
Everything You Need to Know About Day 19 of the World Cup
Day 19 of the 2018 FIFA World Cup saw the final last-16 games take place, with Sweden grabbing yet another surprise win in the first match of the day and England beating Colombia on penalties.
Emil Forsberg scored the only goal in Sweden's 1-0 triumph, their latest over a team ranked in the top 10 of the FIFA rankings. They previously beat Germany in the group stages and France in qualifying.
Sweden will face England in their quarter-finals after Gareth Southgate's send beat Colombia in a penalty shootout. Harry Kane had put the Three Lions ahead from the penalty spot, but a Yerry Mina header in stoppage time forced extra time, which ended goalless.
Here's a look at the full quarter-final draw:
In-Form Sweden Slay Another Giant
Switzerland came into Tuesday's match as the sixth-ranked team in the world, but of all of the sides inside the top 10, they had arguably the most concerns in attack.
Those issues with creativity cost them against the Swedes, who locked things down perfectly and rarely gave up any chances. Die Nati's top creative outlets had no space, and Xherdan Shaqiri was nearly invisible for large stretches of the match.
Switzerland's solid defence was on point once again, but the unfortunate Michael Akanji deflected a shot from Forsberg past his own goalkeeper. The sequence perfectly summed up the team's afternoon, as Akanji had arguably been their best performer throughout the tournament.
Sweden have built a reputation as tough outs for the biggest teams, knocking out the Netherlands and Italy in qualifying and nearly drawing with Germany in the group stages. No one expected them to make it this far, and it would be foolish to overlook the Scandinavians now.
Switzerland desperately need to develop their young creative forwards, or this team will continue to underperform on the big stage. Fortunately for Die Nati, they have two excellent prospects in Breel Embolo and Dimitri Oberlin, and perhaps one of them can be the ace forward they so desperately need.
England End Penalty Jinx Against Colombia
England won a penalty shootout for the first time at a World Cup as they saw off Colombia in an ill-tempered affair.
The Three Lions enjoyed the better of the first half, but both teams struggled to carve out clear-cut goalscoring opportunities in an increasingly tetchy game.
Tempers flared ahead of half-time as Wilmar Barrios pushed his head into Jordan Henderson's chest. The referee used VAR to check the incident and awarded the Colombia midfielder a yellow card.
Damian Spellman at the Press Association said it should have been red:
There was another incident after the break, as England were awarded a penalty after Carlos Sanchez grappled with Kane in the penalty area.
Ed Malyon at The Independent showed how the Colombia players reacted:
Kane made no mistake from the spot, as he fired the Three Lions into the lead with his sixth goal of the tournament.
Opta showed how impressive his return is:
The game threatened to descend into chaos with Radamel Falcao and Carlos Bacca picking up bookings as Pekerman's side showed their frustrations after going behind.
Goal's Rupert Fryer said Colombia missed the injured James Rodriguez:
The game opened up in the closing stages. Colombia pushed for an equaliser, and Juan Cuadrado blazed a good chance over after a mistake by Kyle Walker.
Substitute Mateus Uribe went even closer with a brilliant effort from range that drew a flying save from goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
From the corner, Mina leapt highest and directed a header home for his third goal of the tournament in stoppage time.
Both teams had chances in extra time but could not find another goal, and it needed penalties to decide the winner.
Henderson and Uribe missed their kicks, and then Pickford saved from Bacca to give England the edge. Eric Dier was the man to win it for the Three Lions. He converted the winning spot-kick to keep England's World Cup dreams alive.

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