One supporter said: “I was so nervous @megan_davison_ how fantastic was he though!”
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Soccer Football – World Cup – Round of 16 – Colombia vs England – Spartak Stadium, Moscow, Russia – July 3, 2018 England’s fans celebrate after winning the penalty shootout.
After suffocating the Swiss with their compact, defensive style, the Swedes are unlikely to change the tactics that have carried them this far in the tournament, and the fact that England will be favourites will not bother them.
Gareth Southgate’s side looked to have won the tie in normal time after Harry Kane converted a 57th-minute penalty having been hauled down in the box.
“We didn’t lose the penalties and that’s got to be the best thing from this”.
Former England forward Wayne Rooney, who now plays for Washington DC in US Major League Soccer, kept his online celebrations brief, focussing on Pickford’s save. The save gave England’s Eric Dier a chance to win the shootout, and he converted. You never see Thomas Turgoose and Jordan Pickford in the same room’.
“England win on penalties – yes really” – Sun Sport call it ‘The headline we have waited a lifetime to write’.
Many outraged football fans pointed out that yesterday was the 24th anniversary of the death of Andres Escobar, who was shot dead after his own goal was blamed for sending Colombia home at the 1994 World Cup. “We know obviously in the past England haven’t done great and it was great to get that one off our back”.
The last time England played in a World Cup quarter-final was in 2006 against Portugal. We were behind, and wanting Pickers to save one, and he did.
As they chanted “don’t take me home” and other terrace classics one fearless photographer, regular contributor Fraser Gray, got in among the action and filmed the extraordinary scenes.
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“They are greater than the sum of their parts more often than not, so that is a hugely hard game for us”.
