England's B team beaten to create Colombia clash
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🗓️ 28 June 2018
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
After all the speculation over England's Group G decider with Belgium, two reserve sides face off in Kaliningrad with Gareth Southgate's side losing 1-0 and surrendering top spot. But does finishing 2nd offer an easier route to the World Cup final? Or did defeat damage morale as England's squad players blew their chance of a regular starting berth?
Natalie Sawyer is joined by Jonathan Northcroft and Alan Smith to assess England's chances of progressing in this tournament while wondering if Belgium are the real deal this time.
Plus Oliver Kay watches England's next opponents Colombia knock out Senegal in Samara. And he feels the Three Lions have nothing to fear.
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| 1:06.6 | thank you for joining us. We are here every match day off the World Cup podcasting |
| 1:10.6 | after 10 o'clock UK time every night. The group stages are over. We now |
| 1:15.0 | know the full lineup for the last 16. It will be England versus Columbia in |
| 1:20.2 | Moscow on Tuesday night. So much talk of yellow cars to suddenly the outcome of the groups, |
| 1:25.0 | but in the end, it was Senegal who were undone by in discipline. |
| 1:29.0 | Japan going through from Group H by virtue of having received too fewer bookings. |
| 1:33.5 | They become the first team ever to qualify via the fair play rule. |
| 1:37.4 | Lots of questions asked about effort and work rate today, but nobody can question the shifts |
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| 1:43.7 | a panel even more glamorous than Pamela Anderson, Davar Janilla and Jeremy Corbyn. |
| 1:48.4 | In the studio with me it is Alan Smith good evening. |
| 1:51.2 | Hello, and later on we'll be speaking to Oliver Kay in Samarra, who witnessed that Colombian victory |
| 1:56.1 | over Senegal and will give us his thoughts on England's next opponents. |
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