How to Watch Colombia vs England
Colombia will face England in the World Cup round of 16 at the Spartak Stadium in Moscow on Tuesday.
Former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg believes Colombia midfielder Wilmar Barrios should have been shown a straight red card after appearing to headbutt England star Jordan Henderson.
Hainsey and Buvey were there to see all the highlights as England went on to beat Colombia on Penalties to go through to the quarter finals of the World Cup.
So it would have been easy for those old nightmares to be revisited when Jordan Henderson’s penalty was saved – but instead Jordan Pickford’s save from Carlos Bacca, on top of Mateus Uribe’s miss, set up Dier’s golden moment.
The save gave England’s Eric Dier a chance to win the shootout, and he converted.
A World Cup in Russian Federation rolls up and England’s team full of fresh faces is suddenly in the round of 16 against a powerful Colombian side, leading 1-0 after an hour thanks to Mr Reliable from the penalty spot, Harry Kane. Having been rested last time out, he will come roaring back here with a thirst for more goals.
“We have practiced enough, we have been through a process and we were in control of that”, England’s manager continued. We were ready for that. “We’re here to stay!” Since March, the man who missed the decisive kick in the Euro 96 semi-final against Germany, has made sure his team prepared for this very outcome. Cool as you like, he hit the back of the net, sending the ball past David Ospina in the Columbia goal and sending the whole of England wild.
Many of those failures have come in penalty shootouts, and they’re all seared in my memory. “I don’t want to go home yet”.
Kane put away the penalty with class in the 57th minute. The winners of their quarter-final will face either Croatia or hosts Russian Federation for a place in Moscow on 15 July.
The other half of the draw includes the fearsome quartet of Brazil, France, Uruguay and Belgium.
“We did not deserve to lose, we have done more than England and the pity is that we could not decide [the game] before the penalties. You have well and truly earned your place in the final eight of the #worldcup”.
Sweden next on Sunday morning in the quarterfinals.
Suspensions deprived Switzerland of key defender Fabian Schaer and captain Stephan Lichtsteiner, but they will be disappointed by their limp exit. “If you start to lower the bar or your ambition that’s not going to be satisfying”.
After getting off to a rough World Cup start by losing to eventual group victor Japan, Colombia blasted Poland 3-0 and then took down Senegal 1-0 to book a ticket into the knockout round.
I’ll bet he bloody well feels like he is right now.