Women's Euros: England must put aside semi-final disappointments - Wiegman

England must focus on the present if they are to end their semi-final hoodoo when they face Sweden in the Women's Euro last four, says Sarina Wiegman.

The Lionesses will play their fourth consecutive semi-final at a major tournament at Bramall Lane on Tuesday, having reached the stage of successive World Cups either side of the 2017 European Championship.

England have appeared in five previous Euro semi-finals and only progressed from two of them, in 1984 and 2009.

Wiegman, who is unbeaten in 18 games in charge of England, wants the team to put past their previous defeats behind them as they seek to close in on a first major trophy.

"I think it's necessary to be in the present and I think you always have to learn from your experiences and take away the things you can take away to be better, get better, or learn," Wiegman said in a pre-match press conference.

"But there's no point now talking about it all the time because it's now. It's now. So why should we talk about it all the time?

"We have to play a semi-final first and that's the only thing that matters. Again, we're in the present. All the focus is on our game against Sweden - that's the only thing we're talking about.

"How do we want to play? How do we collaborate as a team? How do we try to exploit their weaknesses, eliminate their strengths, and use our own strengths? That's the only thing we talk about.

"I think reaching the semi-finals was already really great and we saw that we brought a lot of inspiration.

"But I think our fans have also inspired us a lot. We're just focusing on tomorrow and that's what it is, and we hope to get the result we want.

"The England team are ready to play the best game against Sweden, and I hope we can inspire the nation."

Millie Bright scored an own goal in the Euro 2017 semi-final loss to the Netherlands and was sent off as England lost to the United States in the final square of the 2019 World Cup.

She said, "We're on a new journey. It's a new path for us as a group. Like I said, [we've got] different players, so for us, it's a new path for us as a group. is kind of a new slate almost and again we focus on the here and now.

"The position we are in as a team going into this game is that we are in a very good position and we are ready to fight. Everyone is feeling good.