Then the dam broke. Five minutes after pulling level, the Uzbeks were behind again, and the late Campaz header turned a respectable scoreline into a tougher one. Abdukodir Khusanov picked up a 34th-minute yellow but stayed on. The debut ends with 0 points, a moral-victory goal, and a brutal group still ahead.
Luis Díaz ran the show. He teed up Muñoz for the opener with a 40th-minute delivery, then put Colombia back in front himself five minutes after Uzbekistan equalized, finishing a Gustavo Puerta assist in the 65th. The Liverpool man left with a goal, an assist, and the man-of-the-match look about him.
Around him, Colombia controlled the ball at 61.5% and never really felt like a side in trouble, even after the Fayzullaev shock. Johan Mojica got booked inside seven minutes for a clumsy challenge and had to play careful the rest of the way. Cucho Hernández iced it from the bench, swinging in the cross Campaz buried 9 minutes into second-half stoppage time.
Markets had Colombia at roughly a 73% moneyline favorite before kickoff, and the over 2.5 was the marginal lean. Both cashed. No upset, no chaos — just a chalk result with a brief mid-match scare. The price did its job.
The group is the actual story. With Portugal looming, the live board has Colombia at 48% to win Group K and Portugal at 46% — a coin flip with a head-to-head still to come. Uzbekistan's path to the round of 16 sits at 7%, which is the polite way of saying they need a miracle against Portugal or Congo DR. Next up: Portugal for Colombia, the kind of matchup that decides who tops the group and who takes the harder bracket.
DR Congo1-3
Portugal0-5
Colombia1-3
Switzerland0-0
Ghana1-0Portugal0-0DR Congo1-0Uzbekistan3-1