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The second round of group action came to a close last evening in Groups K and L.

Croatia boosted their qualification chances with a narrow 1-0 win over Concacaf's Panama.

Substitute Ante Budimir scored the match-winner to move a point behind England and Ghana both on four.

And Colombia punched their ticket to the knockout round with a similar 1-0 win over DR Congo.

Daniel Munoz was the hero again for the Colombians...while the DR Congo are still in the race for a spot in Group K despite only having one point.

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00:00With England held by Ghana, the door was open for Croatia to rebound against Panama.
00:05Also starts, there is a major milestone, 200 cap.
00:09But it was the Central Americans doing the early attacking.
00:12Can he get to this? He did get to it! And he's pushed onto the bar, is he? By Lavakovich.
00:19A vital touch from the Croatian keeper denying Panama their first goal of the tournament.
00:25His house is outstretched arm, that is an incredible save.
00:28Croatia's best chance of the opening half came at the very end.
00:35But the 2018 losing finals got a breakthrough early in the second.
00:51Veteran Ante Budimir coming off the bench to rescue the Croats.
00:57And they should have doubled on this counter.
00:59Modric now, through the middle. It's Pasović. Bearing down on goal. A second go at it. He's wasted it.
01:10But the Europeans can be thankful their keeper was in the zone.
01:13To save. Mirio again. And Lavakovich saves again.
01:17He came up with another fine save.
01:20Carlos Harvich.
01:22It's another spectacular save.
01:26As Croatia survived to stay alive in Group L, while luckless Panama are out.
01:31As good as the Croatian keeper was, DR Congo's Lionel Mpasi was even better against Colombia.
01:38Rebound is available. And it's on the wrong side of the post.
01:41A victory would see Colombia advance, but Mpasi was in their way.
01:45He'll unload from distance. And Mpasi needed to make a really good save.
01:50Mpasi was forced to make eight big saves on the night.
01:53All the way for Luis Diaz. And Mpasi makes another save.
01:56Brought out. It's Arias. And that's just wide.
01:59But when he was finally beaten, it took an unfortunate deflection.
02:02Tero, Cordova asking for it. The first time Alford takes a deflection.
02:07And it's in. And it's Daniel Munoz.
02:10Daniel Munoz with his second goal of the tournament for the South Americans.
02:15DR Congo's best chance came from distance, but the Colombian custodian was ready.
02:20Luis Diaz found the back of the net twice, but on both occasions, he was offside.
02:34As Colombia advance to the knockout round, while the DR Congo can still advance,
02:39Shede beat already eliminated Uzbekistan.
02:42Terence Clark, TV6 Sport.
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