Britain’s triumph against Colombia takes Gareth Southgate’s group into what resembles a winnable match against Sweden, who pushed out Switzerland 1-0 prior on Tuesday.
The two groups are in the base portion of the attract Russia, alongside the host country and Croatia, with England the main previous champs of the four groups.
The best half contains more heavyweights, with 1998 champions France taking on two-time victors Uruguay and Brazil set to confront Belgium.
Eric Dier’s spot-kick gave England their first-since forever win on punishments at a World Cup at the fourth endeavor – finishing the curse that has obstinate them for so long.
Be that as it may, Southgate said he was at that point anticipating Saturday’s quarter-last against Sweden in Samara, with a last-four conflict against either Croatia or Russia up for snatches.
This was special but I want us to go on,” Southgate, whose penalty miss saw England lose to Germany in the Euro 96 semi-finals at Wembley, said.
“Sweden is another team we have a poor record against. We have underestimated them for years. They have created their own story and made history. I don´t want to go home yet.”
Neymar in the spotlight
For all the show around England, the champ of the competition will probably originate from the best 50% of the draw, where the groups can gloat a joined eight competition wins.
Top choices Brazil will come up against Belgium’s ‘brilliant age’ in Kazan on Friday while an energizing youthful France side led by Kylian Mbappe go up against a smart Uruguay furnish in Nizhny Novgorod.
A great part of the concentration encompassing Brazil’s offered for a record-expanding 6th world title has definitely been on Neymar.
Be that as it may, the world’s most costly player has hit the features as much for his apparent play-going about concerning the on-pitch exhibitions that have helped his side slip into the last eight while never being truly grieved.
Mexico mentor Juan Carlos Osorio said the stoppages caused by Neymar’s shenanigans slowed down his group amid their 2-0 last-16 misfortune to Brazil, guaranteeing the Paris Saint-Germain forward’s response to Miguel Layun venturing on his leg was a “disgrace for football”.
Belgium were on the precarious edge of another real competition disappointment when trailing 2-0 with 21 minutes to play, just for a brilliant breakway objective by Nacer Chadli in the fourth moment of damage time to top a shocking fightback.
Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku, Dries Mertens and Kevin De Bruyne are probably going to give Brazil’s protection the greatest trial of their battle up until this point, in spite of the fact that the South Americans have just surrendered once in four matches.
“This is the kind of diversion you long for as a young man and we can appreciate it from the primary second,” said Belgium mentor Roberto Martinez.
France never escaped first apparatus in facilitating through the gathering stage, yet turned on the style as Mbappe amazed in an exemplary 4-3 triumph over Argentina to set up the conflict with Uruguay.
“We have been planning for quite a long time, for a considerable length of time to play matches that way,” said France mentor Didier Deschamps.
Uruguay’s prosperity has been based on a strong resistance drove by Atletico Madrid match Jose Gimenez and Diego Godin, with the out-dated strike association of Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani doing the harm at the opposite end with five objectives between them.
No South American side have won on European soil since a Pele-motivated Brazil 60 years prior, however in a World Cup of stuns and shocks, nothing can be underestimated.