Everyone thought it was all over for England - given their not so brilliant history in penalty shootout situations.
But the Three Lions managed to scrape it back 4-3 on penalties and it all came at a cost to Colombia who are now receiving death threats from fans.
According to the MailOnline, vile messages targeting Mateus Uribe and Carlos Bacca started to appear within minutes of Colombia being knocked out of the World Cup following the dramatic shoot-out.
Uribe's penalty hit the crossbar while England's heroic goalkeeper, Jordan Pickford, saved Bacca's.
Now the posts, which are believed to mainly be aimed at Bacca, warned the players they were 'dead', urged them to kill themselves and told them not to return to the South American country.
Carlos Bacca. Credit: PA
The messages were made despite police investigation into the death threats received by Carlos Sanchez after he was sent off three minutes into the team's opening again Japan.
Many people pointed out that yesterday was the 24th anniversary of the murder of Andres Escobar, who was shot dead after his own goal was blamed for sending Colombia home at the 1994 World Cup.
This makes the threats all the more poignant.
Following yesterday's defeat, one post on Twitter warned: "Die Carlos Bacca. Son of a b**ch. No-one wants you, gonorrhoea. To this country you don't return."
Hang on, did they just wish an STI on a footballer?
Credit: Twitter
Another wrote: "Thank you to all the players, except to three-time son of a bitch, useless, dead, Carlos Bacca. Don't come back here."
And a third said: "I hate you Carlos Bacca, I hate all of you, I hate your indifference, your animal surname, and your ass's game.
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