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It was the first time in a World Cup tournament that England won a penalty shootout thanks to its stars who took turns to convert the three Lions. for their clash with Sweden in the quarter-finals of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
A notable surprise was the omission of Jamie Vardy of Leicester City as one of the top five penalty shooters in England.
The 31-year-old was a regular penalty taker and converted six out of seven attempts for Leicester last season.
Vardy came into play in the 88th minute just before Yerry Mina equalized for Colombia to force the game to go into overtime, but was not among the penalty takers like Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford, Kieran Trippier, Jordan Henderson and Eric Dier were promoted by Gareth Southgate. Henderson saw his shot saved while the other four scored.
Asked about his choice of penalty takers, Southgate was quoted by Metro saying, "We just made sure we had received our order.
"We had to make some changes because of injuries during the overtime period.
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But we knew it was a process we were responsible for and the guys did it brilliantly. "
It seems that Vardy was among the players who injured themselves during the extra time as he was seen standing in the groin during the celebrations at the end of the shootout.
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