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Colombia beat Senegal today (28) by 1-0 and secured their place in the last 16 of the World Cup. The defeat accounted for the elimination of the African team, which finished the first round with the same number of points in Japan but, having more yellow cards, found itself outside the Cup of the world.
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James Rodriguez came out bruised and the pace of Colombia dropped.
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Senegal is the African team that has shown more quality and of chances to advance in the Russian Cup. Today, the draw ranked Africans and they started the game better. However, they slowed down in the second half and gave chances to a disorganized Colombia, but they wanted to win.
Colombia did little during the 90 minutes. James Rodríguez, the coach of the team, left in the 29th minute with an injury. The team lost midfielder to Africans and Falcão Garcia, the center forward of the team, appeared little. Squared, the main escape valve of the Colombian team, was not in a good day. He missed some dribbling and pbading and gave a lot of counterattacks to the opponent.
Colombia took advantage of Senegal's reduced pace in the second period and continued the attack. And the hero of the game was Mina.
How did the game
Senegal better start the game, dominating the action and attacking. Colombia looked like the team that lost to Japan in the first round rather than the one that beat Poland 3-0. At 16 minutes, Cuadrado lost the ball in midfield, Mané countered attack and was overthrown in the area. The referee scored the penalty for Senegal, but after viewing the video, he came back. Davinson Sánchez had touched the ball before reaching the Senegalese.
Senegal had more ball and was threatened with speed. Colombia was struggling to get the ball in the attack and hit the Senegalese mark.
The Colombians still had the ball when they came in danger twice in the first half. To complicate the situation of Colombia, James Rodríguez was replaced in the 29th minute, apparently after returning to the experience of an injury that has been continuing since before the World Cup.
In the second half, Colombia started more offensive guardian zone N 'Diaye. The South American team has missed several pbades and dribbles. Squared, the main offensive weapon in the midfield and the attack link, was not good in the game and lost a lot of balls.
Goal of the lead
And in the 28th minute, Colombia opened the scoring on a free kick. It was the second goal of the quarter-finals of the World Cup.
Immediately after the goal, Senegal tried to answer and nearly equalized, but goalkeeper Ospina defended Niang's shot. The Africans were asleep in the match, accommodated with the draw.
The match begins to be dramatic for Senegal, which was eliminated with the defeat, since Japan also lost 1 x 0 to Poland in the other match, but it overtook Africans in the criteria breakage of equality.
With this, Colombia finish first in group H, with 6 points. Japan, with 4 points, is second and is also in the eighth inning.
Colombia will take second place in group G and the Japanese will play with first place. Group G has already defined the clbadified, Belgium and England.
See the 16 countries clbadified for the direct elimination round
1 Uruguay
2 Russia [Lesdeuxéquipesjouentà15hjeudipourdéterminerquiseralepremierdugroupe19659002] 9 Spain
9 Spain
9 Spain
5 Spain
5 Spain
19659002] 13 England
14 Belgium
15 Colombia
16 Japan
Edition: Kleber Sampaio
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