England need to end embarrassing knock-out record
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🗓️ 2 July 2018
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
It’s time. England take on Colombia in the round of 16 in Moscow with the winner facing an appetising route to a return to the Russian capital in just over a week and a half.
Natalie Sawyer brings you a comprehensive preview. Henry Winter discusses the patriotism at play in the England squad and the opportunity to end their embarrassing record in the knock-out stages.
Colombian football expert Simon Edwards tells us what Tuesday night’s game means for Pekerman and his players, plus why they have the best centre-halves in the competition to deal with England’s set-piece threat.
Former goalkeeper David Preece has been studying the technique of the penalty takers and stoppers at the World Cup and gives his advice to Jordan Pickford, should the inevitable shootout occur.
Alyson Rudd watches the real deal in Brazil and is full of praise for their defensive structure but full of scorn for Neymar’s ludicrous amateur dramatics.
And Bill Edgar reviews Belgium’s sensational 3-2 win against Japan, a fightback forged by Fellaini.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the game World Cup daily from the Times. I'm Natalie Sawyer and thank you for joining us. |
| 0:15.2 | We are here every match day of the World Cup podcasting after 10 o'clock UK time every night. |
| 0:20.4 | In the studio alongside me the Times Stats guru Bill Edgar. Today the mouthwatering prospect of Brazil versus Belgium in the World Cup quarterfinals was confirmed. |
| 0:30.0 | The Belgians came from 2-nill down to secure a dramatic 3-2 victory over Japan with the last kick of the game. |
| 0:36.0 | We'll be speaking to Allison Rugg to watch Brazil, ease past Mexico in a match where Neymar again made all the headlines. |
| 0:42.0 | Later on, we'll be getting a Colombian perspective |
| 0:45.2 | on Tuesday's huge last 16 tie with England as Colombian football expert Simon Edwards joins |
| 0:50.8 | us and former goalkeeper David Priest has written for the times on the |
| 0:54.2 | prospect of a penalty shootout we'll be asking what a vice he would give to |
| 0:57.9 | Jordan Pickford. But first let's get an update from the England camp with Henry |
| 1:01.9 | Winter in Moscow and Henry Fabian Delft has gone home as his wife |
| 1:05.6 | Natalie is about to give birth very soon and Garris Southgate spoke about that for the first time today. |
| 1:11.1 | Southgate I thought I handled it very well at the press conference at the Spartak Stadium this afternoon. |
| 1:16.0 | He just said, listen, you know, they're more important things in life than football, |
| 1:21.0 | when they were one or two shakes of shakes of their head in the |
| 1:23.2 | room but I think most people actually agree with them and I think it's |
| 1:26.7 | fantastic if Abby and Delph has gone home you know touch words everything goes |
| 1:30.9 | smoothly he can come back out here because that |
| 1:33.2 | me a the babies arrived safe in the mother's well and also |
| 1:37.0 | that uh England is still in the competition but south gate being south gate did |
| 1:40.8 | slip in a little joke and said, |
| 1:43.2 | having it so keen to get back out here once the baby's born that he's been |
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