2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia June 14-July 15,2018 - Round of 16 Colombia Vs England @ Spartak Stadium July 03,2018

The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia June 14- July 15,2018 will be the 21st edition

FIFA World Cup  Winners from 1930 to 2014

Year	Host Country	Winner	Score
2014	Brazil	Germany	Germany beat Argentina 1-0
2010	South Africa	Spain	Spain 1-0 Netherlands
2006	Germany	Italy	Italy 1-1 (5-3) France
2002	Japan / S. Korea	Brazil	Brazil 2-0 Germany
1998	France	France	France 3-0 Brazil
1994	US	Brazil	Brazil 3-2 Italy
1990	Italy	Germany	Germany 1-0 Argentina
1986	Mexico	Argentina	Argentina 3-2 Germany
1982	Spain	Italy	Italy 3-1 Germany
1978	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina 3-1 Holland
1974	Germany	Germany	Germany 2-1 Holland
1970	Mexico	Brazil	Brazil 4-1 Italy
1966	England	England	England 4-2 Germany
1962	Chile	Brazil	Brazil 3-1 Czechoslovakia
1958	Sweden	Brazil	Brazil 5-2 Sweden
1954	Switzerland	Germany	Germany 3-2 Hungary
1950	Brazil	Uruguay	Uruguay 2-1 Brazil
1946	not held
1942	not held
1938	France	Italy	Italy 4-2 Hungary
1934	Italy	Italy	Italy 2-1 Czechoslovakia
1930	Uruguay	Uruguay	Uruguay 4-2 Argentina

This will be the first World Cup held in Europe since the 2006 FIFA WC held in Germany,the first ever to be held in Eastern Europe and the 11th time that it has been held in Europe.

2018 FIFA World Cup tournament will involve 32 national teams, which include 31 teams determined through Qualifying Competitions  and the automatically qualified Host Team - Russia

Of the 32 teams, 20 will be making back-to-back appearances following the last tournament in 2014, including defending champions  Germany

Iceland and Panama will both be making their first appearances at the 2018 FIFA WC in Russia.

A total of 64 matches will be played in 12 venues located in 11 cities

2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia June 14-July 15,2018 - Match Results

Match 01 Group A  Hosts Russia beat Saudi Arabia 5-0 
Match 02 Group A Urugua beat Egypt 1-0 
Match 03 Group B Iran beat Morocco 1-0
Match 04 Group B Portugal Vs Spain - Match ended in a 3-3 draw
Match 05 Group C France beat Australia 2-1
Match 06 Group D Argentina Vs Iceland - Match ended in a 1-1 draw
Match 07 Group C Denmark beat Peru 1-0
Match 08 Group D Croatia beat Nigeria 2-0
Match 09 Group E Serbia beat Cost Rica 1-0
Match 10 Group F  Mexico beat Germany 1-0
Match 11 Group E Switzerland drew with Brazil 1-1
Match 12 Group F Sweden beat South Korea  1-0
Match 13 Group G Belgium beat Panama 3-0
Match 14 Group G England beat Tunisia 2-1
Match 16 Group H Senegal beat Poland 2-1
Match 17 Group A Russia beat Egypy 3-1
Match 18 Group B Portugal beat Morocco 1-0 
Match 19 Group A Uruguay beat  Saudi Arabia 1-0
Match 20 Group B  Spain  beat Iran 1-0
Match 21 Group C Australia drew with Denmark 1-1  
Match 22 Group C France beat Peru 1-0 
Match 23 Group D  Croatia beat Argentina 3-0
Match 24 Group E Brazil beat Costa Rica 2-0  
Match 25 Group D Nigeria beat Iceland 2-0
Match 26 Group E  Switzerland beat Serbia 2-1
Match 27 Group G Belgium beat Tunisia  5-2
Match 28 Group F  Mexico beat South Korea 2-1
Match 29 Group F Germany beat Sweden  2-1
Match 30 Group G England beat Panama 6-1
Match 31 Group H Japan drew with Senegal 2-2
Match 32 Group H  Colombia beat Poland 3-0

England beat Colombia 4-3 on penalties to reach QF's

 

  England's Jordan Pickford saves a penalty during the shootout from Colombia's Carlos Bacca

England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford celebrates with teammates after winning the FIFA World Cup 2018 Round of 16 match against Colombia on Tuesday

 England celebrate after Eric Dier of England scores the winning penalty

 

England's Eric Dier scores the winning penalty during the shootout against Colombia

England won a penalty shoot-out at the World Cup for the first time. The 1966 champions have reached the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time since the David Beckham era, when a golden generation exited in the last eight in 2002 and 2006.

There had been a total of 259 penalty kicks in World Cup shoot-out history before Tuesday night’s encounter, of which 238 had been on target and 56 were saved by Goalkeepers. Thus, the chances of a goalkeeper pulling out a save stood at 23.5%.

Shockingly, English goalkeepers had only contributed 1 save from 12 kicks on target - - David Seaman at France’98 the lone ranger - - with a well below-par 8.3% save ratio. Only Romania, out of the nations having faced 10 or more penalty kicks in World Cup shoot-outs had fared worse.

While the English kick-takers had not covered themselves in any discernible glory, at least their 50% conversion rate coming into the tournament was not dwarfed as embarrassingly by the tournament average of 70.2%.

These numbers of English goalkeeping failures married with the contrarian perception surrounding their World Cup shoot-out misery align themselves perfectly with the footballing truism that goalkeepers have nothing to lose in penalty shoot outs. Pull out a save or two and they are elevated to the status of hero, emerging as the single reason for their team’s penalty shoot-out success. Should they fail, no one bats an eyelid in the goalkeeper’s direction, choosing only to parochially focus on the failures of the kick-takers.

It is of little surprise then, that England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford will be cast as the lead author of a momentous first in England’s footballing history, managing to save 1 out of the 4- which is 25%- of Colombian kicks on target in their maiden penalty shoot-out victory at the World Cup.

Gareth Southgate’s boys, the youngest English squad since the 1962 World Cup, have largely been spared the stress, with many back home looking at it as a team for the future. However, the departure of Argentina, Germany and Spain from its side of the draw has opened an avenue for the team to defy the odds and create history.

Harry Kane is the first England player to score in six straight appearances since Tommy Lawton in 1939. Of his six goals, three have come from the penalty spot. He also netted England’s first in the shootout.

24-year-old goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was on just his seventh England appearance for England. He said he did a lot of research and knew where the Colombia players would move.

Pickford was just two years old when England last won a penalty shootout, a few days older when the now-England coach Gareth Southgate missed the deciding penalty in a European Championship semifinal loss to Germany. That defeat at home was treated almost as a national trauma, as was the penalty loss to Argentina two years later.

It was a scrappy game and there was edginess on both sides from the start. Colombia had 23 fouls and six yellow cards while England had 13 fouls and two yellows.