SAMARA (Russia): Colombia's Yerry Mina thumped home a second-half header to safe a dramatic 1-Zero victory over Senegal on Thursday that catapulted the South Americans into the World Cup final 16 and dumped their African combatants out of event.
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Senegal had simplest needed a point of their final Group H game to achieve the following round, but defeat noticed them miss out to Japan, who edged them out of the runners-up spot by virtue of getting a better disciplinary file.
It was the primary time in World Cup historical past that two groups were separated by the volume of yellow playing cards they had accrued within the event.
Both Senegal and Japan, who were beaten 1-Zero by Poland on Thursday, completed the crowd with 4 issues and an identical file in all different respects. Yet the Asian side led to second position having picked up 4 yellow playing cards to Senegal's six.
Colombia, who completed as staff winners with six issues will face a last-16 match against the runners-up in Group G where England and Belgium struggle for supremacy in a while Thursday.
Defeat for Senegal eradicated them on the staff degree of their first World Cup look since 2002, and left Africa with out a representative within the knockout levels.
Senegal were heading via until the 74th minute when Mina rose to fulfill a nook and despatched a bullet header into the online.
It was a crushing blow to the Senegalese who were the better side for lots of the game and had a penalty award overturned within the first half after a VAR evaluate.
They had seemed set to take the lead within the 17th minute when Liverpool forward Sadio Mane went down within the area under a problem from Davinson Sanchez and referee Milorad Mazic pointed to the spot.
The VAR system has no longer been universally acclaimed at this event, but tv replays appeared to show Sanchez get his heel on the ball, sooner than clattering into Mane, and after reviewing his original choice, Mazic agreed.
Colombia had got off to a poor start and suffered a blow early on when playmaker and talisman James Rodriguez was pressured off injured.
After his display of their final match against Poland, Colombian hopes had again been pinned on the shoulders of Rodriguez, who had spearheaded their run to the final quarter-finals 4 years in the past.
Those hopes seemed forlorn, on the other hand, inside mins of kickoff on the Samara Arena because the forward was hit with one heavy problem, which obviously took its toll, and he was withdrawn after half an hour having spent a lot of the intervening period ambling around the pitch.
His exit did little, on the other hand, to revive the sluggish South Americans, who were second very best in virtually each and every department.
Chances right through the sport were skinny on the flooring, with Colombia striker Radamel Falcao keeping off goal within the 25th minute and again in the second one half, while exchange Luis Muriel had an effort blocked.
Yet Mina ensured Colombia were not made to pay when he headed home within the 74th minute.
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Senegal had simplest needed a point of their final Group H game to achieve the following round, but defeat noticed them miss out to Japan, who edged them out of the runners-up spot by virtue of getting a better disciplinary file.
It was the primary time in World Cup historical past that two groups were separated by the volume of yellow playing cards they had accrued within the event.
Both Senegal and Japan, who were beaten 1-Zero by Poland on Thursday, completed the crowd with 4 issues and an identical file in all different respects. Yet the Asian side led to second position having picked up 4 yellow playing cards to Senegal's six.
Colombia, who completed as staff winners with six issues will face a last-16 match against the runners-up in Group G where England and Belgium struggle for supremacy in a while Thursday.
Defeat for Senegal eradicated them on the staff degree of their first World Cup look since 2002, and left Africa with out a representative within the knockout levels.
Senegal were heading via until the 74th minute when Mina rose to fulfill a nook and despatched a bullet header into the online.
It was a crushing blow to the Senegalese who were the better side for lots of the game and had a penalty award overturned within the first half after a VAR evaluate.
They had seemed set to take the lead within the 17th minute when Liverpool forward Sadio Mane went down within the area under a problem from Davinson Sanchez and referee Milorad Mazic pointed to the spot.
The VAR system has no longer been universally acclaimed at this event, but tv replays appeared to show Sanchez get his heel on the ball, sooner than clattering into Mane, and after reviewing his original choice, Mazic agreed.
Colombia had got off to a poor start and suffered a blow early on when playmaker and talisman James Rodriguez was pressured off injured.
After his display of their final match against Poland, Colombian hopes had again been pinned on the shoulders of Rodriguez, who had spearheaded their run to the final quarter-finals 4 years in the past.
Those hopes seemed forlorn, on the other hand, inside mins of kickoff on the Samara Arena because the forward was hit with one heavy problem, which obviously took its toll, and he was withdrawn after half an hour having spent a lot of the intervening period ambling around the pitch.
His exit did little, on the other hand, to revive the sluggish South Americans, who were second very best in virtually each and every department.
Chances right through the sport were skinny on the flooring, with Colombia striker Radamel Falcao keeping off goal within the 25th minute and again in the second one half, while exchange Luis Muriel had an effort blocked.
Yet Mina ensured Colombia were not made to pay when he headed home within the 74th minute.
FIFA WC: Colombia through to last 16 with 1-0 win over Senegal
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