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Gareth Southgate (Provided)
St. Petersburg – Twenty-two years after Gareth Southgate Missed at the Euro [969 The coach of England saw their team beat Colombia 4-3 on penalties to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup.
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When Eric Dier's shot planted David Ospina's right hand before snuggling into the lower corner Southgate is straightened and expired in the Moscow sky.
After getting rid of bandages of tracksuits in England, he celebrated by shaking his family in the stands of Spartak stadium. This one meant a lot.
It may not have made the long march of the midline but, in many ways, it was the triumph of Southgate, which put the emphasis on the practice and the details at the end of an unsustainable night.
"We practiced enough, we went through a process and we were in control of that," said Southgate.
"I felt so confident in the players even after the first one was saved, because we knew we would save one of theirs."
England lost six times out of seven during shootings in major tournaments, the second at Wembley when Southgate doubled against Andreas Kopke and Germany qualified for the finals of European Championship on English soil.
When Jordan Henderson's effort was removed, he seemed to become seven out of eight.
But England finally broke the curse. Instead of the resignation, there was a confidence in the plans of Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford and Kieran Trippier that indicated repetition and routine.
Finally, Dier took over after an uneven bench performance that could have persuaded others to look elsewhere.
But Southgate's list included an badysis of character as well as technique and in Dier, and probably also Henderson, he saw players brave enough to handle the pressure.
What Southgate always said: Penalties do not relate to chance but accuracy and percentages .
Kane, after all, took his fourth in two parts, each as convincing as the next. Rashford had never reached one in his senior career before, but found the corner as a seasoned veteran. England had repeated.
"We knew that England in the past had not done much, so it was good to remove it," Kane said. "This will give us tremendous confidence in the future."
On the other side of the square was Jordan Pickford, who had criticized for not ruling out Adnan Januzaj's spectacular strike against Belgium last week.
Thibaut Courtois stated that Pickford's lack of height, at 1.85 meters (6 feet), was a disadvantage but his rescue against Carlos Bacca was a turning point and upon arrival, it was him down the England jersey.
"We've been practicing them for a while and the manager has chosen the five that he wanted," Henderson said.
"Unfortunately, I did not score but the other guys were brilliant, especially Jordan for doing the rescue and Eric who gave us the win."
After the joy, Southgate was asked if the victory had finally raised painful memories of his own lack at Wembley more than two decades ago – it had not been.
"That will never leave me."
England must now leave before Saturday's game in Samara against Sweden, who will have been delighted to see Kyle Walker stumble into overtime.
The Countries – Italy and Italy fell to Swedes in qualifying, while Mexico and Germany each finished under Group F, before Switzerland was beaten 1-0 in the last 16 Tuesday.The Swedes should not be underestimated.
England, it must be remembered, was also far from perfect.There was a nervousness in the last 10 minutes when they are suddenly fell deeper and their pbades became more frenzied
But for all that, one can not ignore what this victory will do for the momentum of England and its morale.
Above all, it gives the Southgate team the best chance to achieve a major final in a generation, their best chance since Euro 96.
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