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Colombian fans called to review the game of England

England took Colombia out of the World Cup after a penalty shoot-out Tuesday night following a controversial match. Eric Dier scored the winning penalty after Jordan Pickford's excellent goal against Carlos Bacca

John Stones called Colombia the worst side, while Diego Maradona said the win for England was a & # 39; monumental flight & # 39;

by Harry Kane from the penalty spot after 57 minutes before Yerry Mina scored a header in added time to force another 30 minutes and eventually penalties.

But the result was not good in Colombia and a petition asking the match to be examined in order to receive 300,000 signatures has already been signed by nearly a quarter of a million.

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Colombian fans were irritated

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Juan Diego García, a student in Colombian law, said that FIFA should to look into the match because two incidents unfolded without any reason for England.

His statement was: "I want to denounce in front of FIFA and with the support of all my Colombian compatriots, the match of the round of 16 between Colombia and England."

"During the match of the eighth round played July 3, 2018, between Colombia and England, for a place in the quarterfinals of the 2018 Russia World Cup, there were two controversial movements that Were not submitted for review by the Video Assistant Referee "VAR", which had a huge impact on the development and the final result of the game. "1) Penalty in favor of England, for a non-existent fault and which was wrongly judged by the FIFA referee Mark Geiger.

"2) Legitimate goal of Carlos Bacca, in a game where the referee erroneously held that there was illegitimacy in considering that when the goal was produced, there were two bullets to the Inside the pitch, which was proved by the TV cameras, was not correctly crowned. "19659005" referee, orients the course of the game in favor of the English team, without any reason

"FIFA is invited to revise these two actions, in order to set a precedent for fair play, where good play prevails, legality"

England will face Sweden in the quarterfinals World Cup final Saturday and FIFA should not intervene before the match is replayed.

England is looking for a place in the semifinal first since Italy Gareth Southgate encouraged his players to keep up the momentum

"We have made progress, but we have not yet succeeded, "Southgate told FIFA.com

. I've been in football for 30 years, and I've had a lot of ups and downs.

"This night (against Colombia) was a good night for all of us, but I focused quite quickly on Sweden because we" want more of these experiences and we want to go as far as we can . "

At the beginning of the competition, the consensus suggested a place in the last World Cup Eight Southgate youth teams would have made a good effort but the goal posts have changed in recent days and even the manager of level changed direction

He told ITV: "We are at a stage where we could go home. now, receive a good reception – we have won a knockout game, a shootout – or we can go further and have really made a difference and created our own story

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Players of Colombia in anger by the decisions of the referee

"We said before we came, we wanted to make the nation proud, a way of us b It was necessary to do that, but we also had to win football matches . "

Southgate also revealed that the pleasure of returning supporters had a clear impact on the team.

On recent tournaments, for various reasons, but the scenes of celebrations supporters of all over the world. England did not go unnoticed in the camp. "The power of football to connect people can not be underestimated," he said.

"It's nice to see that people are happy, talk about it at work and it's a privilege to have this opportunity. "

" The players are excited because a lot of their experiences with England, they felt isolated at camp and had to fight against the tide. They feel supported and a real collective energy.

"The players react to the heat, to the encouragement, the team's discussions must change, there is a warm glow of having done well in the games." Colombia in the round of 16 of the World Cup

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English players responded by beating Colombia in the World Cup Round of 16