England's Harry Kane scores their first goal from the penalty spot. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
MOSCOW (Reuters) - England's young team shed the burden of history by giving the country a first World Cup penalty shootout triumph and the victory, after Colombia's stoppage-time equaliser, has seen them grow up and gain in belief, captain Harry Kane said.
"We stood tall and we weren't going to let it affect us," said the striker who scored with a second-half penalty to set England on the way to a quarter-final against Sweden before Yerry Mina put Colombia level at 1-1 in the 93rd minute.
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