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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Sport
Simon Collings

Beware Colombia! England’s opponents possess a golden generation, physicality... and a wall of noise

Sydney was a sea of yellow shirts on Tuesday night, so much so that you assumed Australia must be playing. But the co-hosts had been in action 24 hours earlier and, instead, it was Colombian fans filling the streets and bars.

The Irish pub Cheers, on the city’s bustling George Street, was packed long before Colombia kicked off their last-16 clash against Jamaica.

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