England players celebrate victory CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES
Colombia 1 (3) - 1 (4) England
03/07/2018 19:00
Referee: Mark Geiger|Venue: Otkrytie Arena|Attendance: 44,190
Yerry Mina90+3
Harry Kane57
Penalties
Radamel Falcao
Juan Cuadrado
Luis Muriel
Mateus Uribe
Carlos Bacca
Harry Kane
Marcus Rashford
Jordan Henderson
Kieran Trippier
Eric Dier
The first World Cup penalty shoot-out victory in four, just the second in a major tournament, the first won on foreign soil, and suddenly the English game is looking at itself anew with also the possibility of so much more.
Southgate’s team are in the quarter-finals of a World Cup finals, the favorites against Sweden, and now England and English football have to confront the enormity of what might be achieved.
The history of this England team, with the handbrake on for decades, a story of the same mistakes often made by the same people, is now changing by the day as Southgate’s players emerge as genuine contenders to be the 2018 world champions. They came back from a 93rd-minute Colombia equalizer in the tradition of the great England team of 1966 who, having won it once on that July afternoon at Wembley, were obliged by West Germany’s late equalizer to win it all over again.
There was once talk of long-term goals and a clock of destiny somewhere at the Football Association that counted down to Qatar 2022 but now the clock ticks down to 5pm local time in Samara on Saturday when a remarkable opportunity can be grasped. Sweden is ranked 24th in the world, a spirited, well-organized bunch without a star among them who prefer the opposition to have the ball and seize the handful of chances that might come their way.
England beat Colombia: how the fans reacted
In 2002 England reached the World Cup quarter-final and was up against the Brazil of Ronaldo, Rivaldo, and Ronaldinho, four years later it was a more modest Portugal side and this time the opportunity is even greater. But in the meantime, there is much to enjoy in this England team of millennial Premier League stars coaxed out of their comfort zone by Southgate and emboldened to lay the ghosts of the past to rest.
Southgate’s ghosts too, and perhaps that is what was on his mind as he treated himself to a moment with the fans afterward, thinking back 22 summers to when he took that penalty No 6 himself at Euro ’96 and the Germany goalkeeper Andreas Kopke read his intentions. Perhaps it was the same telling glance that Jordan Pickford saw in the eyes of the Colombia substitute Carlos Bacca for penalty No 5, jabbing an arm upwards to turn the ball away.
Pickford was the hero of this shoot-out, a strong personality who ushered Colombian players away when they came to commiserate with Mateus Uribe who crashed the fourth against the bar. It was Pickford who handed the ball to Eric Dier for the fifth decisive kick, and the Spurs man drilled it beyond the reach of Arsenal’s David Ospina. Jordan Henderson, history will note, had his penalty, No 3, saved but instead of being a decisive moment it was simply a footnote to a splendid night for English football.
The England players celebrate with Jordan Pickford CREDIT: AP
A group of players was asked by their manager to be open about their fears and to confront them and there were times in the cool Moscow evening when they must have wondered whether the old curse was to take hold anyway. It was the third minute of injury-time when the Colombia defender Yerry Mina climbed highest to head the ball down, seeing it bounce over Kieran Trippier who got his clearing header on the line wrong.
This felt like the familiar prelude to a conclusion in keeping with England’s decades-long story of hope than despair. The Colombia bench emptied joyfully on to the pitch, as they had many times before in anger to contest decisions and rage against an American referee, Matt Geiger, who almost lost control at times. Without their playmaker James Rodriguez, Colombia, for the most part, were aggressive, disputatious and at times fortunate to survive with 11 on the pitch.
England had handled it as well as could be expected and Harry Kane had scored his sixth goal of the tournament in just his third game, from the penalty that he had won 10 minutes after half-time. The England captain would go on to dispatch the first of the shoot-out and he led magnificently on the night, never wasting possession, never rising to the bait.
Although it was intense in those closing stages, you had to wonder whether Southgate had made a mistake with his substitutions, bringing off Dele Alli as the pressure increased and replacing him with Dier, which seemed to signal a retreat among the England players. In those latter stages, Colombia piled forward and the corner from which they scored was preceded by Pickford’s best save, from a goalbound shot from Uribe.
John Stones and Harry Maguire had been exceptional in their defensive work and in the demands made of them to pass the ball out from the back. They stuck to the new diktat that England play out in all situations, however, close the opposition might be and however much an old English instinct tells them to treat the ball like a live stick of dynamite.
In midfield, Henderson competed relentlessly against a provocative Colombia side. In the first half, the midfielder Wilmar Barrios momentarily lost his cool, with the Boca Juniors man thrusting his head into his chest and then upwards into Henderson’s jaw. It got worse around the award of the penalty, as Colombia pushed too far at another defensive set-piece. Carlos Sanchez had been told to mark the tournament’s leading goalscorer and ended up somehow with Kane on the deck and him on his back.
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Leading 1-0, England fell back in the closing stages, and the introduction of Dier and Jamie Vardy did not change the direction of it. They survived an error from Kyle Walker letting in Bacca. Then finally it was Mina who got to the ball, a header which bounced in front of Trippier and which the full-back headed upwards into the net as if he was trying to push it over the bar instead of heading out.
After the shoot-out was over and the stadium all but emptied, the players came out on to the pitch to see their families in the stands and wave to the supporters left in there. It all felt so normal, like an autumn evening at Wembley – the noisy stands now becalmed. But of course, it is anything but an England team keeping its nerve in a shoot-out and contemplating a tournament where anything might happen.
1:21am
Falcao 'heartbroken'
Colombian captain Radamel Falcao wrote after the match: "With a broken heart but proud of everything we did in this world cup. Proud of this team, we left everything on the field for Colombia. Thanks to you for the support. Proud to be Colombian."
12:52am
Pickford's game-changing save... that wasn't the penalty
We'll all remember the save Jordan Pickford made to turn around England's long-held penalty shoot-out woes, but there's another we think needs noting.
Possibly pulling off the save of the 2018 World Cup so far read more here about the England keeper's epic feat against Colombia.
11:10pm
And finally a win for ITV!
ITV fight back to lift 'England Curse' at last
Amid all the tentative hubris that followed England maneuvering themselves into the supposedly “easier” side of the World Cup draw, one pesky detail loitered with intent.telegraph.co.uk
11:06pm
John Stones
Our man Matt Law ran the rule over the England defender John Stones and this is what he thought of his performance.
It wasn’t quite a beauty and the beast at either end of the Spartak Stadium pitch, but the contrasting playing styles of John Stones and Yerry Mina told a story of how this England team are changing stereotypes.
Stones, the ball playing center back, oozed calm up against Radamel Falcao and a wall of Colombian noise right from kick-off. Mina, no less assured, was the warrior, the man mountain, his country’s hero.
How refreshing it was to see an England team in the knockout stages of a major tournament keeping the ball better, passing with confidence and creating more spaces than the opposition - let alone winning a penalty shoot-out.
John Stones of England celebrates CREDIT: GETTY
10:59pm
So what happens now?
Well, England plays Sweden on Saturday, that's what. Are Sweden any good, I hear you ask? Well, let me help you out with that. Here is our Sweden Scouting Report: How big a threat are England's next opponents and what are their strengths and weaknesses?
10:57pm
It's absolutely definitely coming home
Look at this. Scenes.
The perils of having a big screen TV clearly visible in your front room on the walk home from
And here are further scenes.
Fans react to England's 4-3 penalty shootout victory against Colombia #WorldCup
10:49pm
Spare a thought for the Colombian lads
Colombia's midfielder Mateus Uribe crashed his penalty against the bar... CREDIT: AFP
... and then Carlos Bacca's penalty was saved by Jordan Pickford CREDIT: AFP
10:34pm
Gareth Southgate
Just so pleased for him. What a lovely man. What a great third act that he goes from penalty villain to the manager who taught England footballers how to win a penalty shootout.
How Gareth Southgate used his own bitter failure to end England's penalty curse
How Gareth Southgate is using his own bitter failure to end England's penalty curse
When Gareth Southgate came to recall the moment he agreed to take that fateful penalty for England against Germany in the semi-final of Euro ’96, the scenario he described was precisely what he would...telegraph.co.uk
10:33pm
Shilts!
Brilliant Jordan Pickford what a great result it’s about time we won a shootout! Eat your heart out all the Pickford doubters we have won a shootout!!! We can go to the final now because we can only get better! Well done Gareth Southgate your team did you proud!!
10:31pm
England's cricketers enjoyed it!
10:20pm
Gareth Southgate speaks to ITV
I thought we deserved it. Huge resilience to come back from the disappointment
Huge credit to every player and all the staff.
Penalty shootouts are hard. We talked long and hard about being calm and owning the process.
We got the reward tonight.
It is a special moment. But I am now thinking about Sweden.
We have a poor record against Sweden, we have underestimated them for years.
I don't know that I didn't expect provocation from Colombia! But we kept our cool, apart from one or two moments.
We are creating our own moments and our own history. I don't want to go home yet.
10:12pm
England and Colombia player ratings
10:12pm
Kieran Trippier
"I was gutted when they scored. I say it in interviews all the time, but we have a great spirit in the side.
"There is always going to be a shootout. It is just training. Every session of training, when we are fatigued at the end, we practice. And we have scored some great ones in training.
"I had a plan. I knew the spot I was going to put it in. I had practiced putting it there. There's no sense in trying to change it, confusing yourself."
10:10pm
Probably for another day, but...
"Harry Kane was playing on one leg for the last half an hour," says Gary Neville. I wonder if he picked up a knock?
10:08pm
England have done it
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Sorry, we put you through that – but what a way to do it.
10:07pm
Nervous times!
I’m never watching another penalty shootout again as a fan. The first one I can remember winning since 96. I’ll just take a cigarette and walk off admiring the sunset
10:05pm
Jordan Pickford
"We never stopped. We knew we had this game. I am not the biggest keeper but I have power and agility to get me across the goal. It is about staying in the moment."
He admits that he thought he'd won the game for England in normal time with that wonderful save.
10:04pm
Not sure England covered themselves in glory
Getting through is nice, but watching the cheats of Colombia having their little hearts broken is even sweeter.
12:53 AM - Jul 4, 2018
But I know where this person is coming from.
10:02pm
Delighted for Gareth
omfg
9:57pm
So what does that mean for England?
England defeat Colombia on penalties
Four kicks to three. That's really great nerves from Eric Dier. He stepped up and slotted it away.
9:52pm
Eric Dier scores his spot kick
England win! England win!
9:52pm
MISSES! Bacca!
Jordan Pickford has saved it. He dives, he sticks the trailing arm up and he has saved it.
Eric Dier has a spot-kick to win it\
9:51pm
SCORES! Trippier it's 3-3
Nice penalty. Top corner, smooth and sweet. Perfect. Well done son. England is back on level terms.
9:50pm
MISSES! Aribe! still 3-2 to Colombia
He went high and it smashed on the underside of the bar. Oooh, England! They are back in this.
Here comes Trippier.
9:49pm
MISSES! Henderson! 3-2 to Colombia
He puts it to the keeper's left, and it is a magnificent save. "But no disguise, he was always going to go that way," says Hoddle.
9:48pm
SCORES! Muriel 3-2 to Colombia
Delicate, calm. Pickford dives right, Muriel tucks it left.
9:48pm
SCORES! Rashford and it is 2-2
Rashford.... stutters a little, switches to the other side of the ball... but plants it perfectly into the bottom corner. Keeper guessed right.
9:47pm
SCORES! Cuadrado 2-1 to Colombia
He crushes that. Pickford dives the right way but he had one chance.
9:46pm
SCORES! Harry Kane and it is 1-1
Smacks it hard in the bottom corner, down to the keeper's right. Solid.
9:46pm
SCORES! Falcao 1-0 to Colombia
Smashed high and middle.
9:45pm
Advantage Colombia
They will shoot first.
According to our The definitive guide to a penalty shootout: the rules, current techniques - and how to win
the team that shoots first wins 60% of the time.
here is Falcao...
9:43pm
So... is it a new England?
Or is it the same old England?
Gary Neville: "You always felt, this is it, it is our time. But it was not."
9:42pm
Jordan Pickford
Drinks some water, rolls his shoulders, he looks excited, bouncy.
Colombia has never had a shootout at the WC.
9:40pm
We got to penalties
Oh, England. England, England, England, England. What have they got left in the tank after that punishing, emotionally draining 120 minutes?
Colombia, it should be said, also look dog-tired.
9:39pm
Full time: Colombia 1 England 1
Cuadrado delivers it in. Half cleared by Stones. Colombia cannot fashion another opportunity to deliver the ball and we are going to penalties.
England got a grip on it for the last 10mins. To be honest the big wobble coincided perfectly with the period when Dier was the holding player
9:38pm
119 mins: Colombia 1 England 1
Can either side fashion one last chance? Colombia it is who has the ball.
9:37pm
118 mins: Colombia 1 England 1
They deliver it in well. Ospina flaps it away. Trippier with the long throw. Colombia's turn to look panicky now, they hack it clear, anywhere will do.
9:36pm
117 mins: Colombia 1 England 1
Bad foul by Cuadrado on Rose. Yellow. England has a freekick, decent position as well.
9:35pm
116 mins: Colombia 1 England 1
A deep ball into the box aimed at Falcao, it comes off Dier and goes behind for a... goal kick! Should have been a corner. Colombia rightly unhappy.
9:34pm
115 mins: Colombia 1 England 1
Arias coming off. Zapata coming on. That was a really good spell for England over the last ten minutes, but now Colombia is looking the pepper again.
9:33pm
114 mins: Colombia 1 England 1
England wins a corner when Vardy and Lingard combine. And go close to it! Eric Dier with the header wide. As good a chance as you could wish for.
9:31pm
112 mins: Colombia 1 England 1
Walker is coming off. Dier goes into the back three. Rashford is coming on. More pace and threat for England to use, more worries for this tiring Colombian defense.
9:30pm
110 mins: Colombia 1 England 1
Maguire is playing a long way up the pitch. Lingard and Henderson with a fine move.... here is Broadway Danny Rose arriving like an express train down the left. He's burned through the defense and drilled it across goal. So, so close.
9:29pm
110 mins: Colombia 1 England 1
This is better from England. Couple of these Colombian backs look knackered, no fun facing Vardy. This is a good spell from England. Muriel with an important tackle.
9:26pm
108 mins: Colombia 1 England 1
Pickford rushes out of the area and hacks clear. Judged that well.
Another England team running out of gas in a tournament, playing for a penalty shootout
9:25pm
107 mins: Colombia 1 England 1
Vardy's onside this time. Sent through after some ping-ponging in the midfield. Scuffs it.
9:24pm
106 mins: Colombia 1 England 1
Within perhaps 18 seconds of the restart, what looks like a great chance from Vardy. Hits it straight at the keeper. Ah, offside.
Stones have put the ball out under no pressure. Ick.
9:22pm
ITV verdicts
Lee Dixon: "England look tired and broken."
Ian Wright: "Harry Kane is not able to get involved. England is like a boxer clinging on."
Gary Neville: "This is mental, not physical."
The slow descent of England into being unable to keep the ball as doom beckons.
It is true. England looks a different side to their confident best.
9:20pm
105 mins: Colombia 1 England 1
Muriel fouls Trippier and then abuses him. Cheers, mate.
Anyway, that is the end of the first half of extra time.
9:18pm
Blimey
It’s not just a game belief
9:17pm
104 mins: Colombia 1 England 1
Oooh, England. It's a squeaky bum now. Colombia gets down the left, and cross. Falcao has got in between Maguire and Stones but, under pressure from the former, heads it wide.
England look shot to pieces right now. Take penalties.
9:15pm
102 mins: Colombia 1 England 1
Ashley Young, who is not moving too well, is coming off. Broadway Danny Rose comes on.
Ashley Young won't get to miss a penny, then.
This captures Gareth quite well.
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Scott Innes@Flying_Inside
“No, listen, I don’t care who did it. I’m not interested. Okay? It’s done. The important thing is that this is our community center, so we’re all going to help clean the graffiti off that wall and hopefully whoever did it will realize how daft they’ve been.”
9:15pm
100 mins: Colombia 1 England 1
Colombia getting a lot of time on the ball. Cuadrado has an age to measure up a cross. Played in. England bundles it behind for a corner.
Mina and Sanchez get in each other's way. Just as well - either of them would have had a decent heading opportunity there.
9:13pm
99 mins: Colombia 1 England 1
Colombia has gone from 4312 to 352 to now more like 442. Would be nice if Dyer could get going here as England should dominate the midfield
Neither side creating much.
9:11pm
97 mins: Colombia 1 England 1
Two balls on the pitch, Pickford is playing with one, Colombia with the other! Colombia kicks one of the balls into the net but, as you would imagine, the ref says no goal.
England looks tired, ragged.
If it's coming home then it's on a rail replacement bus
9:08pm
94 mins: Colombia 1 England 1
Long throw form Colombia, Lingard does well to clear.
9:08pm
94 mins: Colombia 1 England 1
I wonder how much heart England have got. It's Colombia who is playing the ball around now, looking more composed. One or two desperate tackles starting to come from England.
9:05pm
92 mins: Colombia 1 England 1
Young studs up into the shin of Barrios. Both players found that sore. Young very lucky there.
9:04pm
91 mins: Colombia 1 England 1
Right then. How're your nerves?
9:03pm
Gareth Southgate
CREDIT: ITV
8:59pm
End of normal time: Colombia 1 England 1
Oh, England! They were so close. Pickford's wonder save led to a corner, and then a superb header from Barcelona center half Yerry Mina to force extra time.
England wanted a red card for this headbutt on Jordan Henderson CREDIT: GETTY
8:58pm
90+ mins: Colombia 1 England 1
Mina is limping and clutching his privates! Ha ha ha ha. Has he hurt himself in the celebrations? This is hilarious stuff. I reckon that was about 93 minutes the goal, and then two minutes of mucking about.
It's England who is making the running. No way through. England loses out. Cuadrado comes with a run... and the referee blows the final whistle.
8:56pm
GOAL! Colombia 1 England 1 (Mina 90+)
Oh England! Oh no! From the corner, a wonderful leap from Yerry Mina. Bullet header, no chance for the keeper and would you believe it, Colombia are level. He charges into the crowd to celebrate. Maguire the missing man there I am afraid - he's lost concentration and Mina's had him on toast.
Mina man: the late equalizer CREDIT: GETTY
8:54pm
90+ mins: Colombia 0 England 1
Aribe has let rip from 35 yards, it's a magnificent strike and it is an even better save. Woof! Pickford takes a bow. Tips it behind for a corner at full stretch. Keeper up for the corner...
8:53pm
90+ mins: Colombia 0 England 1
Freekick after freekick. No complaints from England.
8:52pm
90 mins: Colombia 0 England 1
There will be five (long) minutes of extra time. Five minutes before England can celebrate their first knockout win SINCE 2006.
8:51pm
87 mins: Colombia 0 England 1
Sterling comes off, a hug from Gareth, and he is replaced by Vardy. England under a little pressure but nothing too drastic.
Quintero is replaced by Muriel.
8:49pm
87 mins: Colombia 0 England 1
Falcao, finally, starting to really influence this. Picks it up on the edge of the area and threads a daisycutter through the crowd. Easy for Pickford.
8:48pm
86 mins: Colombia 0 England 1
Cuadrado great cross. Falcao is lurking but his own man has got in his way! Davinson Sanchez will be getting a rocket later. Now another cross, from the other flank. Falcao again.... but that's great defending from Henderson, making it very hard for the Colombian.
8:45pm
83 mins: Colombia 0 England 1
Trippier with an accurate freekick. Maguire should have done better with the header across goal.
8:44pm
81 mins: Colombia 0 England 1
Kane, nice pass, Lingard cannot control it. Better technique and he's away there.
8:44pm
81 mins: Colombia 0 England 1
Dier to Walker... terrible individual error from Walker. He's tried to play it back to the keeper and just dished it up for the Colombians. They break, this is a massive chance, it's out to Cuadrado on the right... oh, hopeless. Wild and woolly shot.
8:42pm
79 mins: Colombia 0 England 1
Dele Alli is coming off. Eric Dier is coming on, the plan obviously being to bolster the central midfield.
8:41pm
78 mins: Colombia 0 England 1
Qunitero, to Falcao. Good, hold up play. But the move flounders as, I think, Mojica makes a foul.
Carlos Sanchez, who must have been v close to a second yellow, comes off. Uribe on.
I'd get Vardy on: he likes the egg, and his pace might well draw a foul on the break.
8:39pm
75 mins: Colombia 0 England 1
15 minutes to go, and Colombia is (belatedly) putting some pressure on. Henderson heads clear. England can break. Sterling.... frees Lingard.... he is tackled. England thinks it's a pen.... ref says no.
8:36pm
74 mins: Colombia 0 England 1
A useful position for Kane is struck from the record due to offside.
No changes yet from Gareth.
Might as well blow for a full time now and let them sort this out on Brighton beach with bicycle chains and flick knives.
8:35pm
72mins: Colombia 0 England 1
"There's the love train again," says Hoddle of the crowd scene in the box as England take their sixth corner. I have no speech.
The corner comes to nothing.
8:31pm
69 mins: Colombia 0 England 1
Lingard gets a booking for a nibble at Carlos Sanchez. "Good refereeing, a stupid booking, Colombia were going towards their own goal."
I strongly fancy a big VAR controversy and/or a sending off here. Colombia is a right mob, but don't kid yourself that England has been saints. Henderson Neymared it up when that bloke got him with the head, and Maguire dived to try and get a pen.
Love it how all those people slating Neymar are now screaming ‘penalty! Red!’ Henderson antics no different to Neymar
8:29pm
66 mins: Colombia 0 England 1
Sterling with some gorgeous skill down the left slips it to Young. Whose cross is decent, but there is nobody there. Young got a knock as he crossed that.
8:27pm
64 mins: Colombia 0 England 1
The game is boiling over. Another booking. It's Bacca, who has only been on as a sub for a few minutes, and he has fouled Stones.
Bacca is a midfielder, he's on for the defensive midfielder Lerna.
8:26pm
61 mins: Colombia 0 England 1
Harry Maguire dives in the box under pressure from D Sanchez.
Maguire dives CREDIT: ITV
But now a gilt-edged chance! Good move from England, a ball to the back post and Dele Alli has missed the header from close range!
CREDIT: ITV
Falcao is booked for yelling at the referee, I think about the Maguire incident.
8:24pm
61 mins: Colombia 0 England 1
Almost zero actual football being played. Ref whistling like an untended kettle, neither side is covering itself in glory with the niggly, sly fouls and the playacting.
8:21pm
58 mins: Colombia 0 England 1
Stones and Falcao tangle, the England man seems to have flicked a boot at Falcao's ear as he lay on the floor. Falcao, as you might imagine, makes a meal of it.
Chris Waddle on the BBC: "The referee is not strong enough and he has no control over the game."
8:19pm
GOAL! Colombia 0 England 1 (Kane 57p)
He waits for the keeper to go and he mullers it straight down the center. Well done Harry Kane.
Kane scores from the spot CREDIT: ITV
That is his sixth goal of the World Cup.
8:18pm
Here comes Harry Kane
Three minutes have passed. Come on Harry.
8:15pm
Penalty to England!
And rightly so. The holding has been ridiculous.
C Sanchez fouls Harry Kane CREDIT: ITV
Carlos Sanchez is booked. It's an absolutely clear penalty.
But the Colombian players are still protesting two, three minutes later. They're partly protesting and they're partly trying to rattle Kane, and they are also using the opportunity to scuff up the penalty spot. Ha. These guys are hilarious.
Henderson back headbutts a Colombian and is booked.
8:14pm
52 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
Arias on 'Arry Kane. Fouled him. Barged the England man in the back and gets a yellow.
Excellent freekick. Young aims it at three England men rushing towards the back stick. D Sanchez again with a vital header.
8:12pm
50 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
Lingard plays it short to Alli but, to my eyes, his mobility is not right and he cannot gather the ball. He's easily dispossessed. Gareth is going to have to change this, surely?
Whaaattttt? Make sure it does come home
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8:11pm
49 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
It's a dire start to the second period, I have to tell you. Here's the Archbish though.
TEAM ENGLAND: I beseech you With all my heart please regain your composure and keep your cool! Sad the Referee did not go to the Review Area! But please threaten with your Ball! Let justice prevail!
8:08pm
46 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
It's the Colombians who have the ball at the start of this half.
Dele Alli is playing. But is he fit?
8:07pm
Second half underway
Raheem Sterling (left) and Colombia's Yerry Mina battle for the ball CREDIT: PA
8:06pm
Better pic of that Coach v Sterling
Sterling pushed CREDIT: ITV
Colombians have been trying to make this bitty and scrappy.
7:59pm
Mark Clattenburg on ITV explains it well.
"Clearly violent conduct, he knows what he is doing, that is pre-meditated. The VAR man should have called the ref over to have a look and let the referee make the correct call, which is a red card for violent conduct.
It is not a penalty kick because the ball is dead so the restart is a freekick."
Henderson was butted in the chest, and then under the chin, and went down looking to make the most of it CREDIT: ITV
Gareth Southgate gestured: "headbutt" at the officials.
CREDIT: ITV
7:58pm
Neville on Henderson
"I have accused England of being naive in the past but Henderson has gone there and he didn't need to."
Colombia created next to nothing.
7:55pm
As Sterling came off at halftime
One of the Colombian coaching staff elbowed/body-checked him! Gary Neville: "That coach is a numpty for doing that."
7:52pm
Halftime: Colombia 0 England 0
Not a great half of football, you have to say, but it had its interests. England had the better of it. They had that Ashley Young freekick on target and Harry Kane headed onto the roof of the net. Colombia has some very impressive defenders, Mina has got through a shift. Hope Dele Alli is okay to continue.
There's been a lot of shoving and pushing. One moment will get most of the analysis: an apparent butt on Jordan Henderson.
It’s either no card or a red card.
Yellow card for a headbutt. You have to be kidding.
That is a red card.
7:49pm
45+ mins: Colombia 0 England 0
Halftime is being delayed, and I am afraid it is bad news for England fans: Dele Alli is coming off the pitch. Thigh. Not yet clear if he will be subbed off. England down to ten while they wait for half-time.
7:48pm
45+ mins: Colombia 0 England 0
England with a useful cross, it drops for Lingard, whose shot over is lacking in technique and direction.
7:47pm
45 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
A good move from Colombia. Falaco (who IS, in fact, playing this match despite what you might think) and Arrias tee it up for Qunitero who hits the target, but tamely.
7:46pm
44 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
First signs of frustration? Harry Kane has hit one from long range, well wide.
Meanwhile, Sterling and Mina are having a wrestling match - something of a mismatch on size. The Colombian goes down. Bit theatrically, I thought. Lots of gesticulating and carrying-on from both players.
7:44pm
42 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
Danny Murphy: "It has to be a penalty and a red card. That is ridiculous. What is the point having VAR if someone headbutts someone in the face and not get sent off? You can't headbutt someone and not get a red card. That is ludicrous."
This is going to be a talking point.
Dele Alli is holding his thigh...
7:43pm
40 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
Eventually, Trippier takes the freekick and whips it wide. Near enough to produce an "Oooooooeeeee" in the office... but not really near enough to get the keeper too bothered.
Paul Hawyard: "Good movement and intent from England but everything currently breaking down on the edge of the final third, where Yerry Mina is mightily impressive for Colombia."
7:42pm
39 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
Quite a lot of shoving and nastiness in the box. Barrios has butted Henderson in the chest and then under the chin and that has hurt Henderson. Henderson goes down.
Barrios butts Henderson CREDIT: ITV
There is a delay. I think VAR is checking this... the upshot is that Barrios is booked.
7:39pm
37 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
England playing with the sort of patience we tend not to see from them. Slow build up. Kane drives towards the box. Fouled by Lerma.
This is a handy spot for a free.
England have a freekick CREDIT: ITV
7:37pm
35 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
A quiet spell. England now able to play it out from the back.
Kane points to where he wants the ball, Henderson tries to find him but just overhits the pass a tiny bit.
7:35pm
Lovely work as ever
An explosive start for both sides. #ENG winning the set pieces; #COL parrying out seamlessly.
7:33pm
32 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
Cuadrado and Maguire shoulder barge each other, and then there's a bit of afters. The game could do with some argy-bargy, perhaps.
Falcao with some nice back-to-goal play feeds Quintero, who should have done a lot better with the shot.
7:31pm
30 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
Sterling and D Sanchez are having a battle royale down that England right. Sterling has got away from him here and manages to shoot, but into a wall of Colombians.
England on top, but only really that Ashley Young freekick and the Kane near-impossible header in the 'chances' column. Colombia: none at all.
7:30pm
29 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
Trippier bundles Falcao over and gives him a very gentle shoeing, probably accidentally, as he falls. There's a bit of ill feeling.
7:29pm
28 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
Sterling, to Alli, who tries a cool little flick pass but finds no way through.
This is a tight game between two well-matched teams.
7:27pm
25 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
Carlos Sanchez fouls D Alli. Carlos Sanchez is the guy who was sent off earlier in the tournament.
Nice freekick, aimed at Harry Maguire at the back stick. Excellent defending from D Sanchez. Heads it behind for the corner.
7:24pm
23 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
Just signs of things starting to happen for the men in yellow. Quintero able to pass to Cuadrado a couple of times, the former Chelsea man getting a couple of half opportunities to pin his ears back and run at England.
7:23pm
22 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
And it is played into Falcao! John Stones has to step in sharpish, dispossesses the danger man.
7:22pm
21 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
Colombians passing it about, stretching, probing.
7:21pm
20mins: Colombia 0 England 0
Colombia seems happy enough to soak up this pressure so far.
The first bit of possession now for them really.
No James Rodriguez, but Juan Quintero is a very useful No 10 for Colombia. Switches play and look to hit passes that hurt.
7:19pm
19 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
England with a spell. Nice ball out to Trippier on the right but he cannot capitalize.
Colombia has hardly been out of their half.
7:17pm
16 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
Lingard gets into the space behind the left-back, Trippier gets down the byline, crosses. Kane does really well to get a header on it from a narrow-angle. Heads it onto the roof of the net.
Kane header chance CREDIT: ITV
I suppose you could call it a missed chance, but the laws of physics were not Harry's friends there.
7:15pm
15 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
England on the front foot. Colombia has barely been out of their own half. And they are not pressing England backs all that much when England have it, so Stones et all have time to play it around.
7:13pm
13 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
The mistake from the Colombian defense, suddenly Sterling has a chance to shoot... fires it right at the defender.
Paul Hayward writes: "We're very close to the pitch in the press seats and it's already obvious England 's first XI is in a very different game to the Tunisia and Panama matches. Everything happens much faster and Colombia are pressing the player in possession quicker. But England has looked to play incisive passes and was mentally switched in from the start."
7:11pm
10 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
Another corner for England. The referee is going to have his hands full of players with their hands full tonight: a lot of wrestling in the area at these set pieces. England's attackers are the ones penalized on this occasion, though.
7:08pm
7 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
England is on top. A quick freekick - I like England's hustle tonight - and Sterling makes a darting run. Colombia has to put it out for another corner. Headed away by Sanchez... and Colombia can break! Pacy break but England have numbers back and it's cleared up okay.
7:06pm
5 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
Sterling down the left, Mina slides in and handles the ball on the floor. Young has a chance to deliver it in.
CREDIT: ITV
He whips a shot at goal! Kane nearly gets across the keeper... punched clear. The ball is played back in right away though, and England wins a corner.
Straight to the keeper though, this one.
7:04pm
3 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
Sterling is fouled, Kane takes a freekick quickly but his clubmate Davinson Sanchez is there to sort things out.
England looks up for it, playing with purpose albeit not able to fashion anything approaching an opportunity yet.
7:02pm
2 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
Walker, nice work down the right and a ball into Kane, skillfully flicked on. But Barrios, an imposing stopper, puts an end to any nonsense.
7:01pm
1 mins: Colombia 0 England 0
Colombia, in their lovely yellow, kicks off. England red shorts, socks, and shirts. Alli gives the ball away early against Cuadrado but there's nothing doing.
Colombia: Ospina, Arias, Mina, Davinson Sanchez, Mojica, Barrios, Carlos Sanchez, Lerma, Cuadrado, Quintero, Falcao. Subs: Vargas, Zapata, Murillo, Bacca, Aguilar, Muriel, Uribe, Diaz, Izquierdo, Cuadrado.
England: Pickford, Walker, Stones, Maguire, Trippier, Alli, Henderson, Lingard, Young, Sterling, Kane. Subs: Butland, Rose, Dier, Vardy, Welbeck, Cahill, Jones, Rashford, Loftus-Cheek, Alexander-Arnold, Pope.
Referee: Mark Geiger (USA)
7:00pm
Colombia formation
CREDIT: ITV
6:59pm
England formation
CREDIT: ITV
6:58pm
England lads shoulder to shoulder
all of them singing it. Gareth and his staff on the bench also arms around each other.
CREDIT: ITV
Pickford's singing is brutal! Haha. Don't give up the day job, Jordan.
6:56pm
Anthem time! Colombia first
The players and the fans are really belting it out! England are in an away fixture here!
CREDIT: ITV
6:55pm
James... Anderson?
CREDIT: ITV
6:53pm
Colombia fans
Colombia fans CREDIT: AFP
6:53pm
England fans
England fans pre Colombia match CREDIT: PA
6:50pm
Good grief
Maradona supporting Colombia today
6:47pm
Jason Burt on James Rodriguez
"James Rodriguez's calf was still too swollen and there was no point giving him an injection so he cannot even be risked as a sub."
Fwends: Colombia and England fans outside the Spartak stadium before the match CREDIT: REUTERS
6:47pm
Here's Gareth Southgate-Badger
CREDIT: ITV
"We have to play with our way, our identity. But we have to make intelligent decisions as well."
It is put to him that the Colombian coach says Colombia will be more battle-hardened because they were not rested.
"Well, that's irrelevant really.
"We have players who started at small clubs, have battled through, have come through the ranks. We have to play with humility and we have to express ourselves as well."
6:41pm
Great movie poster project
I loved this from the artist James Taylor (not the singer-songwriter, or the tiny former England cricketer)... He's re-imagined key moments in football history via the medium of movie posters.
CREDIT: JAMES TAYLOR
Check out James Taylor's From Stadio To Studio
Maradona movie? CREDIT: JAMES TAYLOR
6:37pm
England fans outnumbered
Colombians everywhere!
6:34pm
Pathetic rip-off
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Leaked
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#MyEnglandXI for #ENGCOL: striker Adam’s the top scorer, left-wing CiCi serves the perfect assists, center back Gandalf shall not let anyone pass. Who should manage this lot?
6:21pm
Teams
Colombia: Ospina, Arias, Mina, Davinson Sanchez, Mojica, Barrios, Carlos Sanchez, Lerma, Cuadrado, Quintero, Falcao. Subs: Vargas, Zapata, Murillo, Bacca, Aguilar, Muriel, Uribe, Diaz, Izquierdo, Cuadrado.
England: Pickford, Walker, Stones, Maguire, Trippier, Alli, Henderson, Lingard, Young, Sterling, Kane. Subs: Butland, Rose, Dier, Vardy, Welbeck, Cahill, Jones, Rashford, Loftus-Cheek, Alexander-Arnold, Pope.
Referee: Mark Geiger (USA)
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7 Mongolian fans from Ulan Bator, came all the way to support @England!
Why?
"We love the Premier League!"
6:20pm
Here is a bit of info on the Spartak Stadium
6:18pm
Ben Rumsby reports from the Spartak Stadium
Both him and Borja are listed as 'absent' so they're not on the bench.
Tactically, Colombia has responded by switching from 4-2-3-1 to 4-3-2-1, with Jefferson Lerma preferred to Luis Muriel, who would have been a more natural replacement for James.
They're obviously worried about England's midfield and may try to outnumber them there.
6:16pm
James Rodriguez
is not even going to be on the bench. He will play no part. That's a shame for the player, the team and the tournament... but not for England!
6:14pm
Colombia formation
It looks like the South Americans are going for a 4-3-2-1 formation, bit more defensive than they have been in previous matches, but that is the set-up that Pekerman used in the tougher qualifiers.
Ospina in goal
Centre-halves are Mina and Davinson Sanchez of Tottenham. Arias right back, Mojica on the left.
Carlos Sanchez plays in the center of midfield with Barrios on the right and Lerma on the left.
Then Cuadrado as a right-sided attacker and the playmaker Quintero on the left, although that will be fluid.
Falcao up top.
6:10pm
Local hero
Jefferson Lerma played in the first match - defeat by Japan - and there's a nice vid on YouTube of his tiny hometown coming out to watch him.
6:06pm
Legend speaks
Good luck in England. The whole country is behind you
You can do it
I’ve had a good run of over 50 yrs! Time is now to win again.
6:05pm
The teams
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TEAM NEWS | The teams are in for #COL and #ENG#COLENG // #WorldCup
6:03pm
Colombia team
Ospina, Arias, Barrios, C Sanchez, Falcao, Cuadrado, Y Mina, J Lerma, J Mojica, J Quintero, D Sanchez
erm that's by shirt numbers
5:58pm
James Rodriguez is not in the XI
big blow for Colombia. Not even clear if he is on the bench.
5:56pm
Kirsty MacColl
Been some love about for this song today online.
5:53pm
Ticky taker
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Match 56, 1H v. 2G doesn’t have the same ring as Colombia v. England, but I’ll take it... #worldcup
5:51pm
England team
England revert to the same XI that started the World Cup
Dele Alli returns in place of Ruben Loftus-Cheek in midfield, the Tottenham man having missed the last two games due to a thigh injury.
None of the eight players drafted in for the defeat by Belgium hold their spot.
Ashley Young keeps Danny Rose out at left wing-back and Raheem Sterling is preferred to Marcus Rashford as Harry Kane's partner up front.
5:48pm
Some guest list
Maradona a big fan of all things Colombian.
Diego Maradona and Wes Brown are VIP guests of FIFA for the England game. Always wanted to go on a night out with them two. #ENGCOL
5:46pm
England: Raheem Sterling and Dele Alli start
Pickford, Walker, Stones, Maguire, Trippier, Young, Henderson, Alli, Lingard, Sterling, Kane.
5:45pm
Here is the England team
Here it is the official #ThreeLions teamsheet for tonight's game against Colombia.
5:45pm
England in red
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CONFIRMED: England will play in their away kit tonight against Colombia.
We're unbeaten in 15 playing in red
5:43pm
Calm the nerves with some lovely photography
5:38pm
If...
... and this is a big 'if'... but IF England wins today, what would their path to the final look like?
England permutations and path to Moscow if they beat Colombia today
5:35pm
England fans are getting ready
5:30pm
Brent!
Current World Cup fever level: the cast of The Office watching England beat Argentina in 2002
5:29pm
Colombia's strengths and weaknesses
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Talking tactics: What England must be wary of in tricky Colombia clash - and what they can exploit
5:28pm
Who do you think will win?
Explore the options with our England vs Colombia match predictor.
5:27pm
Talking of penalties
This is a brilliant and in-depth analysis of the history, rules, and technique of a penalty shootout.
A nation waits
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Getty Image
5:24pm
These do look exceptional, I must say
my empanadas are better
5:16pm
James Rodriguez latest
this comes from a Colombian-based journalist
Latest word from Colombian press camp is that Lerma will start instead of Muriel in a 4-3-2-1. Seems quite defensive, but it's the same system Pékerman played for the tougher qualifiers.
Ospina; Arias, Davinson, Mina, Mojica; Barrios, Sánchez, Lerma; Cuadrado, Quintero; Falcao.
not confirmed yet though.
5:14pm
Or if you're more into nightmares than dreams
PENALTY HORROR INCOMING?
Surely, sooner or later, England are going to start having a bit more success in shootouts?
Relive the shockers here.
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