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Columbia out, England in Quarter Finals - FIFA World Cup 2018

England beat Colombia 4-3 in the penalty shoot-out in the last match of the pre-quarter finals played at Spartak Stadium on Tuesday night. With this victory, England reached the FIFA World Cup quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals, England will face Sweden , who beat Switzerland 1-0 on Tuesday and climbed to the last-eight for the first time since 1994. England captain Harry Kane scored a penalty in the 58th minute and scored England 1-0 ahead. It seemed that England would win by this score, but in the 93rd minute, Yerry Mina scored a goal to equalize Columbia. From here the match went on extra time, and in the extra time of 30 minutes, both teams could not score. After which the match went on to the penalty shootout where England made it to the quarter-finals, beating them. Hero of this match was England's goalkeeper Jordan Pickford who stopped the shot of Carlos Bacca. Although before Bacca, Mateus Uribe had lost the ball to the bar for a chance for Colo...