World Cup 2018: Twitter reacts as England defeat Colombia 

A rather rowdy knockout tie came to an end with England triumphing over Colombia on penalties.

After a scoreless first half, Harry Kane opened the scoring for England in the 57th minute courtesy of a penalty which resulted from Carlos Sánchez's challenge on the Tottenham striker.

Nevertheless, Yerry Mina levelled the proceedings with a heaven-sent header in the stoppage time, sending the match into extra-time where the scoreline stayed equal.

Consequently, the high-intensity match was then decided on penalty shoot-out where England prevailed.

Here's how Twitter reacted to the spine-tingling encounter.

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Football isn’t good for the heart #COLENG

— Gabsile Dlamini (@GabsileDl) July 3, 2018

Kill Bacca pic.twitter.com/ZPCRCEXLIM

— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) July 3, 2018

"Do you Harry Edward Kane know it's coming home?""I do" pic.twitter.com/Gb1y8xNZFW

— SportsJOE (@SportsJOE_UK) July 3, 2018

Fuck me, I’m crying. Yes yes yes.

— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) July 3, 2018

"it's coming home" https://t.co/1iNVjvccUG

— Mike Sanz (@mikesanz19) July 3, 2018

ENGLAND HAVE WON THE WORLD CUP!!!!!!!!

— JOE.co.uk (@JOE_co_uk) July 3, 2018

Gareth Southgate vindicated.His big gamble paid off.We're into the 1/4 Finals.England won a penalty shoot-out.Holy Fuck!

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 3, 2018

ENGLAND HAVE WON A PENALTY SHOOTOUT! pic.twitter.com/jjbUXvCRXN

— Footy Humour (@FootyHumour) July 3, 2018

#ENG are through to the #WorldCup quarter-finals and we all know what that means... #ItsComingHome pic.twitter.com/POfV6hpcep

— ShotOnGoal (@shotongoal247) July 3, 2018

ITS COMING HOME. IT'S EFFING COMING HOME THIS YEAR. IT HAS TO!woohoo#COLENG

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) July 3, 2018

Every Football fan in England right now. #COLENG pic.twitter.com/wghXMYbsdv

— Bubba Ray Dudley (@bullyray5150) July 3, 2018

GREASE UP THE ENGLISH PHONE POLES WITH CRISCO. ENGLAND GONNA FEEL LIKE PHILADELPHIA TONIGHT

— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) July 3, 2018

#ENG have won a #WorldCup penalty shootout for the first time in the nation's history.We repeat: England have won a #WorldCup penalty shootout. pic.twitter.com/VgcrEIPFCD

— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) July 3, 2018

Colombia was this close to the Quarter finals 😭😭😭 #COLENG pic.twitter.com/5HzSGRA7tJ

— Mwes M Drew™ (@_mwes) July 3, 2018

Don't know what fills me with joy more, England finally winning a penalty shoot-out or watching the Colombian fans crying on TV😂😂😂

— Footy Accumulators (@FootyAccums) July 3, 2018

#Eng beats Colombia on penalties. #SWE next #DreamBigWithLidl #ad pic.twitter.com/HhRDY5t6bs

— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) July 3, 2018

Colombia fans right now pic.twitter.com/IYRLj4RRqP

— Footy Humour (@FootyHumour) July 3, 2018

Colombia beaten, England through. Job done ✅ pic.twitter.com/bYq8bFV9Ue

— FootballFunnys (@FootballFunnnys) July 3, 2018

Spurs scored as many pens as Colombia.

— James Maw (@JamesMawFFT) July 3, 2018

Youngest England goalkeeper at a World Cup and the ONLY one to win a World Cup penalty shootout for England. How fucking DARE people question Jordan Pickford’s class?

— Michael Graham (@Capt_Fishpaste) July 3, 2018

Shit like this should bring our Country together.... England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

— Chris Hughes (@chrishughes_22) July 3, 2018

ENGLAND ARE ONTO THE QUARTER FINALS #DreamBigWithLidl #ad pic.twitter.com/34Klnxd5K7

— Danny WelBeast (@WelBeast) July 3, 2018

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @England's route to #WorldCup⁠ ⁠Final:Quarter-Finals🇸🇪Sweden Semi-Finals:🇷🇺 Russia or 🇭🇷 Croatia😍 BELIEVE. 🏆 pic.twitter.com/gW61vvPAz6

— SPORF (@Sporf) July 3, 2018

All these daft England fans who constantly say ‘it’s coming home!’ are fucking.....right! ‘IT’S COMING HOME!’

— Graeme Kelly (@GraemeKelly1) July 3, 2018

England fans: ”IT’S COMING HOME 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿”Smart people: pic.twitter.com/4SveOyg942

— ANTics 🇫🇷🇨🇴 (@Pharaohiic) July 3, 2018

11,589 - Number of England fans cancelling their plans of coming home at 11am tomorrow morning. Irony.

— OptaJoke (@OptaJoke) July 3, 2018

It's coming home pic.twitter.com/Mf59Nt1pLQ

— Troll Football Media (@Troll__Footbal) July 3, 2018