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Goaltender Jordan Pickford was reviewing in the container of his drink notes referring to the most used place for each Colombian player to hit the penalties.
Once the shooting started between Colombia and ] England for a place in the quarter-finals of Russia 2018 the British goalkeeper, Jordan Pickford received a bottle in which was written the place most likely to be kicked the players of the tricolor team. (See here our special from the 2018 Russian World Cup)
This is confirmed by the major British media. "Pickford was the hero of England and it was, in part, thanks to the change of bottles" says The Mirror newspaper. Everton goalkeeper saved Carlos Bacca's shot, which allowed England to win 4-3 against Colombia in the shootout.
The Englishman guessed the side of three of the five penalties imposed by Colombia, because Radamel Falcao finished the center of the goal and Luis Muriel to the left goalkeeper. "We had studied their penalties, we did our investigation, the only one who did not beat the regular camp was Falcao" Pickford said at the end of the match according to British media. (Read more: Jorge Luis Pinto and his badysis of Russia 2018)
The 24-year-old guardian covered the bottle with a towel as soon as he received it from him. English coaching team. And before each shot, he checked it. A practice similar to what was seen in the quarter-finals of the 2006 World Cup, in which Jens Lehmann reviewed in a paper where the Argentines were going to hit the penalties. In the end, it was a figure and Germany qualified for the semi-finals. Curiously, the technician of albiceleste was also José Pékerman.
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