England’s World Cup shootout win greeted by front page jubilation

England left it late to finally overcome Colombia in their World Cup last 16 match on Tuesday evening, with Eric Dier taking the decisive penalty at nearly 10pm.

While that may have made it almost as stressful a night for newspaper staff as for footballers, the major national titles predictably featured England’s first World Cup penalty shootout victory prominently on their front pages.

The Guardian, the Times and the Daily Telegraph, as well as the i paper, the Daily Mirror and the Daily Express, focus on images of the England players’ celebrations after the result was confirmed:4

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