Colombia v England, 03 July 2018

Kick-off: 9.00pm local Colombia v England was Match 56 of the FIFA World Cup 2018 England won 4-3 on penalties. After extra time - 1-1 at 90 minutes. Refereeing team: Referee: Mark Geiger (USA) Assistant Referee 1: Joe Fletcher (Canada) Assistant Referee 2: Frank Anderson (USA) Fourth Official: Matthew Conger (New Zealand) Reserve AR: Simon Lount (New Zealand) VAR: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) This was the first time that England had won a penalty shoot-out at the World Cup finals. They had lost all of the previous three. Jordan Pickford became the first England goalkeeper to save a penalty in a shoot-out at a major tournament since David Seaman at the World Cup finals in 1998 against Argentina. Harry Kane became the first player to score in six consecutive games for England since Tommy Lawton in 1939. Harry Kane had now equalled Gary Lineker's record for the most goals scored by an England player at a World Cup finals (six in 1986). Harry Kane had now scored in all eight games he had started as England's captain. This was the first time that England had conceded a goal in added time at the end of normal time in a game at the World Cup finals. Yerry Mina became the first recognised defender to score three goals at a World Cup finals since West Germany's Paul Breitner in 1974. England had now won three of their last nine knock-out games at the World Cup finals; also versus Denmark in 2002 and Ecuador in 2006. Colombia had now scored in all of their last nine games at World Cup finals. The last time they failed to score was in the 2-0 defeat by England in 1998 - the only previous meeting at the World Cup finals. England remained unbeaten in their six all-time meetings with Colombia.