Dele Alli gives England 2-0 lead

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A Dele Alli header in the 59th moment has given Britain a 2-0 lead over Sweden and put his group into a solid position to progress to the World Container elimination rounds out of the blue since 1990.

Britain had a 1-0 lead at halftime in the quarterfinal coordinate after Harry Maguire's header from a corner kick in the 30th ricocheted before it beat Sweden goalkeeper Robin Olson. It was Maguire's first worldwide objective, and Britain's tenth of the competition.

For the second objective, Jesse Lingard served up the ball to a plain Alli, who gestured in from short proximity.

It was Britain's eleventh objective in Russia, paralleling the national record of 11 objectives scored on the raced to the World Glass title in 1966.

The champ in Samara will go into the elimination rounds against the victor of Saturday's later match amongst Russia and Croatia in Sochi.

Sweden last made it to the elimination rounds in 1994.

Sweden got its most obvious opportunity two minutes into the second half on Marcus Berg's header, however Britain goalkeeper Jordan Pickford drove it out of mischief's way