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England vs Colombia: England beat Colombia 4-3 on penalties to reach 2018 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">England beat Colombia 4-3 on penalties to reach 2018 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals</td></tr>
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<li>England defeat Colombia 4-3 on penalties after game finished 1-1 AET </li>
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<li>Kane opened scoring only for Mina to equalise in stoppage time</li>
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<li>England will play Sweden in quarter-final on 7 July in Samara</li>
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<li>England beat Colombia 4-3 on penalties after Eric Dier scored the decisive spot kick</li>
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<li>England set up quarter-final clash with Sweden</li>
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<li>Sweden earlier beat Switzerland 1-0 in their last 16 game to advance</li>
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<b>MOSCOW: </b>England finally ended their penalties curse when they beat Colombia 4-3 in a shootout after drawing their World Cup last-16 clash 1-1 following extra time after the South Americans equalised in the 93rd minute.<br />
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England had previously lost all three World Cup shootouts and three of four in the European Championship but prevailed on Tuesday when Mateus Uribe and Carlos Bacca failed to convert, leaving Eric Dier to win the game for England<br />
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It was the first time Colombia had been involved in a World Cup shootout and they took first blood when Jordan Henderson missed his spot kick - but for once fortune smiled on England.<br />
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Earlier Harry Kane smashed in a 57th-minute penalty, his sixth goal of the tournament, and England looked to be through until Yerry Mina headed an equaliser in the third minute of stoppage time.<br />
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It was England's first win in a knockout game since 2006 and earns them a quarter-final with Sweden, who were far from impressive in beating Switzerland 1-0 earlier on Tuesday.<br />
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Then comes a potential semi-final against hosts Russia or Croatia with Tuesday's win appearing to vindicate - just - coach Gareth Southgate's decision to field a second-string side in the the final group game loss to Belgium to secure an easier route.<br />
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Colombia's hopes suffered a huge setback before kickoff when key playmaker James Rodriguez was ruled out with a calf injury and without him they took a defensive approach and never rarely threatened.<br />
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England were always the more purposeful side but they lacked the key final ball and needed a gift to take the lead.<br />
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The South Americans had been getting away with blatant holding and wrestling at each of England's many corners and the referee's patience finally snapped when Carlos Sanchez hauled down tournament leading scorer Kane once too often.<br />
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After four minutes of mayhem as the Colombians protested, Kane kept his cool and smashed in his third spot kick of Russia 2018.<br />
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When Juan Cuadrado blazed horribly over the bar with the goal gaping 10 minutes from time with Colombia's first chance of the match it looked all over for them but there was a fiery sting in the tail of normal time.<br />
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England keeper Jordan Pickford made a superb save to touch wide a furious long shot by Uribe but from the following corner - Colombia's first of the match - giant defender Mina rose highest to head in the equaliser and send the massed Colombian fans into a frenzy.<br />
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England substitute Dier missed the best chance of the extra period when he headed over the bar but he made up for it in emphatic fashion with the winning penalty in the shootout.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Infographic: FIFA World Cup 2018 - Colombia vs England </td></tr>
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credit: The Times Of India<br />
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Colombia vs Senegal [1:0] - FIFA World Cup 2018, Colombia strike late to break Senegal who go out on yellow card tiebreaker

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">races to the touchline to celebrate the goal that put Colombia through at the top of Group H and knocked out Senegal</td></tr>
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Serenaded by a joyous cacophony from their yellow-shirted army of supporters, Colombia advanced to the last 16 with this victory over Senegal. The Africans, meanwhile, were evicted when, after matching Japan in terms of points, goal difference and goals scored, their inferior disciplinary record undermined them.<br />
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The Colombians, however, advance into a knockout confrontation with a huge question mark over their most significant player: James Rodriguez limped out of the game after just half an hour.<br />
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“I am extremely concerned,” said Jose Pekerman, the Colombia coach. “It is a tough situation for my team. It is a topic that could overshadow everything else. But right now I don’t know where he stands to be honest.”<br />
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There must have been 30,000 Colombians in the Samara Arena, filling the place with an incessant Latin American rhythm. Their racket reached a crescendo when they took the decisive lead in the 74th minute when Yerry Mina powered in a header from a corner. It provoked probably the most embarrassing choreographed celebration since Brazil’s rocking babies, involving some synchronised swaying down by the corner flag.<br />
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But it was not the way they mark a goal that will have stuck in the mind of their next opponents. It was the way Senegal controlled the pace and flow of the game in the first half. Here was clear indication that the Colombians are anything but unbeatable.<br />
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Pekerman’s side had been hugely impressive in their previous outing against Poland. But Senegal weren’t Poland. The way the Aliou Cisse’s side harried and badgered was a pointer to what their next opponents might do. Like a budget N’Golo Kante, Everton’s Idrissa Gueye provided real snap in the centre, sniping and breaking up play, leading a first-half squeeze which meant there was none of the space to work the ball to Juan Cuadrado like the Poles had allowed.<br />
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It made matters worse when Rodriguez limped off straight down the tunnel after a flare-up of the calf problem that had constricted his contribution during the defeat to Japan. It was the last thing the Colombians wanted to see.<br />
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Indeed, Senegal could have taken the lead soon after he left when the referee awarded them a penalty after Sadio Mane went down under a heavy challenge from Davinson Sanchez. But, after being advised by his earpiece to check the video replay, where it was obvious that Sanchez had got his heel to the ball, Mr Mazic over-ruled himself. It wasn’t a foul, it was a superb intervention.<br />
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But Pekerman’s side did not allow the departure of their talisman to generate defeatism. Aware that a draw could jeopardise their further progress if Japan maintained parity with Poland, in the second half they really went for it. And they got reward, when, for the second game in succession, Mina, the Barcelona reserve centre-back, got his head to Juan Quintero’s beautifully flighted corner. John Stones and Harry Maguire, clearly, are not the only ones who know what they are doing at corner kicks.<br />
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From there David Ospina was obliged to make several smart saves to keep the lead intact, as Senegal, with Cisse frantically semaphoring from the technical area what was required, desperately searched for the equaliser that would have kept them in the competition.<br />
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It was a cruel way to go out for his team, the first ever to be evicted on ill-discipline. But as the coach himself said: those are the rules. And Colombia ensured they were not subject to such unfortunate arbitration. They did precisely what was needed to advance: they won the game.<br />
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<b>Opta's statistical pointers</b><br />
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<li>    Colombia have progressed past the World Cup group stages for only the third time, also doing so in 1990 and 2014.</li>
<li>    Senegal have failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their last seven World Cup games, since beating France 1-0 in their first ever match in the tournament.</li>
<li>    Colombia’s goal came from the first shot on target in the second half, and their only shot on target in the entire second period.</li>
<li>    Senegal became the third team to be eliminated from the 2018 World Cup despite winning their opening game of the tournament (also Iran and Serbia). The last time as many as three teams failed to get through the group stages despite winning their opener was in 2002 (Argentina, Costa Rica and Russia).</li>
<li>    Colombia are the only team to reach the knockout stages of the 2018 World Cup despite losing their opening match of the tournament.</li>
<li>    Four of Colombia’s last six World Cup goals have come from set-piece situations.</li>
<li>    Colombia had just four shots in this match, with no player having more than one.</li>
<li>    Four of Yerry Mina’s five goals for Colombia have been headers.</li>
<li>    Juan Quintero has been involved in three of Colombia’s five World Cup goals in 2018 (1 goal, 2 assists).</li>
<li>    Colombia’s Juan Quintero has either scored (1) or assisted (2) a goal in each of his three World Cup games so far in 2018.</li>
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Source: telegraph.co.uk<br />
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