England's Jamie Vardy facing race against time to be fit for World Cup quarter-final
Jamie Vardy is a doubt for England's World Cup quarter-final clash against Sweden on Saturday.
The striker, who replaced Raheem Sterling in the 88th minute of the last-16 tie against Colombia, suffered a groin injury five minutes into extra-time.
Vardy had an injection straight after the dramatic victory on penalties.
Jamie Vardy is a doubt for England's World Cup quarter-final against Sweden on Saturday
England won 4-3 on penalties against the South American side after the two teams could not be separated after 120 minutes.
Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford, Kieran Trippier and Eric Dier all scored their spot-kicks in the shootout, while goalkeeper Jordan Pickford saved Carlos Bacca's effort.
Sportsmail reported on Tuesday that the Leicester forward was among the candidates to take a penalty in a shootout if he was on the pitch.
Vardy appeared to be holding his groin as the England players ran to celebrate on Tuesday
In fact Vardy was expected to take England's fifth penalty instead of Dier but was prevented due to the injury.
In the last eight seasons Vardy has had an 80 per cent success rate from 12 yards, scoring 12 out of 15 penalties.
The forward appeared to be holding his groin as the England players ran to celebrate with Pickford and Dier after winning the match.