Colombia
GhanaJames Rodríguez's half-time substitution was the match's defining subplot — Colombia's captain struggled to impose himself in the first half and Néstor Lorenzo replaced him with Richard Rios at the break, capturing the cameras with his visible frustration on the bench. It hardly mattered: Colombia's defensive structure held impeccably, Ati-Zigi's seven saves were the only reason the scoreline stayed at one, and the clinical efficiency that carried them through the group stage remained entirely intact.
Colombia
Colombia were commanding from the moment Jhon Arias flicked home Luis Suárez's cross at the fourteenth minute — a goal born from an early substitution that could have unsettled the structure but instead announced a second Colombian gear. They finished with 61 percent possession, 18 shots, seven on target, and 2.06 expected goals — the numbers of a side that controlled every phase without ever requiring urgency, and with Díaz's disallowed effort a reminder that the scoreline flattered nobody.
Ghana
Ghana were outclassed in every statistical category — eight shots, none on target, 0.26 expected goals — and Lawrence Ati-Zigi's seven saves were the only thing separating Colombia from a more comfortable afternoon. Jordan Ayew was anonymous before his seventy-ninth-minute withdrawal, Antoine Semenyo did not register a single shot on target, and the Black Stars leave the tournament having never scored against South American opposition across their entire World Cup history.