2018 World Cup: Colombia's Fierce Match Against England in the Round of 16 The

2018 World Cup: Colombia's Fierce Match Against England in the Round of 16 The

 England national team will not forget its struggle at the 2018 World Cup. England, which is studded with star players, in fact, is still struggling to get through every match at the 2018 World Cup.

England's steps to the 2018 World Cup Semifinals are not obtained. easily. They had to go through exhausting and mentally draining matches to get to the Semifinals.

One of the fiercest matches played by the English national team was when they met Colombia. Meeting in the round of 16, England were overwhelmed by Colombia's resistance.

England even had to take a penalty shootout to get rid of Colombia. Even though it ended with the victory of the Three Lions, the match against Colombia will still be remembered as the most difficult match for the England national team at the 2018 World Cup.

Injury Time Goal thwarted

England national team drew with Colombia since the early minutes. Buying and selling attacks occur throughout the course of the game.

However, England managed to take the lead through Harry Kane's penalty goal in the 57th minute. Colombia, who was left behind by one goal, moved quickly by pressing England in the remaining time of the match.

The result Colombia was able to equalize in injury time. Utilizing Juan Cuadrado's corner kick, Yerry Mina managed to extend Colombia's breath with a header goal.

England Almost

Lost Yerry Mina's goal in the last minute forced England to continue the game in extra time. However, England could not maximize the two rounds of extra time to score the winning goal.

In the end, one ticket to the Quarter Finals had to be decided by a penalty shootout. The penalty shoot-out was preceded by Radamel Falcao's goal for Colombia.

Running three kickers, Colombia successfully converted it into a goal. But England were only able to score two goals after Jordan Henderson's shot was saved by David Ospina.

But good luck is still on the side of the English national team. Colombia's fourth and fifth kickers failed to score. Eric Dier who became the winner managed to score a goal to bring England to the 2018 World Cup Quarter-Finals.