World Cup 2026: Bàn thắng muộn của Daniel Munoz giúp Colombia vượt qua Cộng hòa Dân chủ Congo và vươn lên dẫn đầu bảng K.

Colombia was beating on the door all night, and Congo DR’s Lionel Mpasi-Nzau could only hold them off for so long.

The goalkeeper delivered a monster outing, holding off a barrage of shots before Colombia’s Daniel Munoz was able to break the scoreless deadlock with a deflected shot from inside the box in the 76th minute.

The slight deflection left Mpasi-Nzau frozen in no-man’s land.

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It was a culmination of a long day at the office as Munoz, Luis Diaz and James Rodriguez made Mpasi-Nzau’s night a rough one, peppering him with shots on goal throughout the game. The Congolese keeper had five saves in the first 20 minutes of the first half and added a few more from there, finishing with eight in the game.

On the other end, Congo finished with a couple legitimate chances but it was a relatively listless offensive performance from the African team.

After a group-opening win over Uzbekistan and the victory on Tuesday, Colombia is sitting pretty in Group K with a Saturday night matchup against Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal remaining.

How result impacts Group K picture

Colombia sits atop Group K heading into the final matchday after beating DR Congo and can secure first place with a win or draw against Portugal.

Portugal remains well positioned to advance and would clinch a spot in the Round of 32 with a draw against Colombia. DR Congo and Uzbekistan are still alive, but both need a win in their head-to-head meeting and likely help elsewhere to get a third-place berth.

Bottom line: Colombia and Portugal are in command, while DR Congo and Uzbekistan enter the final matchday needing a result to keep their World Cup hopes alive.