Eric Dier has insisted that England have damaged their ‘psychological barrier’ in penalty shootouts forward of their World Cup spherical of 16 conflict with Senegal.
The Three Lions are set to face off in opposition to the AFCON champions at Al Bayt Stadium on Sunday night, and whereas many anticipate England to see off Senegal in regular time, fears stay of the lottery of a penalty shootout if the sport ends in a draw.
England’s file in penalty shootouts down the years has been nicely documented, with the victory over Colombia on the 2018 event the primary time the nation has ever received a World Cup penalty shootout.
Talking concerning the Three Lions’ penalty hoodoo, Dier said that by way of the shootout win over Colombia, England have been capable of recover from their psychological barrier: “There are ifs, buts and maybes aren’t there?
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“I really feel like that World Cup, it’s tough for me to say as a result of I used to be concerned, however I felt in that sport we broke down a number of psychological boundaries and stereotypes that exist in English soccer surrounding issues like knockout video games and penalty shootouts and enjoying in opposition to that kind of opposition as nicely.
“I feel that sport I bear in mind it felt on the time prefer it was a weight off our shoulders and I feel you noticed that within the subsequent sport in opposition to Sweden (within the quarter-final).
“Nobody was speaking about us profitable it and that sport was a second wherein all of us felt like we had acquired over just a few hurdles and now we have been free to simply play and among the weight of historical past had been faraway from our backs.
“I’m undoubtedly not scared to take a penalty. I’d be nervous within the second however I’m not scared to do it. To be trustworthy, my pen in opposition to Colombia when Pickford saved the penalty earlier than, it made my penalty rather a lot simpler.
“It was to win it, to not get knocked out, so it’s a totally totally different psychology. When he saved his, it was rather a lot simpler for me. He helped me rather a lot.”