{"id":15858,"date":"2026-06-18T22:22:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/?p=15858"},"modified":"2026-06-18T22:57:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:27:57","slug":"colombia-3-1-uzbekistan-diaz-dazzles-uzbekistans-first-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/colombia-3-1-uzbekistan-diaz-dazzles-uzbekistans-first-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombia 3\u20131 Uzbekistan: D\u00edaz dazzles and Uzbekistan&#8217;s First Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was the kind of match that demands your full attention. Posts. Crossbars. A historic first goal for Uzbekistan. A substitute goal in the dying seconds of stoppage time. And another woodwork rattle in the final seconds just to make sure the nerves were fully shredded. Colombia won 3\u20131 at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, but Uzbekistan, in their FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 debut, gave them considerably more trouble than the scoreline suggests.<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-black ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Page Contents:<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #282fff;color:#282fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #282fff;color:#282fff\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/colombia-3-1-uzbekistan-diaz-dazzles-uzbekistans-first-ever\/#Colombia_came_close_%E2%80%94_Twice\" title=\"Colombia came close \u2014 Twice\">Colombia came close \u2014 Twice<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/colombia-3-1-uzbekistan-diaz-dazzles-uzbekistans-first-ever\/#Munozs_Brilliant_Opener_40%E2%80%B2\" title=\"Mu\u00f1oz&#8217;s Brilliant Opener (40&#8242;)\">Mu\u00f1oz&#8217;s Brilliant Opener (40&#8242;)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/colombia-3-1-uzbekistan-diaz-dazzles-uzbekistans-first-ever\/#Fayzullaevs_Historic_Goal_%E2%80%94_Uzbekistans_First_Ever_60%E2%80%B2\" title=\"Fayzullaev&#8217;s Historic Goal \u2014 Uzbekistan&#8217;s First Ever (60&#8242;)\">Fayzullaev&#8217;s Historic Goal \u2014 Uzbekistan&#8217;s First Ever (60&#8242;)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/colombia-3-1-uzbekistan-diaz-dazzles-uzbekistans-first-ever\/#Diaz_Restores_the_Lead_%E2%80%94_Through_the_Keepers_Gloves_65%E2%80%B2\" title=\"D\u00edaz Restores the Lead \u2014 Through the Keeper&#8217;s Gloves (65&#8242;)\">D\u00edaz Restores the Lead \u2014 Through the Keeper&#8217;s Gloves (65&#8242;)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/colombia-3-1-uzbekistan-diaz-dazzles-uzbekistans-first-ever\/#Substitutes_Wrap_It_Up_in_Stoppage_Time_908%E2%80%B2\" title=\"Substitutes Wrap It Up in Stoppage Time (90+8&#8242;)\">Substitutes Wrap It Up in Stoppage Time (90+8&#8242;)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/colombia-3-1-uzbekistan-diaz-dazzles-uzbekistans-first-ever\/#What_This_Means\" title=\"What This Means\">What This Means<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Group K is alive. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/colombia\/colombia-squad\">Colombia<\/a> lead on three points. Portugal and DR Congo sit on one point each after their earlier draw. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/uzbekistan\/uzbekistan-squad\">Uzbekistan<\/a> are yet to open their account. Colombia face DR Congo next; Portugal take on Uzbekistan. Nothing is decided. Not yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>All the <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\"><strong><em>FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em><strong> matches are live on <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/myaccount\/subscription?plan-ref=0-11-7467&amp;asset-ref=0-6-4z5914493&amp;visibility=SELECTED&amp;context=FIFA\"><strong><em>ZEE5 FIFA Subscription<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em><strong> in India \u2014 subscribe now. ZEE5 Quarterly Plan at \u20b9799 or Annual Plan at \u20b91,699.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Colombia_came_close_%E2%80%94_Twice\"><\/span><strong>Colombia came close \u2014 Twice<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colombia arrived at the Azteca as favourites and spent the opening half-hour proving it \u2014 without the goals to show for it. Jhon Arias collected a sharp pass outside the penalty area in the 17th minute and hit a powerful long-range drive that whistled past the post and into the side netting. Close. Not close enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fifteen minutes later, Luis D\u00edaz was even closer. Skipping past his marker on the left edge of the penalty area, he curled a delicate left-footed strike with the kind of technique that makes crowds hold their breath. It curled. It dipped. It struck the base of the post and stayed out. D\u00edaz turned away in disbelief. Goalkeeper Utkir Yusupov exhaled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Munozs_Brilliant_Opener_40%E2%80%B2\"><\/span><strong>Mu\u00f1oz&#8217;s Brilliant Opener (40&#8242;)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The breakthrough arrived ten minutes before halftime, and it was worth the wait. D\u00edaz dropped deep, collected the ball with his back to goal, and without hesitation clipped a perfectly weighted overhead ball over the Uzbek defensive line. Daniel Mu\u00f1oz had timed his run to perfection \u2014 arriving at full pace, he met the ball in stride and flicked it into the centre of the net with the outside of his right boot. A goal of real craft. Colombia led 1\u20130.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uzbekistan headed into the interval trailing, but not out of it. Their head coach made a decisive change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fayzullaevs_Historic_Goal_%E2%80%94_Uzbekistans_First_Ever_60%E2%80%B2\"><\/span><strong>Fayzullaev&#8217;s Historic Goal \u2014 Uzbekistan&#8217;s First Ever (60&#8242;)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uzbekistan introduced winger Dostonbek Khamdamov at halftime, and the substitution changed the match entirely. The second half was fifteen minutes old when Eldor Shomurodov picked up the ball on the left wing and delivered a dangerous cross into the Colombia penalty area. Khamdamov arrived at pace to meet it with a stinging volley \u2014 the shot beat Camilo Vargas but struck the post, rebounding back into the six-yard box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abbosbek Fayzullaev reacted faster than everyone. Diving forward, he powered a header into the net. 1\u20131. Uzbekistan had scored their first-ever goal at a World Cup. The players mobbed each other. The Uzbek supporters in the Azteca roared. It was a moment of pure footballing history, earned through genuine quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Diaz_Restores_the_Lead_%E2%80%94_Through_the_Keepers_Gloves_65%E2%80%B2\"><\/span><strong>D\u00edaz Restores the Lead \u2014 Through the Keeper&#8217;s Gloves (65&#8242;)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parity lasted five minutes. Gustavo Puerta threaded a sharp pass through the Uzbek midfield into the feet of Luis D\u00edaz, who had found space in the centre of the box. D\u00edaz kept his composure and hit a low, driving shot \u2014 not spectacular, but placed. The ball slipped straight through the gloves of Yusupov and rolled over the line. A goalkeeping error that will sting. Colombia led 2\u20131.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Substitutes_Wrap_It_Up_in_Stoppage_Time_908%E2%80%B2\"><\/span><strong>Substitutes Wrap It Up in Stoppage Time (90+8&#8242;)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colombia sealed the three points in the eighth minute of stoppage time through their substitutes. Cucho Hern\u00e1ndez, full of energy from the bench, battled furiously to win possession on the right flank and immediately looked up. His looping cross arced beyond the far post, and Jaminton Campaz \u2014 also a substitute \u2014 read the flight perfectly, leaping to power a close-range header past Yusupov. 3\u20131. Colombia. Then, almost immediately, Karimov rattled the woodwork again. Right at the end. Uzbekistan&#8217;s luck throughout the match had been particularly cruel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_This_Means\"><\/span><strong>What This Means<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colombia lead Group K on three points. Portugal, with their 1\u20131 draw against DR Congo, are level on one point with Uzbekistan and DR Congo. Every remaining match in this group carries weight. Colombia face DR Congo next; Portugal take on Uzbekistan. Nothing is decided. Not yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Uzbekistan, the historic first World Cup goal and the competitive performance across 90 minutes at the Azteca will matter greatly \u2014 not for the scoreline, but for the belief they carry into the rest of the tournament.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Follow Colombia, Uzbekistan, and every other team&#8217;s FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 journey \u2014 live on ZEE5 in India.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Disclaimer: Subscription pack prices are subject to change from time to time. Please visit the subscription page for the most up-to-date pricing information.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was the kind of match that demands your full attention. Posts. Crossbars. A historic first goal for Uzbekistan. A substitute goal in the dying seconds of stoppage time. 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