At minute 40, Daniel Muñoz opened the scoring for the Colombian team. The play was born from a filtered pass from Luis Díaz, who broke lines and left Muñoz in front of the goalkeeper. The side scored to make it 1-0.
However, Uzbekistan responded with a counterattack and Abbosbek Fayzullaev scored the 1-1 tie in the 60th minute with a header inside the area, which generated tension among Colombian fans.
When the game seemed to get complicated, Luis Díaz appeared again as the protagonist. After a collective play and an overflow on the left, the Bayern Munich attacker received inside the area and defined with a cross shot to make it 2-1 in favor of Colombia.
Minutes before the first goal, one of the most talked about images of the match occurred. During a dispute near the touchline between Luis Díaz and Uzbek defender Abdukodir Khusanov, the Central Asian player accidentally hit a cameraman who was covering the play. The professional fell to the ground, a fact that generated numerous reactions on social networks.
After the first goal, the Colombian speaker and content creator of Japanese origin Yokoi Kenji Díaz published a reel on Instagram in which he reacted with euphoria.
In the video he can be heard shouting: “Colombia’s first goal! I fainted,” while the camera moves with emotion. The humorous clip quickly went viral and accumulated hundreds of thousands of views.
In the 90+8 minute, Jáminton Leandro Campaz scored the third goal of the match, and sealed the debut game for the South American team.
Uzbekistan, led by Fabio Cannavaro, showed tactical discipline and danger on the counterattack, especially with Eldor Shomurodov and Fayzullaev, but they could not reverse the score. The White Wolves have left good impressions in some moments of the game.
The match, corresponding to the first day of Group K, combined outstanding actions on and off the field. Luis Díaz’s pass, Muñoz’s goal, Fayzullaev’s equalizer, Díaz’s goal plus Jáminton Campaz’s, the clash with the cameraman and Yokoi Kenji’s reaction have become some of the most talked about topics during the match.