Colombia and Japan continue - Senegal fails in the fair play rating

What a drama on the last matchday of Group H: Colombia and Japan made it to the World Cup round of 16. For the first time, the fair play table decided at a World Cup.

While Colombia made it to the round of 1 relatively confidently after a 0-0 win over Senegal, it was enough for Japan despite a 1-XNUMX defeat against Poland. This is solely due to the fair play rating: Japan received fewer yellow cards than Senegal over the course of the tournament. This meant that the last African team also had to give up.

Reason to celebrate: Colombia advances to the round of 16. © APA/afp / MANAN VATSYAYANA

Mina scores the winning goal In front of 41.970 spectators, Yerry Mina scored the winning goal for Colombia in the 74th minute. The South Americans, who had to do without the injured Bayern star James Rodriguez early on, even finished first in Group H with their second win. Coach José Pekerman's team and Japan will face England and Belgium respectively in the round of XNUMX.

For a long time everything pointed to a 0-0 draw. The Colombians initially couldn't get into the rhythm. They almost only created dangerous situations after the ball was at rest. Only after the news of Poland's opening goal against Japan did the Colombians turn up the heat. Senegal's goalkeeper Khadim N'Diaye made a desperate save against the onrushing Luis Muriel. Cheered on by their fans, the cafeteros came to operating temperature. Against the poorly positioned Senegalese, Mina scored the opening goal with a powerful header from a corner. It was the first big opportunity for his team. Colombia's football legend Carlos Valderama cheered appropriately in the stands.

Recently, Senegal tried everything again. But it wasn't enough to pose a serious threat to the Colombian defense. With a draw, both Colombia and Senegal would have advanced thanks to Poland's win against Japan. Japan happy The Asians lost 0-1 (0-0) in Volgograd, but that was enough. If it had been 0-2, Japan would have been out again. So nothing happened, especially in the last few minutes.

Jan Bednarek (59th minute) gave Poland a conciliatory end to the tournament with its first win in Russia in front of 42.189 spectators. The Eastern Europeans had already won their last game in their last finals in 2002 and 2006, thereby averting their worst showing at a World Cup.

The Japanese finished the preliminary round with the same number of points and goals as the Africans, but had two fewer yellow cards to their name. Both teams scored 4:4 goals and the direct comparison also ended in a 2:2 draw.

Pos Country Points 1. Colombia 6 2. Japan 4 3. Senegal 4 4. Poland 3

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Colombia and Japan continue - Senegal fails in the fair play rating

In Group H there was a very thin decision in the last preliminary round games on Thursday. For the first time at a World Cup, the fair play rating was decisive.

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