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Cape Town - England attacker Raheem Sterling was involved in a confrontation with a member of the Colombia coaching staff who deliberately shoulder barged the player during a fiery World Cup Round of 16 clash.
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England claimed a dramatic 4-3 win on penalties after the two sides couldn't be separated at 1-1 after 90 minutes of regulation time.
The game was marred by ill-discipline with Colombia receiving eight bookings - it could have been more - to England's two.
As Sterling was jogging towards the tunnel at half-time, a member of the Colombian coaching team deliberately barged into him with his left shoulder.
Former England international Gary Neville, who was speaking during the half-time break, labelled the coach as "a numpty" who escaped with only a ticking off from the referee. This followed a first-half that included a head-butt on Jordan Henderson and another shoulder barge by Juan Cuadrado.
Watch the incident below:
Colombia coach elbowing Sterling at half-time (and slowed down) #ENGCOL pic.twitter.com/tH97rKLNwZ
— Graeme Demianyk (@GraemeDemianyk) July 3, 2018
Colombian players were also seen scuffing up the penalty spot before Harry Kane stepped up to take the spot-kick after a Colombian defender was blown up for holding in the area.
Watch the penalty spot.
— Kenny Nkwana (@KenNkwana) July 3, 2018
Colombia will not be walking away with a fair play award... #EnglandvsColombia #EnglandvColombia #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/nrn2hPhoJr
