World Cup 2018 Scores: Full Quarter-Finals Results and Semi-Finals Schedule

England reached the semi-finals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup by beating Sweden 2-0 on Saturday. Goals from Harry Maguire and Dele Alli settled the quarter-final tie at the Samara Arena.

Croatia await the Three Lions for Wednesday's semi-final at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium, after beating hosts Russia 4-3 in a penalty shootout. They drew 2-2 after extra time, but Ivan Rakitic tucked in the key spot-kick to send the Blazers into the last four.

Quarter-Finals Results

Uruguay 0-2 France
Brazil 1-2 Belgium
Sweden 0-2 England
Russia 2-2 Croatia (Croatia won 4-3 on penalties)

Semi-Finals Schedule

Tuesday, July 10

France vs. Belgium, 9 p.m. local time (7 p.m. BST/2 p.m. ET)

Wednesday, July 11

Croatia vs. England, 9 p.m. local time (7 p.m. BST/2 p.m. ET)

Russia went in front when Denis Cheryshev scored a beauty from outside the box to add to a growing collection of classy long-range strikes from the midfielder during the tournament:

One of the rare free-flowing moves Croatia put together yielded an equaliser when Andrej Kramaric headed in from a Mario Mandzukic cross. The goal maintained Croatia's prolific run, with the goals shared among a host of players:

Domagoj Vida became the eighth Croatia player to score at these finals when he put the Blazers 2-1 up in extra time, before Mario Fernandes equalised to make penalties necessary. It was left to Rakitic to settle things in the shootout, not long after Fernandes had shot wide.

England needed 30 minutes to break down typically stubborn resistance from Sweden's sound defence. Ironically, the goal didn't come from any elaborate or stylish passage of play to stretch Sweden out of shape between the lines.

Instead, the Three Lions took the direct route, with Leicester City centre-back Maguire powering in a header from an Ashley Young corner.

Conceding from set pieces may be rare for Sweden, but scoring from them is becoming natural for England:

Gareth Southgate's men grabbed a deserved lead against a Sweden side offering little in attack. Caution has been the Swede's watchword throughout the tournament, and it's a fact some made light of:

There were still a few dissenters about England's performance, though. Or more accurately, not everybody was impressed by Alli, whose passing and movement in midfield had been erratic during the first half:

Alli proved his critics wrong two minutes before the hour mark when he met Kieran Trippier's cross with a deft header to put England firmly in the ascendancy.

The scoreline stayed the same for the remainder, with Alli, Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane continuing to menace Sweden's defence, while Jordan Pickford made a string of smart saves to preserve England's clean sheet.

Southgate can now turn his attention to scouting Russia's and Croatia's strengths and weaknesses as he begins plotting ways to guide England to a first final since 1966.

Getting past a technically adept Croatia side won't be easy, but the Three Lions have the strength at the back, along with the pace and power in forward areas, to overpower Modric and Co. if they are at their best.