{"id":97245,"date":"2026-07-04T10:04:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T10:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/97245\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T10:04:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T10:04:03","slug":"colombia-beats-ghana-1-0-will-travel-to-vancouver-to-face-switzerland-in-the-world-cup-round-of-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/97245\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombia Beats Ghana 1-0; Will Travel to Vancouver to Face Switzerland in the World Cup Round of 16"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Colombia<\/p>\n

Standing between Colombia<\/a> and a place in the World Cup round of 16 is a Ghana side that has already defied expectations. Credit: FCF via X. <\/p>\n

Colombia beat Ghana 1-0 in the 2026 World Cup round of 32. La Tricolor will head up north to Vancouver, Canada to play Switzerland for a place in the World Cup Quarter-Finals next Tuesday. <\/p>\n

The national team dominated extensive parts of the game and did not really suffer against a Ghana side that proved to be rockier than previously expected. Gustavo Puerta was once again the standout man for Colombia in midfield, as he ran the show. Jhon Arias\u2019s goal was enough to secure Colombia a spot in the tournament\u2019s best 16. <\/p>\n

First Half <\/p>\n

00\u2032 | KICK OFF \u2014 After an emotional rendition of the national anthem, Colombia kicks off its World Cup round of 32 game against Ghana <\/p>\n

1:15\u2032 | CLOSE \u2013 Ghana comes close to scoring in the opening minutes of the game as Thomas Partey took a mid-range shot that drifted wide. <\/p>\n

8:00\u2032 | SUBSTITUTION \u2013 Luis Suarez comes on for John Cordoba, as Cordoba pulled his hamstring<\/p>\n

13:00\u2032 | GOAL \u2013 Jhon Arias<\/a> Scores for COLOMBIA!!<\/p>\n

23:00\u2032 | Cooling Break!<\/p>\n

38:00\u2032 | CLOSE \u2013 Colombia comes close to scoring its second goal against Ghana through a Luis Diaz Effort. <\/p>\n

45:00\u2032 | CLOSE \u2013 Colombia comes close to scoring its second goal against Ghana after Daniel Mu\u00f1oz set up Johan Mojica with a great cross. The Ghana goalkeeper was forced to make a great save after Mojica\u2019s header.<\/p>\n

Second half begins <\/p>\n

45:00\u2019| SUBSTITUTION \u2013 Colombian captain James Rodriguez is changed for Richard Rios<\/p>\n

54:00\u2019| Close!! \u2013 Gustavo Puerta forces yet another save from the Ghanaian goalkeeper. <\/p>\n

55:00\u2019| Close!! \u2013 Colombia got their second goal of the night disallowed as Luis Diaz was offside. <\/p>\n

55:00\u2019| Close!! \u2013 Luis Diaz <\/a>forced the Ghanaian goalkeeper to make yet another outstanding save. Colombia is close to scoring their second. <\/p>\n

69:00\u2019| Cooling Break!<\/p>\n

80:00\u2019| CLOSE! \u2013 After a corner, Davinson Sanchez headed the ball and came close to putting Colombia two up.<\/p>\n

83:00\u2019| CLOSE! \u2013 Juan Fernando Quintero<\/a> came close to scoring the goal of the tournament from a long-distance shot. <\/p>\n

89:00\u2019| SUBSTITUTION \u2013 Luis Diaz has been substituted for Jaminton Campaz. <\/p>\n

91:00\u2019| CLOSE \u2013 Richard Rios came close to sealing the game for Colombia through a header in the second post.<\/p>\n

Colombia\u2019s Line Up to Face Ghana in the World Cup Round of 32<\/p>\n

Formation: 4-3-3<\/p>\n

Camilo Vargas, Daniel Mu\u00f1oz, Davinson Sanchez, Jhon Lucumi, Johan Mojica, Jhon Arias, Jefferson Lerma, Gustavo Puerta, James Rodr\u00edguez (C), Luis Diaz and Jhon Cordoba.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Standing between Colombia and a place in the World Cup round of 16 is a Ghana side that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[21383,10780,2016,1691,25899,17,48347],"class_list":["post-97245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-2026-world-cup","tag-colombia","tag-featured","tag-ghana","tag-luis-diaz","tag-switzerland","tag-world-cup-round-of-32"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116861145331581579","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}