Szlia
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Good luck trying to predict what will happen in this group!
As for Columbia being as good as Japan while one man down, let's not be silly, it's just that all plans made by both teams got out the window 3 minutes in. Japan suddenly was unsure if it needed to play or preserve the win, chose to not play and of course got punished for it. In the 2nd half, Japan played and dominated outrageously a Columbian team that paid the real price for being one man down: you have to work harder and working harder for basically a full match is exhausting. This domination ended in a goal, but with the lead Japan got a little nervous again (though they had some good phases of ball movement to keep possession) and obviously Columbia threw all its remaining energy in the last few minutes so it got a bit hairy.
As for Columbia being as good as Japan while one man down, let's not be silly, it's just that all plans made by both teams got out the window 3 minutes in. Japan suddenly was unsure if it needed to play or preserve the win, chose to not play and of course got punished for it. In the 2nd half, Japan played and dominated outrageously a Columbian team that paid the real price for being one man down: you have to work harder and working harder for basically a full match is exhausting. This domination ended in a goal, but with the lead Japan got a little nervous again (though they had some good phases of ball movement to keep possession) and obviously Columbia threw all its remaining energy in the last few minutes so it got a bit hairy.