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England beat Colombia to reach quarters

By REUTERS
July 04, 2018

MOSCOW: England beat Colombia 4-3 on penalties Tuesday after Eric Dier scored the decisive spot kick to send them through to a World Cup quarter-final against Sweden. England had looked on course for their first win in a knockout round of a tournament in 12 years when captain Harry Kane struck a well-taken penalty in the 57th minute. But Colombia defender Yerry Mina snatched a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser with his third goal in three matches to force extra time which ended with the game level at 1-1. Sweden earlier beat Switzerland 1-0 in their last 16 game to advance.