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Belgium will face Japan in the last 16 of the 2018 FIFA World Cup after they beat England 1-0 on Thursday to secure a first-place finish in Group G.
Runners-up England came out second-best after Adnan Januzaj led a team of Belgian reserves to their third successive win in Russia, with the winners Colombia next time out
Colombia beat the World Cup running after Yerry Mina's head gets the victory 1-0 at the Samara Arena, with the last remaining second place in Group H to Japan based on fair play.
The Blue Samurai lost 1-0 to bottom-place finishers Poland, goal Akira Nishino's side after incurring two fewer yellow cards than Senegal head-to-head scoring.
Here's a look at the round-of-16 schedule after the first phase of the competition came to an end on Thursday:
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We look back at the final day of group-stage results at the 2018 World Cup, complete with updated standings from the last two pools to be decided and a roundup of the day's highlights.
Thursday World Cup Results
Group H
Japan 0-1 Poland
Senegal 0-1 Colombia
Group G
England 0-1 Belgium
Panama 1-2 Tunisia
Final Standings
Group G
1. Belgium: 9 (+7)
2. England: 6 (+5)
3. Tunisia: 3 (-3)
4. Panama: 0 (-9)
Group H
1. Colombia: 6 (+3)
2. Japan *: 4 (0)
3. Senegal: 4 (0)
4. Poland: 3 (-3)
* Japan with a superior fair-play record in Senegal. Visit the FIFA official website for the full standings.
Recap
England got the second-place finish in Group G that many fans would have preferred prior to kick-off, and it was a carefully curled effort from training Manchester United winger Januzaj that sealed things in Kaliningrad.
The runners-up in the group were dubbed Danny Rose in the final in Russia, and Januzaj's shimmy would go to England, via Fox Soccer (US only):
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Januzaj creates some separation and curls it beautifully to put Belgium up 1-0 on England and give them the lead in the Group G standings! https://t.co/TrwUnuxnxD
Januzaj had his moments at Real Sociedad last season and showed shades of the player that once made him an interesting prospect at Old Trafford, via ITV Football (UK only):
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GOAL! Januzaj gives @BelRedDevils the lead with a fantastic curling finish! https://t.co/r2yIOomuwt
Belgium have the easier round-of-16 opponents in Brazil, Portugal, France, Argentina, Uruguay. By comparison, England's toughest potential opponents providing they beat Colombia are Spain, Croatia and Sweden.
It was hardly a glitzy opportunity to meet between England and Belgium, with the formation of eight changes while the latter made nine. Journalist Tom Victor could not help but get the damn on an incredible Januzaj finish:
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Wahbi Khazri played the hero for Tunisia, however, and slotted in Fakhreddine Ben Youssef to score before the smashing in the winner himself (US only):
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Tunisia come back to take the lead!
Can Panama fight back to get a point (or more)? https://t.co/U4AsVH2EIN
It's the second time in as many matches that Khazri has scored and assisted in the same game for Tunisia (UK only):
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GOAL! Omar Haddadi's Tales of Wahbi Khazri tussle with a low cross from https://t.co/o84kqTJ0QH
Yerry Mina's second goal of the World Cup meant by Colombia's Group Resurrection was completed on Thursday, see them The center-back to the summit of the standings in the late nineteenth century.
The Barcelona center-back rose to the highest goal of the game on 74 minutes, and Fox Soccer provided highlights of the encounter, where it was the Lions of Teranga in control for much of the earlier play (US only):
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Senegal and Colombia played a game that determined who would advance to the round of 16 .
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A second clean sheet and scoring display in succession saw Mina named man of the match, and the official World Cup Twitter account posted footage of the goal:
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Jose Pekerman's men redeemed themselves after an early Carlos Sánchez red card saw them lose their opener against Japan 2-1, and they'll feel first place where they belonged all along
Grammy Award-winner Shakira, the wife of Mina's Barcelona team-mate Gerard Pique, shown her love for her native Colombia in the wake of their advancement to the knockout stages, via Sports Illustrated :
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Japan had upset the odds earlier in Group H after beating Colombia and drawing 2-2 against Senegal, but they risked putting that good work to waste after making six changes for Thursday's group- stage closer.
Poland got their first points of this World Cup after Bednarek's vo Japan, who struggled to have the same threat, via Fox Soccer (U.S. only):
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Poland had a disappointing FIFA World Cup, but they got the win over Japan to end it on a positive note.
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It's the first time in the World Cup the world cup has been eliminated from the World Cup on fair-play points, and Goal's Tom Maston explained a cruel end to the competition for Senegal:
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Japan is through to the last 16, but by the skin of their teeth #JPN
@TomMaston runs through the dramatic ending to H Group https://t.co/nBOWCxebVU
Japan may have staved off some fatigue for their knockout-stage run, but to give up first place in Group H after they came into
Colombia, meanwhile, will hope to gather more momentum after winning two matches in succession in Russia, Pekerman also having the El Tricolor to successive World Cup knockout- stage appearances for the first time.
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