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TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2018 18 Can they cage the lions? FIFA World Cup 2018 FIFA World Cup 2018 FIFA World Cup 2018 Reuters | Repino, stage. Chelsea, should not disguise the fact Colombia vEngland England qualified from Group GColombia that he is a prolific v finisher England and a real Colombia v England or all the talk about England’s thanks to wins over Tunisia and Pan- threat. progress under Gareth SouthLast -16,ama July and 3with their place booked they LikewiseLast winger 16, JuanJuly Cuadrado’s 3 Last 16, July 3 Fgate, his youthful Spartakside have Stadium,yet fielded Moscow a second-string side in their 1-0 disappointmentSpartak Stadium, at Chelsea Moscow needs to Spartak Stadium, Moscow to be truly examined in this World Cup defeat to a similarly weakened Belgium be set against his impressive perfor- but today’s last 16 opponents ColombiaHEAD-TO-HEAD in a strange final group game that nei- mances inHEAD-TO-HEAD for Juventus HEAD-TO-HEAD will certainly ask the right questions. ther side showed much desire to win. and his importance to Jose With or without their talented All-timeThe ‘prize’ for finishing second in the Pekerman’s ColomAll-time- All-time number 10 James Rodriguez, meetingsgroup, was to be in the easier half of bian side. meetings tin- meetings the South American possess the draw but all the talk of a ‘path’ England ue with the plenty of talent and theirColombia 0 Englandto the final 3 risks under-estimating right-backColombia 0 England 3 approach they have Colombia 0 England 3 run to the quarter-finals in the difficulty of their immediate Kieran shown so far in this tour- Brazil four years ago showed obstacle. 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It means DeleSouthgate Alli should Southgate Captainin the FIFA Worldsix CupCaptain goals 2018 and before his fitness Captain“We have done a lot of workCaptain on them. be back in his supportingCaptain role Captain knock- problems was showing signs of When you look at the players they’ve to five-goal striker James Rodriguez Radamel Colombia v RadamelEngland Harry Radamel Harry Harry out Last 16,that July 3 form again. got in the team and the way the quali- at the expense of Ruben Lof- Falcao Spartak Stadium,Falcao MoscowRadamel Falcao’s failure to fiedKane in their group as well, they’veFalcao got tus-Cheek. Kane Kane Recent meetingsHEAD-TO-HEADmake a strong impact in the some qualityRecent players meetings and we need to be Colombia defensive midRecent- meetings Best finish All-timePremierBest finish League during spellsBest aware finish of that,” he said. Best finishfielder Carlos SanchezBest finishexpects Best finish Quarter-final 2005 England 3-2 meetingsColombiaQuarter-final 2005 WinnerEngland 3-2 ColombiaQuarter-final 2005WinnerEngland 3-2 Colombia Winner Colombia 0 withEngland Manchester3 United and Trippier suggested England will con- a tight encounter. 2014 1998 Colombia 0-2 England2014 1998 Colombia1966 0-2 England2014 1998 Colombia1966 0-2 England 1966 Coach Coach D2 Jose Gareth PekermanROAD TO LAST England16 NicknameSouthgate | The Three Lions ROAD TO LAST 16Colombia Nickname | The Coffee GrowersROAD TO LAST 16 Captain Captain Radamel Harry Falcao Kane L Japan 1-2 MatchRecent 1 meetingsW Tunisia L 2-1Japan 1-2 Match 1 W Tunisia L 2-1Japan 1-2 Match 1 W Tunisia 2-1 Group H Best finish Group H Best finish Group G Group H Group G Group G Quarter-final 2005 England 3-2 Colombia Winner winner W Poland 20143-0 Match1998 Colombia 2 0-2 winnerWEnglandPanama W19666-1Polandrunner-up3-0 Match 2 WwinnerPanama W6-1Polandrunner-up3-0 Match 2 W Panama 6-1 runner-up ROAD TO LAST 16 W Senegal Group1-0 H L JapanMatch1-2 3Match 1L W BelgiumTunisia 2-1 GroupW G 0-1Senegal 1-0 Match 3 L Belgium W0-1Senegal 1-0 Match 3 L Belgium 0-1 winner W Poland 3-0 Match 2 W Panama 6-1 runner-up Colombia England England Colombia Player to watch W Senegal 1-0 MatchPlayer 3 L Belgium to watch0-1 Player to watch Player to watch Player to watch Player to watch Player to watch PlayerJohn to Stoneswatch is a doubt with a calf issue having been forced James Rodriguez is a doubt having been forced off in 1-0 COMPETITIONCOMPETITION STATISTICS STATISTICS COMPETITION STATISTICS COMPETITION STATISTICS Juan Quintero Juan Quintero Juan QuinteroHarry Kane Harry Kane Juan Quintero Harry Kane Harry Kane 5 Goals scored 8 off in the 1-0 defeat to Belgium, though he should be fit to win over Senegal, with set to feature in his ex- 5 Goals25 scoredTotal shots 42 start.8 Gareth5 Southgate is expected Goalsto bring his scored first team pected absence,8 while Abel5 Aguilar is likely to sit hisGoals one out. scored 8 8 Shots on target 15 regulars back into the fold, which means the likes of Harry Wilmar Barrios will hope to start, though Jose Pekerman may 1068 Passes completed 1427 25 Total11 shotsCorners 17 Kane,42 Kyle Walker25 and Jordan HendersonTotal would shots all return, continue with Mateus42 Uribe25 and Carlos Sanchez at theTotal base of shots 42 8 Shots51% on targetPossession 55% while15 Ruben8 Loftus-Cheek will hopeShots to keep hison place target in the midfield in 15a 4-2-3-1 setup.8 Shots on target 15 midfield. will return to England as his wife is Rodriguez, Barrios and are all one booking away Spartak Supporters 1068 StadiumPasses completed due1427are to close give1068 birth, but will be availablePasses for the completed match. from suspension.1427 1068 Passes completed 1427 Capacity: to pitch, 11 45,000 Corners generating17 11 Corners 17 11 Corners 17 POSSIBLE LINE-UPSintense, raucous 51% Possession 55%atmosphere51% Possession Fact55% box51% Possession 55% Source: FIFA Colombia: ; Santi- Pictures: Getty Images ago Arias, Davinson Sanchez, Yerry© GRAPHIC NEWS » Colombia fell to a 2-1 loss to Japan in their first Mina, Johan Mojica; Carlos Sanchez, match, but recovered well to beat Poland and Senegal Spartak ; JuanSpartak Cuadrado, Juan I believeSupporters in the I’m comingSpartak off to progress as groupSupporters winners. They haven’t been at their Supporters Harry Kane Quintero, Luis Muriel; Falcao best, however, and the absence of James Rodriguez, even Stadium Stadium group of areplayers close the back ofStadium a accounting for the formare of Juan close Quintero, is a blow. are close Capacity: England:Capacity: ; we’ve got.to This pitch, hat-trick andCapacity: I’m » England finished secondto inpitch, Group G, which should to pitch, 45,000 Kyle Walker,45,000 John Stones, Harry will be onegenerating of the ready to go45,000 in a hand them an easiergenerating route to the semi-finals, but they generating Maguire; Kieran Trippier, Dele, biggest gamesintense, very important mustn’t take Colombia lightly.intense, Failure to take any intense, , Jesse threat from their South American counterparts serious- they’ll haveraucous been game for us raucous raucous Lingard, Ashley Young; involved in against Colombia ly will likely result in their elimination from the last-16. 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HEAD-TO-HEAD All-time Sweden offer litmus test for golden Swiss meetingsgeneration Sweden 10 Switz. 11 Reuters | St Petersburg Sweden Coach POSSIBLE LINE-UPS Coach was stretchered off against Mexico and there are fears his Janne Vladimir weden are the underdogs Sweden: ; , Victor Lindelöf, , Ludwig Andersson D7 Petkovic going into their World Cup World Cup is now over, though he would have been suspended against Switzer- Augustinsson; , , , ; Marcus S land, regardless. Gustav Svensson is expected to replace Larsson in midfield in Captain Captain last 16 match with Switzerland Berg,Andreas Stephan but are counting on strategy and what may be Jan Olof Andersson’s only change to his favoured XI. Albin Ekdal, Granqvist Lichtsteiner Viktor Claesson and Mikael Lustig are all one booking away from a ban. Recent meetings trust in the collective to help Switzerland:Best finish ; Michael Lang, , ,Best finish Final 2002 Sweden 1-1 Switzerland Quarter-final them reach the quarter-finals, Switzerland Ricardo1958 Rodriguez; Valon2001 Behrami,Switzerland Granit0-2 Xhaka;Sweden ,1934, Blerim 1938, Dzemaili, 1954 their captain Andreas Granqvist Head coach Vladimir Petkovic will be forced into two changes when his Switzer- ; Josip Drmic said yesterday. ROAD TO LAST 16 land side face Sweden on Tuesday afternoon. and Fabian W S. Korea 1-0 Match 1 D Brazil 1-1 Sweden face Switzerland in St Schar are both suspended, with Michael Lang and Johan Djourou, respectively, Group F Group E Petersburg today in what prom- winner L Germany 1-2 Match 2 W Serbia 2-1 runner-up set to deputise. Steven Zuber is a doubt through illness, though W Mexico 3-0 Match 3 D Costa Rica 2-2 ises to be a game of fine margins. could keep his spot on the left wing after a solid showing against Costa Rica. Player to watch Player to watch The Swiss came through , and Xherdan Shaqiri are all one booking away COMPETITION STATISTICS Group E unbeaten, winning once L. Augustinsson Xherdan Shaqiri from suspension. 5 5 and drawing twice to finish sec- Goals scored 36 Total shots 38 ond behind Brazil, while Swe- 15 Shots on target 10 den, whose defensive style of Fact box 660 Passes completed 1352 play has been criticised in some 12 Corners 15 quarters, topped Group F de- » Sweden landed their spot in the last-16 courtesy of a 3-0 win over Mexico, 39% Possession 55% spite being beaten by Germany. which saw them progress as group winners. Few gave them a chance of making Emil “We know what got us this it out of the group, let alone topping Group F, and they’ll be confident of landing Forsberg far,” Granqvist told a news con- a quarter-final berth at Switzerland’s expense. Saint Spaceship-like Switzerland were held to a late 2-2 draw with Costa Rica on Wednesday Petersburg new stadium, ference. “We know Switzerland » Stadium designed have been playing really well night. However, the absence of key defenders Stephan Lichtsteiner and Fabian Capacity: by noted over a long period of time. Schar, who both received their second bookings of the tournament in the stale- 67,000 Japanese for what we’re going to do, but “They are the favourites for mate, will hinder their chances of overcoming Sweden on Tuesday afternoon. architect I’m not going to enter into any Kisho the match tomorrow and that Source: FIFA Kurosawa more details.” we would in any way underes- Pictures: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS Granqvist, who has scored two timate them is not even in the With the teams evenly coach said he penalties in Russia already, said cards. We know what brought matched and neither boasting had a plan for that eventuality. he was confident of adding to us here — very strong collective a wealth of attacking options, “It’s my job to decide on the situation,” the 55-year-old said. the players, the entire squad in that tally if it came down to it, defence and the courage to at- the tie could well be decided by players who need to perform, in “We’ve talked about it in the terms of penalties. but was hoping Sweden could tack as well.” a penalty shootout, and Sweden this case for the penalty shootout squad... and I’m going to rank “We have a clear plan in place prevail in normal time.