00:16welcome to beyond the game the ball stays pure Colombia marked her highly anticipated World
00:21Cup return with a thrilling 3 to 1 victory over a stubborn Uzbekistan side those cafeteros struck
00:27first in the 40th minute a brilliant assist from star winger Luiz Diaz set up Daniel Munoz who
00:33definitely flicked the ball home to break the deadlock right before halftime for the evidence
00:39Abouzbek Faizulaev scored a historic goal that tied the game Uzbekistan's first goal in a World Cup but
00:45the joy was short-lived Luiz Diaz came to the rescue just five minutes later with a powerful
00:50low shot that put his team back in the lead Colombia sealed the three points deep into
00:55stoppage time when substitute Jammington campus buried a powerful header Colombia now sits comfortably
01:01at the top of group K and supporters gather in a fan zone in Bogota feature in a giant giant
01:11screens to
01:12watch Colombian national football team winning its opening match in the World Cup against Uzbekistan
01:18around 5,000 fans were probably watching the game at the Fontanal de Rio Park bringing together adults
01:24and children to experience the excitement and passion of the 2026 World Cup excited fans
01:29celebrated the 3-1 victory for Los Cafeteros marking a strong start to the tournament
01:41meanwhile Colombian fans in the US rejoice after Colombia beat World Cup debiting Uzbekistan 3-1 in
01:46their opening group cake game thanks to an inspired performance from Luis Diaz I'm absolutely thrilled
01:54no one misses their homeland more than an immigrant who's far away I encourage you all not to miss this
01:58fantastic celebration Colombia is making its mark at this World Cup I love all of you very much and
02:04may we all enjoy this celebration in peace and with love the energy is phenomenal the people the culture we
02:11are not in Colombia but here as we were singing tonight Colombia is 100 percent present and England
02:21announced themselves a serious World Cup contenders with a thrilling 4-2 victory over
02:25Croatia in one of the tournament's highest quality matches so far played at a relentless pace the
02:30three Lions combined attacking flair with clinical finishing to outgun a talented Croatian side that
02:35refused to back down England race into the lead with a sharp combination play and repeatedly exposed
02:40Croatia on the counter-attack Croatia responded twice to stay in contention but England's attacking death
02:45proved decisive as they struck two more goals to put the result beyond doubt the six goal spectacle
02:51deliver end-to-end action outstanding individual performances and plenty of drama Brazilian player Neymar
03:04Jr took another careful stride out of the medical room and back toward the World Cup spotlight joining
03:09his teammates on the practice field for the first time since the five times champions arrived in New
03:14Jersey Neymar resume training with the national team after being sidelined since Mason to a right calf injury start of
03:22the
03:22training session which was open to me and attended by the full squad he was welcomed back with applause his
03:28teammates and even went through up guard of honor celebrate his return for the past 15 days Neymar underwent medical
03:35test and
03:36physiotherapy sessions to aid his recovery his return to the group is expected to be available for the third
03:42group C match against Scotland it's worth remembering that the footballer has not played for the national
03:48team since October 23 when he suffered a tear of the anterior crusade ligament and meniscus in his left knee
04:03and Portugal's lackluster performance in his debut against the Republic of Congo continues to spark intense
04:10debate in the sports world Victor Hugo Morales a journalist football intellectual host of la pelota no se
04:16Moncha the boss Shakespeare analyzed the Ronaldo's performance and the invisibility of the constant comparison
04:23with Messi following his hat-trick two days ago we didn't see much from Ronaldo he had two chances near
04:32the goal but mishandled the ball badly and seemed quite impatient you know what Ronaldo always tries
04:39to say he's the best of his generation and that's his way of putting himself above Messi in this debate
04:45I
04:46think it's unanimous or nearly so that Messi is the best but Ronaldo must have his own sense of pride
04:51and it's
04:52justified because he's a wonderful player the fact that Messi scored three goals yesterday I think
04:59placed a very special responsibility on Ronaldo but beyond the current rivalry the general analysis
05:06gets to the root of Alves Alesa's longevity there were doubts when the last world cup ended he said
05:14goodbye thinking he couldn't do it anymore I was one of those who bet he'd play in another world cup
05:20because if he'd kept going for a couple more years the world cup would have been within his reach provided
05:26he was physically fit he's a man who hasn't suffered any major injuries who hasn't gone two years without
05:31playing for any reason so it's not that surprising given of course his immeasurable genius let's not
05:40forget that in Argentina some of the media were extremely critical of him
05:46Messi gave up playing for the Argentine national team mortified by the criticism which was vulgar
05:53exaggerated and above all undeserved I have to say something I don't think there was ever a game with
05:59Messi on the field where he wasn't the star of the game what happened was that sometimes Messi played below
06:05his usual standard below what one would expect from him and that's what people focused on rather than the
06:11fact that he was always the most decisive player on the field and the excitement of football is reaching
06:18every corner because in the south of the Gaza Strip in the settlement of Han Junis young Palestinians are
06:23taking part in the semifinals of their own world cup with virtually no resources to practice sports the
06:29tournament known as the Gaza World Cup is being contested by children and teenagers between the ages of 10 and
06:3415
06:35I mean devastated areas they play barefoot or with improvised footwear who are in hand-painted jerseys
06:41representing different national teams in this way at least 200 young people have been organized into 16
06:48teams mirroring the final stage of an international tournament coach Mohammed Abuta says this initiative
06:55demonstrates psychological resilience through sports Mohammed explains that after losing infrastructure and
07:01players some of whom became martyrs and others who were injured they are trying through this event to
07:07restore hope to the people following the continuous Israeli attacks in the region
07:19this is all for this edition of beyond the game the ball stays pure as we were saying the first
07:23game of the
07:24second round of the group stage between the Czech Republic and South Africa is currently 1-0 Czech Republic are
07:31winning that game with it which they score very early in the six minutes something we have seen repeatedly in
07:35this edition of world cup with very early goals we'll see what happens in the second half we go back
07:40to you Lorena thank you Lucy for keeping us posted on today updates in the world of football and with
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