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PHILADELPHIA, June 27 : Ghana coach Carlos Queiroz said on Saturday it was debatable as to whether the expanded 48-team World Cup had enhanced the tournament, warning it could devalue the soccer showpiece by taking the drama out of qualification.
MIAMI, June 27 : As Portugal and Colombia squared up for their final World Cup group game, top spot in Group K was on the line and the intensity on display from both teams matched the stakes in an entertaining but ultimately goalless draw.
PHILADELPHIA, June 27 : Croatia left it late to find a little World Cup sparkle, but history suggests they will not be worried by a sluggish group stage performance as they head into the business end of the tournament where they usually thrive the most.
ATLANTA: Congo advanced to the knockout stage of the World Cup for the first time by rallying to a 3-1 win against Uzbekistan on Saturday night. The African nation was playing in soccer’s biggest tournament for only the second time in its history after a 52-year absence.
MIAMI: Colombia finished top of World Cup Group K after playing out a highly-entertaining end-to-end 0-0 draw with Portugal on Saturday. Colombia will feel hard done by nevertheless as a marginal offside ruled out a late goal by Davinson Sanchez. The Colombians will play Ghana in the last 32 next Friday, while runners-up Portugal will see Cristiano Ronaldo face his old Real Madrid teammate Croatian icon Luka Modric on Thursday. However, Ronaldo was a peripheral presence in the fast-paced match, outshone by another former Real teammate, 34-year-old James Rodriguez. The game watched by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and FIFA President Gianni Infantino was played to the backdrop of a cacophony of noise from Colombian fans. Colombia should have opened the scoring early on but Jhon Cordoba headed over from close range after being brilliantly teed up by Bayern Munich star Luis Diaz. Cordoba went close again in the 17th minute, showing some sparkling skills to shrug off a Portuguese defender and unleash a piledriver of a strike. Portugal goalkeeper Diogo Costa did well to beat it away. Portugal have their talisman in the aging Ronaldo but Colombia have their own in Rodriguez. In his 11th World Cup appearance — a record for his country — the 34-year-old produced a typical piece of magic, a reverse pass found Jhon Arias, whose goalbound effort was cleared off the line by Ruben Neves. Ronaldo’s sole contribution was a free-kick which went straight into the arms of Colombian goalkeeper Camilo Vargas. The Colombian goalkeeper produced a save of the highest order shortly afterwards to deny Bruno Fernandes. Rodriguez was pulling the strings but he had a go himself close to the break, his shot was on target but Costa gathered it
Scotland manager Steve Clarke has stepped down following his side's elimination from the World Cup in the group stage, the Scottish Football Association announced Saturday (Jun 27).
MIAMI, June 27 : Colombia and Portugal played out a breathless 0-0 draw that was anything but dull to a wall of sound at Miami Stadium on Saturday with both teams advancing to the last 32 of the World Cup as the top two in Group K.
ATLANTA, June 27 : Striker Yoane Wissa netted twice as the Democratic Republic of Congo reached the World Cup knockouts after fighting their way back from a halftime deficit to win 3-1 against Uzbekistan on Saturday and set up a last-32 meeting with England.