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Group G / Colombia vs. England

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SITE: Lens

TIME: Noon. TV: ESPN, Ch. 34 RADIO: KWKW (1330, Spanish)

* ABOUT ENGLAND: Coach Glenn Hoddle is under immense pressure to start 18-year-old striker Michael Owen today.

* ABOUT COLOMBIA: Colombia must win to advance, which could be asking too much of an aging side that went more than 170 minutes without scoring before Leider Preciado’s late winner against Tunisia.

* OUTLOOK: Needing a draw to advance, England should get at least that. But barring an improbable Tunisia defeat of Romania, England will finish second in the group--setting up an unenviable second-round matchup with longtime nemesis Argentina.

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