{"id":8398,"date":"2018-07-04T00:48:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T23:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=8398"},"modified":"2018-07-04T09:55:04","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T08:55:04","slug":"england-beat-colombia-on-penalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/england-beat-colombia-on-penalties\/","title":{"rendered":"England beat Colombia on penalties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8399\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/England.jpg\" alt=\"England\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" \/>England won a World Cup penalty shootout for the first time on a night of high drama in Moscow, overcoming Colombia to secure a quarter-final meeting with Sweden.<br \/>\nAmid a fevered atmosphere inside Spartak Stadium, Eric Dier scored the winning kick after Jordan Pickford\u2019s brilliant save from Carlos Bacca.<br \/>\nEngland\u2019s famous victory sets up a meeting with Sweden in Samara on Saturday, a game that can be seen live across the BBC.<br \/>\nManager Gareth Southgate celebrated with his staff while his players mobbed the heroes Pickford and Dier after their first win at the knockout stage of major tournament since 2006.<br \/>\nSouthgate\u2019s side looked to have emerged unscathed from an ill-disciplined match courtesy of Harry Kane\u2019s penalty, only for Colombia\u2019s Yerry Mina to equalise in the closing seconds of stoppage time to send the massed ranks of Colombia fans wild.<br \/>\nThe extra 30 minutes could not separate the sides and led to a nerve-shredding finale that has so often been England\u2019s undoing, with a dismal record of just one win in seven shootouts at major tournaments before this.<br \/>\nEngland looked to be set for more agony when Jordan Henderson\u2019s penalty was saved by David Ospina but Mateus Uribe smashed the following kick on to the crossbar to pave the way for Pickford and Dier to be England\u2019s saviours.<br \/>\nNo previous world champions stand between England and the final. 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