England defender John Stones has said that the win against Colombia has given his team mates a massive confidence boost ahead of Saturday's FIFA World Cup quarter-final against Sweden at the Samara Arena here. Stones is the only England outfield player to have started every one of his side's games in Russia and gave huge value to their triumph and the way it came about, ending England's 22-year penalty shoot-out jinx, reports Xinhua news agency.

"It's had a massive impact, knowing that we did the work for it in training and prepared ourselves for those situation... Once we had won, it kind of sank in. "We all know how difficult penalty shoot-outs are, to come through as the winners is so satisfying for us," he said on Thursday, explaining the success was down to hard work.