England will play Colombia in their last eight World Cup matches. Photo: Getty Images/Robert Cianflone. after a penalty shoot-out, they beat rivals from the 1/8 finals from Nigeria.
Their reward is a quarter-final match against Colombia, who beat Jamaica 1-0 in Melbourne on Tuesday to reach the last eight of the tournament.
Looking ahead, the Lionesses, if they win Saturday's quarter-finals, could then play the semi-finals against Australia or France.
What and when will that be?
Starting at 11:30 UK time. (20:30 Sydney local time) on Saturday, August 12.
See full matches and results here.
Where is the match?
England quarter-final against Colombia at Australia Stadium, Sydney.
How to watch
The rights to broadcast the Women's World Cup are shared between the BBC and ITV. As the BBC got first pick in the round of 16 games (and chose England's match against Nigeria), ITV will broadcast the England quarter-finals on Saturday.
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Who is the England squad?
Goalkeepers: Mary Earps (Manchester United) , Hannah Hampton (Aston Villa), Ellie Roebuck (Manchester City). )
Defenders:Millie Bright (Chelsea), Lucy Bronze (Barcelona), Jess Carter (Chelsea), Niamh Charles (Chelsea), Alex Greenwood (Manchester City), Esme Morgan (Manchester City), Lotte Wubben-Moy (Arsenal)
< p>Midfielders: Laura Coombs (Manchester City), Jordan Nobbs (Aston Villa), Georgia Stanway (Bayern), Ella Thun (Manchester United), Kira Walsh (Barcelona) ), Kathy Zelem (Manchester United). )
Forwards:Rachel Daly (Aston Villa), Bethany England (Tottenham Hotspur), Lauren Hemp (Manchester City), Lauren James (Chelsea) ), Chloe Kelly (Manchester City), Kathy Robinson (Brighton & Hove Albion), Alessia Russo (Manchester United).
Copy of World Cup Predictor Promotion report in Colombia: what awaits England in the Women's World Cup quarter-finals
Tom Garry, women's football reporter, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
England to face cacophony Colombian noise in Sydney on Saturday after the South Americans booked a quarter-final encounter with the Lionesses thanks to a 1-0 win over Jamaica in Melbourne.
Colombia is ranked 25th. world, 21 places behind England, and may be something unknown to many Lionesses fans. But they will cause a lot of problems for Sarina Wigman's team in Saturday's match.
Colombia will feel like a «home» team
The Colombians were the loudest foreign team at this World Cup and their fans are likely to flock to the stadium in Sydney, Australia in the tens of thousands. On Tuesday, their fans dominated the 27,706 at the relatively small Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, and now they will make up the majority of the crowd at the 80,000-capacity stadium in Sydney.
In a tight win against Jamaica, Las Cafeteras were surrounded by a relentless wall of noise unlike anything seen in these finals in any game not involving two host nations, from the high-pitched whistle as the judges' decision went in Jamaica's favour, to the crushing roar whenever Colombia counter-attacked the chaotic scenes celebrating all the time.
There are reportedly around 11,000 Colombians living in Sydney alone and a sizeable expat community below, but many thousands have also traveled and their colorful contribution brought the Melbourne Olympic Park area to life ahead of the match.
England must prepare for to feel like a visiting team on Saturday and they have to deal with the intimidating atmosphere.
The pace and cunning of the brilliant Linda Caicedo
The most dangerous threat to Colombia on the pitch comes from 18-year-old Real Madrid sensation Caicedo, who drew cheers of «Linda, Linda, Linda» from Colombian fans. The noise of the crowd increased whenever she received the ball in attacking position, and it was easy to understand why they were so excited about this young talent.
Speaking after the match, Caicedo said of the match against England: «We don't want to just reach the quarterfinals. It is a rival who is a world power, but we believe.”
Caicedo, who landed a superb individual shot in Colombia's group stage victory over Germany, showed her agility, precise control and vision against Jamaica and she nearly scored but vaulted over the bar on her best moment after skillfully stepping inside her marker .
Her tendency to stick to the touchline to try and find space will give Wigman a tactical decision: will she stick to the 3-5-2 formation England have deployed against China and Nigeria, or fall back to 4-2-3-1 but ask for a right defender Lucy Bronze move into a more defensive position to get past left winger Caicedo?
Linda Caicedo was one of the players in the tournament. Photo: Shutterstock/Mark Evans They improve in the rear
It was Colombia's second clean sheet in the tournament and defender Daniela Arias showed good strength on Tuesday to take on Khadija «Bunny» Shaw, going head-to-head with one of the Women's Super League's best strikers. She was also a threat in the air due to set pieces.
However, Columbia had some good runs against Jamaica when Drew Spence landed a late header.
They have speed on the counter, and they are hard to predict
Colombia were the first team to find a way to score against the decisive Jamaica in this tournament, after France, Brazil and Panama attempted to do so without success. Their goal was scored when Catalina Usme caught a beautiful long ball with a great first touch and she had the composure to get it into the corner with a classy shot.
Jamaica goalkeeper Becky Spencer, who kept clean sheets three times in a row before that she was proud that her team reached the 1/8 finals, but added about the strengths of Colombia: “They are very unpredictable, you don’t know what they are going to do. Their players are very fast and very technical.
“They can do some magic at any moment, and I think they have it across the board. It's not just one or two players — they are all over the place. Technically they have magical possession, so when you defend them you have to make sure you concentrate enough.»
Catalina Usme scored Colombia's winning goal against Jamaica. Photo: AP/Hamish Blair They are full of confidence and «dream big»
Match winner Usme said she and her teammates came to Australia for «seven finals» and not just to reach this stage. “[This victory] gave us the opportunity to make history, but we can go further,” she said. “We came here to play seven finals. In the game against England we will face them one on one. We will not speculate about what will happen next.
“We dream big. But we know we can do it, we can do it. The mentality of our team is crucial in this World Cup.»
Their manager Nelson Abadia added a cautionary tone, but also said that he thought his team could beat the bookies' favorites: «With the English language of football history , we have to be careful, but football in this World Cup [overall] showed that the gaps were closing and Colombia played with good consistency.
«England is one of the favorites, of course, but we also met with Germany, and they were one of the favorites, and we had composure, we were wise enough [to beat Germany]. It won't be easy, it won't be easy.»
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