MUNDIAL·26

First Stage · Group K · Saturday, June 27 · Miami Stadium, Miami · 64,478 in the stands

kickoff 19:30 local · 31°C · 71% humidity

Colombia

0:0

Portugal

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Colombia4-3-3
Portugal4-2-3-1
Camilo VARGAS7.3Jhon LUCUMI6.8Santiago ARIAS7.9Gustavo PUERTA6.9Deiver MACHADO7.2Davinson SANCHEZ7.5James RODRIGUEZ7.5Jhon ARIAS7.8Jefferson LERMA6.5Luis DIAZ6.5Jhon CORDOBA6.2DIOGO COSTA8.3RUBEN DIAS7.4RENATO VEIGA8.2JOAO CANCELO7.1NUNO MENDES7.4BRUNO FERNANDES6.8RUBEN NEVES6.7VITINHA7.2CRISTIANO RONALDO6.4JOAO FELIX6.3PEDRO NETO6.6
from the bench

match pulse — xG per 5 minutes · goals · cards

45′90′COLPOR

goals — hover the strip for every shot and card, with names

  • quiet five minutes — nothing on record
COL 0:0 POR0'kickoff
2' Diaz — xG 0.04 · Blocked2' Cordoba — xG 0.23 · Missed4' R. Neves — xG 0.01 · Missed6' Diaz — xG 0.07 · Missed12' Fernandes — xG 0.01 · Missed14' Puerta — xG 0.04 · Missed17' Cordoba — xG 0.07 · Saved17' Diaz — xG 0.13 · Blocked22' Arias — xG 0.03 · Missed24' Ronaldo — xG 0.03 · Saved38' Vitinha — xG 0.03 · Blocked39' Fernandes — xG 0.28 · Saved39' Ronaldo — xG 0.08 · Blocked40' R. Neves — xG 0.02 · Missed42' Félix — xG 0.26 · Missed44' James — xG 0.10 · Blocked44' Lerma — xG 0.02 · Blocked45' Puerta — xG 0.06 · Saved45 + 1' Diaz — xG 0.02 · Missed45 + 2' Ronaldo — xG 0.03 · Blocked45 + 3' James — xG 0.04 · Saved51' Félix — xG 0.09 · Missed55' Lerma — xG 0.03 · Saved55' Arias — xG 0.02 · Saved57' Félix — xG 0.03 · Blocked62' Rios — xG 0.26 · Missed65' Suarez — xG 0.03 · Blocked65' Sanchez — xG 0.04 · Missed66' Arias — xG 0.06 · Saved67' Puerta — xG 0.02 · Missed73' Suarez — xG 0.08 · Missed74' James — xG 0.03 · Blocked78' Dalot — xG 0.03 · Missed88' Suarez — xG 0.13 · Missed90 + 1' Suarez — xG 0.09 · Missed90 + 3' Leao — xG 0.04 · Missed90 + 5' Puerta — xG 0.07 · Blocked

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The xG race — cumulative expected goals, minute by minute

COL 0:0 POR
1.00′15′30′45′60′75′90′1.710.94

On paper vs as played — formation sheet vs heatmap reality

COL 4-3-3 attack →, ← POR 4-2-3-1 attack. The teamsheet, as announced.

12Camilo VARGASCamilo VARGAS3Jhon LUCUMIJhon LUCUMI4Santiago ARIASSantiago ARIAS14Gustavo PUERTAGustavo PUERTA22Deiver MACHADODeiver MACHADO23Davinson SANCHEZDavinson SANCHEZ10James RODRIGUEZJames RODRIGUEZ11Jhon ARIASJhon ARIAS16Jefferson LERMAJefferson LERMA7Luis DIAZLuis DIAZ9Jhon CORDOBAJhon CORDOBA1DIOGO COSTADIOGO COSTA3RUBEN DIASRUBEN DIAS13RENATO VEIGARENATO VEIGA20JOAO CANCELOJOAO CANCELO25NUNO MENDESNUNO MENDES8BRUNO FERNANDESBRUNO FERNANDES21RUBEN NEVESRUBEN NEVES23VITINHAVITINHA7CRISTIANO RONALDOCRISTIANO RONALDO11JOAO FELIXJOAO FELIX18PEDRO NETOPEDRO NETO

The duel — team data, FIFA tracking included

52%
Possession
41%
1.85
Expected goals
0.97
61
Threat
39
24
Shots
13
7
On target
2
491
Passes completed
421
36
Forced turnovers
37
17.6s
Ball recovery time
26.3s
2.09
High-press phases
2.74
6
Fouls committed
12
3
Offsides
2
103 km
Distance covered
104 km
34.4 km/h
Top speed
35.3 km/h

Territory — where each team lived

Every player's heatmap, minutes-weighted and stacked per team. Colombia attack →, ← Portugal attack. Brighter is more presence; where the colors meet is the contested ground.

How it happened

  1. ′Before the second half begins JOAO NEVES (in) comes off the bench to replace RUBEN NEVES (out) (Portugal)
  2. ′Before the second half begins DIOGO DALOT (in) comes off the bench to replace JOAO CANCELO (out) (Portugal)
  3. 60′Richard RIOS (in) comes off the bench to replace Jefferson LERMA (out) (Colombia)
  4. 60′Luis SUAREZ (in) comes off the bench to replace Jhon CORDOBA (out) (Colombia)
  5. 70′RAFAEL LEAO (in) comes off the bench to replace JOAO FELIX (out) (Portugal)
  6. 70′SAMU COSTA (in) comes off the bench to replace VITINHA (out) (Portugal)
  7. 76′Kevin CASTANO (in) comes off the bench to replace Jhon ARIAS (out) (Colombia)
  8. 76′Juan QUINTERO (in) comes off the bench to replace James RODRIGUEZ (out) (Colombia)
  9. 86′Gustavo PUERTA (Colombia) is booked by the referee.
  10. 87′Daniel MUNOZ (in) comes off the bench to replace Santiago ARIAS (out) (Colombia)
  11. 90+2′MATHEUS NUNES (in) comes off the bench to replace NUNO MENDES (out) (Portugal)

The morning-after column · AI-written from the match data

Possession and panic in Miami: Colombia's excellence wasted

Colombia dictated from the start, pressing high and probing wide through Santiago Arias, but early wastefulness—a gilt-edged chance gone begging in the second minute—set the tone. Portugal, in their compact 4-2-3-1, answered by pressing higher (2.7 phases to Colombia's 2.1), disrupting the hosts' rhythm when it threatened to take flight. The match became a contest between Colombia's possession and Portugal's shape, neither quite resolving it.

Colombia's 1.85 expected goals to Portugal's 0.97 should have won the game. Yet four big chances went begging: a Colombian chance early (2'), another at 62 minutes, and two Portugal openings at 39 and 42 minutes, the first saved. Diogo Costa (8.3 rating) was Portugal's standout; Jhon Arias created tirelessly for Colombia but found no finishing partner. Recovery time mattered: Portugal took 26.3 seconds to the ball, Colombia 17.6, showing defensive discipline buried the visitors' advantage.

Colombia's 1.85 expected goals and 24 shots could not overcome their own profligacy and Diogo Costa's excellence.

2′

Colombia's chance in the opening minute, squandered, foreshadowed an evening when neither side could convert their opportunities into goals

What Colombia needed

Possession and pressure proved insufficient against Portugal's defensive discipline

  • 24 shots with just 7 on target: quantity overwhelmed quality in Colombia's attack
  • 1.85 expected goals created but zero scored—they needed to convert one of their two big chances to win
  • Press intensity (2.1 high-press phases) was sound; the striker partnership's clinical edge was not

What Portugal needed

Resilience compensated for limited attacking threat, but only just

  • 0.97 expected goals on 13 shots: low volume, but each chance needed clinical finishing to change the result
  • 2 shots on target is a critical weakness; converting either chance at 39' or 42' wins the match
  • Diogo Costa (8.3 rating) was essential—the save at 39' was the difference between defeat and a point