT.

ENGLAND ARE IN THE #WEURO2025 SEMI-FINALS   pic.twitter.com/Gu8o4Vxc3Z

— Lionesses (@Lionesses) July 17, 2025

The game marked just the second time England have avoided defeat at the Euros when trailing by two or more goals, having done so to defeat Russia 3-2 in the 2009 group stage.

It also represented the second time this fixture has gone to penalties at the Euros, after the 1984 final, which Sweden won 4-3 in the shoot-out on that occasion.