🎥 Колумбия доминирует над Узбекистаном, Луис Диас 🪄! Гана победила Панаму с опозданием!

Colombia made no mistake in their opener and, led by their star Luis Diaz, who provided a goal and an assist, beat Uzbekistan at Mexico City Stadium. With this win, the South Americans moved to the top of Group K, helped by Portugal’s draw with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 

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For Uzbekistan, regardless of the defeat, it was a historic moment. Fabio Cannavaro’s national team was making its World Cup debut. 

Los Cafeteros came flying out of the blocks and came close to scoring several times in the opening half hour alone. It was only a matter of time before Lorenzo’s side broke the deadlock and, right before halftime, Luis Diaz came to life with a pinpoint assist for Muñoz to make it 1-0.

Uzbekistan, however, refused to give in and found an immediate equalizer at the start of the second half, one that smelled of history, through Fayzullaev. The Asians’ joy was short-lived, with Colombia responding straight away to retake the lead just five minutes later. After setting up the first goal, Diaz did it himself this time and beat Yusupov with a low shot. 

In stoppage time, the South Americans put the game to bed for good as Campaz headed home to make it 3-1. 

Ghana-Panama 1-0

Ghana got off on the right foot and beat Panama 1-0 at the end of a balanced, hard-fought match that was decided only in stoppage time. In Toronto, the Black Stars found the winning goal in the 95th minute thanks to Caleb Yirenkyi, who finished off an assist from Brandon Thomas-Asante and finally broke the Central American side’s resistance.

For large stretches of the match, Panama looked the better side in terms of play. Thomas Christiansen’s team managed possession better and created the more dangerous chances, but could not find the decisive touch. Ghana struggled, stayed compact, and gradually grew into the game as the minutes passed.

The match came alive in the second half, but the score seemed destined to remain unchanged. Just when 0-0 looked inevitable, the moment that changed everything arrived: in the fifth minute of stoppage time, Brandon Thomas-Asante found space on the right and delivered a perfect ball for Yirenkyi, who made no mistake from close range and scored the winner. Ghana are now second in Group L, level on points with England.

There was no shortage of good-luck rituals in the stands at Toronto Stadium either. A video of a Ghana fan went viral, showing him, in his own way, calling on the help of otherworldly entities. And what can you say, it worked.

But the surprises didn’t end there. During the match, Uzbek player Kushanov was involved in an incident that went viral within minutes. In trying to stop a Luis Diaz counterattack, the Asian defender went in on the Colombian’s legs, but in the collision he also hit the cameraman on the sideline, who was quite literally bowled over. 

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