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England coach Southgate: We deserved to go through

England coach Gareth Southgate was proud of his players as they survived their World Cup penalty shootout against Colombia.

After drawing 1-1 with the South American nation, Eric Dier scored the clincher from the spot as England prevailed 4-3.

After the match in Russia, Southgate said: “Fantastic. I think we deserved it as well. We played so well in the 90 minutes, We showed resilience to come back from huge disappointment and kept calm. It's huge credit to all our players and staff.

"Shootouts are tough. We had talked long and hard about owning the process of a shootout. They kept calm. The players have taken it all on board, it's a special moment for us.

"We looked at technique, how we needed to be as a team, the goalkeeper's role. A special moment but now I'm thinking about Sweden.

"This was special but I want us to go on. Sweden is another team we have a poor record against. We have underestimated them for years.

"We didn't rise to it which was brilliant, in general. A couple of times we lost our cool. It was an away game, to deal with it all was exceptional.

"They have created their own story and made history. I don't want to go home yet."

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