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England finally overcame almost 30 years of penalty by beating Colombia 4-3 in a shootout on Tuesday after firing its last 1-1 World Cup match after a further time after the weekend. equalization of the South Americans in the 93rd minute.
Starting from the 1990 semi-final against West Germany, England had already lost all three shots to the World Cup goal and three out of four to the World Championship. # 39; Europe. Midfielder Jordan Henderson saw his shot saved by David Ospina
But Mateus Uribe of Colombia hit the bar and the Englishman Jordan Pickford saved from Carlos Bacca, leaving Eric Dier to score the decisive penalty and win a quarter-final against Sweden, denying the Colombians a second straight streak the last eight.
England 's first win since 2006 has been particularly sweet for coach Gareth Southgate, whose shootout decided the semifinal of the Euro '96, and justified – just – his decision to line up a second string in the last defeat of Belgium by group to ensure an easier course towards the final.
He should also be commended for insisting that his players practice penalties, including a psychologist to help them, after a succession of his predecessors wrote the whole process as a lottery beyond their control.
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"We have fantastic supporters who have had to endure decades of disappointment and it was a very special moment for our country.
"Today, there will be a belief that generations will follow and will not be bothered by history or expectations." The players really did everything (in the shootout) we talked about exceptionally well and we showed incredible resilience. to return from a great disappointment to the final whistle and keep our calm. "
If England pbades Sweden, she will face Russia or Croatia for a first semifinal since her World Cup victory." England looked ready to go through some dramas when the tournament's top scorer, Harry Kane, crushed in the 57th minute, his sixth goal in the final, only for Yerry.Mina is the third-minute equalizer of the #
"We were so unlucky not to pbad within 90 minutes," said Kane, who also transformed Marcus Rashford and Kieran Tripper. "No one has laid on the and we stayed there when he counted. "
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There had been a little precious drama – albeit a lot of petulance – for most of the time. injured James Rodriguez set out to defend.
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England was the best team without being too dangerous, but it was decisive when Carlos Sanchez took the captain and the Kane talisman one time too much. 19659002] After four minutes of chaos as Colombia protested, Kane kept his cool and crushed his third tackle of Russia in 2018.
When Juan Cuadrado shone horribly over the bar with 10 minutes of but there had a point of fire in the tail of regulation time.
Pickford made a superb save to reach the goal of the Uribe tournament but from the next corner – the first defender of Colombia – giant defender Mina got up the top of the head to equalize.
England's substitute Dier missed the best opportunity of the extra period when he took the lead, but he cleared in emphatic style before being harbaded by his relieved team. has your.
"It was nervous.I have never really been in such a situation before, but I felt that I had to score after missing the header at the end so I'm grateful to have scored, "he said. two, coach Jose Pekerman felt that Colombia had been on the wrong side of the decisions of US referee Mark Geiger.
"A player pretends a foul, they try to get the referee to book another player," he said. "There is a lot of confusion with this type of game.
" It was very difficult to get into the game. There was a lot of pace and speed but as soon as the ball was in the box, my players were not cool and composed. "
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