FIFA World Cup 2018: England, Sweden face tense battle for final four
Football | July 07, 2018 13:08 ISTEngland finally put their penalty jinx behind them on Tuesday when they beat Colombia and will be favourites to make it into the last four.
England finally put their penalty jinx behind them on Tuesday when they beat Colombia and will be favourites to make it into the last four.
England won a penalty shootout after a feisty, physical round-of-16 game finished 1-1 following extra time and with eight yellow cards handed out by the referee.
Southgate embraced his own public humiliation to help the current generation of players prepare to cope with setbacks.
England have shown themselves to be a huge threat from set pieces with six of the eight goals they have scored in Russia scored from dead-ball situations.
On the win, the United midfielder wa content but has cautioned his Belgian teammates on the situations getting tougher as they advance onto the knockout phase.
Belgium and England have already qualified for the last 16 — only the group winner needs to be decided.
Kane's three goals moved him into the lead with five at this year's tournament, one more than Cristiano Ronaldo and Romelu Lukaku after two games.
The last time England progressed to the quarter-finals was in 2006, David Beckham was the captain at that time.
Kane scored in the opening ten minutes of the match and scored the winner in injury time against Tunisia to give England a decent start.
Spain beat Portugal at the 2010 World Cup, and again in the semifinals of the 2012 European Championship, going on to win the tournament both times.
The victory came four years after England drew 0-0 with Costa Rica as they slumped out of the World Cup 2014 in the group stage.
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England relied on goals from Gary Cahill and Harry Kane before slackening in the second half to beat Nigeria 2-1 in a World Cup warm-up match on Saturday.
Belgium, Panama, Tunisia and England are part of Group G of the World Cup.
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