England needed to get penalties to beat Colombia

Moscow .- England needed another goal from Harry Kane and the penalty shootout to eliminate Colombia on Tuesday in the round of 16 and qualify for the quarterfinals. final, where Sweden waits, winner by 1- 0 hours before against Switzerland.

Colombia were once out of the top eight, having reached the quarter-finals at the previous World Cup in Brazil. Kane scored a penalty in regulation time, 57 minutes, and another in the shootout after overtime, which forced Yerry Mina with his third straight goal in the tournament for 1-1.

The coffee players, who could not count on the injured James Rodriguez, finally gave in on the 12 steps, although goalkeeper Dabid Ospina stopped the third throw to Jordan Henderson.

Radamel Falcao first converted to Colombia and Juan Cuadrado and Luis Muriel followed him with success, but Mateus Uribe failed to score a fateful point and Jordan Pickford stopped Carlos Bacca's final shot for Eric Dyer to the English.

Saturday in Samara, Sweden waits for them, beating Switzerland 1-0 in St. Petersburg with a lone goal from Emil Forsberg at 66 and sealing the ticket to the quarterfinals for the first time times from the United States 1994, when he finished third.

Switzerland, meanwhile, extends its curse in the knockout matches of major tournaments, where from France-1938 she does not win a match of this type.