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Jhon Arias goal sends Colombia into last 16 as Ghana bow out of World Cup
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The Guardian·about 8 hours ago

Jhon Arias goal sends Colombia into last 16 as Ghana bow out of World Cup

Ghana can only have feared the worst when Luis Suárez’s number came up in the seventh minute.

A day on from the 16th anniversary of one of the most infamous episodes in World Cup history, the Colombia forward who shares a name with the man whose handball broke the hearts of Black Stars supporters in the quarter-finals of the 2010 World Cup returned to haunt them.

Not long after coming off the bench, it was the Sporting striker who provided the assist for what turned out to be the winning goal from Jhon Arias to set up a last-16 clash against Switzerland in Vancouver on Tuesday.

Even if they couldn’t find another goal that their superiority clearly warranted, Colombia were deserved winners and look more than capable of at least matching their previous best result at the 2014 World Cup when they lost to Brazil in the last eight.

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Sources: The Guardian

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