The Colombian national team won the World Cup playoff match for the first time since 2014

The Colombian national team defeated the Ghanaian team with a score of 1:0 in the match of the 1/16 finals of the FIFA World Cup. The meeting took place on July 3 in Kansas City.

Midfielder John Arias scored the only goal in the 14th minute of the match.

John Cordoba, the striker of the Russian club Krasnodar, joined the starting line-up of the Colombian national team. The striker was injured at the very beginning of the match and was unable to continue the game. In the 8th minute of the meeting, the coaching staff made a forced substitution: Luis Suarez appeared on the field instead of the injured Cordoba.

Thanks to this victory, the Colombian team became the last participant in the 1/8 finals of the tournament. In the next round of the playoffs, the South Americans will face the Swiss national team, which previously beat the Algerian team with a score of 2:0. The match between Colombia and Switzerland will be held on Tuesday, July 7, in Vancouver.

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On July 3, the Egyptian national team defeated the Australian team in the match of the 1/16 finals of the FIFA World Cup. The match took place in Dallas and ended in a penalty shootout with a score of 4:2.