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Japan make Asian history : SHOCK FANCIED COLOMBIA
A late Yuya Osako header gave Japan a 2-1 victory over 10-man Colombia in an entertaining World Cup Group H match here on Tuesday.
Saransk: A late Yuya Osako header gave Japan a 2-1 victory over 10-man Colombia in an entertaining World Cup Group H match here on Tuesday.
Osako broke Colombia's resistance in the 79th minute after Juan Quintero's free-kick cancelled out an early Shinji Kagawa penalty at the Mordovia Arena, reports Xinhua news agendy.
The South Americans were forced to play almost the entire match with 10 men after Carlos Sanchez was sent off for a deliberate handball in the area.
The result leaves Group H wide open given that 61st-ranked Japan were the least fancied of the four teams in the group, which also includes World No.8 Poland and 27th-ranked Senegal.
A victory against the African team in their next match on Sunday would guarantee Akira Nishino's side a place in the round of 16.
Meanwhile, 16th-ranked Colombia will need to defeat Poland, also on Sunday, just to keep alive their hopes of progressing to the knockout stage.
Colombia suffered a blow before Tuesday's match when Bayern Munich midfielder James Rodriguez was left out with a leg muscle problem.
As expected, the Cafeteros' all-time leading scorer Radamel Falcao was included in the starting eleven, having missed the 2014 World Cup with a knee injury.
Japan, who lost 4-1 to Colombia during the group stage in Brazil four years ago, included the experienced pair of Kagawa and Yuto Nagatomo in their starting lineup.
