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Watch - Russia 2018, Group H: Senegal vs Colombia match highlights

Thursday, 28 June 2018, 20:07 Last update: about 8 years ago

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Colombia is moving on in the World Cup and Senegal is out, the first team to get eliminated on a new tiebreaker that punishes squads each time their players pick up yellow or red cards.

Yerry Mina scored on a header in the 74th minute to give Colombia a 1-0 win over the Senegalese and vault the South Americans from going home to winning the group. Japan beat out Senegal for the second spot despite its 1-0 loss because it accumulated four yellow cards to Senegal's six.

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It's the first time since 1982 that no African team has qualified for the knockout stage.

Colombia and Japan go on to play opponents from Group G — either England or Belgium. Those teams play later Thursday for the top spot in their group.

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