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FIFA World Cup 2018 Last 16: Sweden, England knock out Switzerland,
Colombia
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July 6, 2018
Original URL: https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_2018_Last_16:_Sweden,_England_knock_out_Switzerland,_Colombia
On Tuesday, Sweden defeated Switzerland 1 -- 0 and England defeated
Colombia 4 -- 3 on penalties in the FIFA football World Cup in the
''Last 16'' knockout phase. Sweden is now scheduled to play England in
the quarter-finals.
== Sweden vs Switzerland ==
Sweden faced Switzerland at the Saint Petersburg stadium in the first
match of the day. The Swiss side had greater ball possession and Xherdan
Shaqiri made an early attempt for goal but missed. The Swedish side had
multiple attempts to open the scoring, with Marcus Berg, Albin Ekdal and
Mikael Lustig trying to find the net, but their shots missed the target
or were blocked. Lustig was shown a yellow card in the 31st minute for a
bad foul, the only one to be booked in the first half.
In the 61st minute, Valon Behrami received a yellow card, the first
Swiss player to be booked in the game. Five minutes later, Emil Forsberg
scored a goal from Ola Toivonen's assist, putting Sweden in the lead. In
the 68th minute, Granit Xhaka was also shown a yellow card. In the
injury time, Sweden was awarded a penalty kick and Michael Lang was sent off after receiving a red card. But
after referring with the video assistant referee, the penalty was
cancelled as the foul happened outside the penalty area. Sweden won a
freekick outside the penalty area. Toivonen's freekick was saved by
Swiss goalkeeper Yann Sommer. The match ended with Sweden winning 1 --
0.
After the match, Switzerland's coach Vladimir Petković said, "We're
sorely disappointed, the whole team is. We clearly wanted to do more. We
should have done better but were simply below par and not good enough to
win the game."
Sweden's coach Janne Andersson said, "It was a surreal feeling to stand
at the side of the pitch hearing the fans calling out my name, but
football is a team sport and this team, for me, personifies that. We all
work so hard for each other on and off the pitch. We know that we are a
good team and that we have earned our successes."
== Colombia vs England ==
Colombia faced the English side at Moscow's Spartak stadium. England had
greater ball possession in the match. Both sides had multiple attempts
to open the scoring, but nobody found the net. Colombia's Wilmar Barrios
was yellow-carded in the 41st minute.
In the second half, three more players, Santiago Arias, Carlos Sánchez
and England's Jordan Henderson were booked. Sánchez brought down Harry
Kane in the penalty area and England was awarded a penalty kick, which
Kane converted. Juan Quintero's attempt to equalise for Colombia at the
end of the one-hour mark was blocked. Colombia made a substitution in
the 62nd minute, as Jefferson Lerma was substituted off for Carlos
Bacca. A minute later, Dele Alli missed a chance to double the lead for
England. Radamel Falcao and Bacca were booked in the 63rd and 64th
minute while England's Jesse Lingard was booked in the 69th minute. In
the final ten minutes of the 90-minute match, Eric Dier and Jamie Vardy
replaced Alli and Raheem Sterling. Colombia scored an equaliser in the
injury time when Yerry Mina's header from Juan Cuadrado's assist found
the back of the net. The second half ended with both the sides tied at 1
-- 1.
In the additional time, Kyle Walker was taken off due to injury and was
replaced by Marcus Rashford. The additional time saw no goals, and the
match went on to the penalty shoot-out.
Falcao, Cuadrado and Luis Muriel scored their penalty-kicks for
Colombia; while Kane and Rashford scored for England. Jordan Henderson's
kick was saved by Colombian goalkeeper David Ospina and Mateus Uribe
missed his penalty kick for Colombia. Kieran Trippier scored from the
spot-kick, while Bacca's penalty was saved. Eric Dier scored the winning
penalty for England.
After the match, Colombia's coach José Pékerman said, "We've been a
brave squad, we've fought hard. We've never thrown in the towel when
facing an opponent. We've had the right attitude and mindset." Harry
Kane was awarded the Budweiser Man of the Match award.
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Mikael Lustig
|goals2 = Valon Behrami
Granit Xhaka
Michael Lang
|stadium = Saint Petersburg Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia
|attendance = 64,042
|referee = Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
}}
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|team2 = England
|report = 3 -- 4 (pentalties)
|goals1 = Yerry Mina
Radamel Falcao
Juan Cuadrado
Luis
Muriel
Mateus Uribe
Carlos Bacca
|goals2 = Harry Kane
Harry Kane
Marcus Rashford
Jordan
Henderson
Kieran Trippier
Eric Dier
|stadium = Spartak Stadium, Moscow, Russia
|attendance = 44,190
|referee = Mark Geiger (United States)
}}
== Sources ==
* https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/match/300331514/#match-liveblog
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=012FkPcI1uE
|pub = You Tube
|date = July 3, 2018
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* https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44610243
* https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/match/300331542/#match-liveblog
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbmaLT320hw
|pub = You Tube
|date = July 3, 2018
}}
* https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44610244
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