We had studied all his shooters: DT of England

Moscow, Russia (AFP) –

coach of England, Gareth Southgate admitted Tuesday, after England eliminated to fire Colombia the Octavos of Final World Cup who had "studied all the fencers" Colombian.

Although England never overcame a penalty shoot-out in a World Cup (eliminated three times), trust in goalkeeper (Jordan Pickford), in players who had to throw and in the general lines have done everything as they had been told

"I would also like to congratulate my assistants because we had prepared a lot this facet of the game. Southgate who had taken the habit of 39, being eliminated in punishment as a player, acknowledged that "these memories will always be with me, but I hope that with this victory we give confidence to future generations of players, so that they can see that these situations can be overcome without carrying the weight of history. "

The penalty shot, knowing that" England had not done very well in the past, gives a lot of confidence in this young group, but it shows a lot of discipline

On criticism of his Colombian counterpart, Jose Pekerman the abrupt and full interruptions of the Englishman, Southgate commented that "there had a lot of fouls in this game, but I think we did not commit by far the number of fouls our opponents did. "

"We overcame a hostile environment and deserved the win," added the coach, adding that "maybe we're a little smarter (than in the past), because of the criticisms on the ease of their players the previous times), applying the same rules that apply in the rest of the world. "

On the next rival in the Chambers, Sweden Southgate noted that" it has often been underestimated, but it is very difficult to play against them and it will be very difficult to beat them. "