Daniel Munoz’s 76th-minute aim guided Colombia to a Group Ok win over DR Congo, sending them to the spherical of 32.
Printed On 24 Jun 2026
Colombia secured their place in the FIFA World Cup round of 32 with a recreation to spare after a 1-0 victory over the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Group Ok on Tuesday, with Daniel Munoz scoring the winner after the South People had been pissed off for a lot of the night.
Colombia moved to 6 factors from two matches and assured their progress to the knockout stage forward of their last group recreation towards Portugal, who beat Uzbekistan 5-0 earlier on Tuesday.
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DR Congo remained on one level and can want a outcome towards Uzbekistan to maintain their qualification hopes alive.
Colombia dominated possession and created the higher probabilities all through, however had been repeatedly denied by goalkeeper Lionel Mpasi, who produced a collection of saves to maintain out efforts from James Rodriguez, Luis Diaz and Jhon Arias.
The breakthrough lastly arrived within the 76th minute, when Juan Quintero’s move discovered Munoz surging into the penalty space, and the defender fired a low shot that took a deflection on its well past Mpasi.
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