Colombia won its 2026 World Cup opener 3-1 over debutant Uzbekistan on Wednesday, June 17 in front of a partisan crowd at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. Daniel Muñoz opened the scoring for Los Cafeteros in the 40th minute,

Cristiano Ronaldo snapped out of his goal scoring slump to lead Portugal to a win, while Ghana held Harry Kane and England and Colombia rallied to beat Congo.

In a side featuring Luis Diaz and James Rodriguez, it seems remarkable that Colombia's greatest threat in this World Cup has come from a wing-back. It is now two goals in two games at the tournament for Crystal Palace's Daniel Munoz - and he might reasonably think it should be more.

Monaco striker Radamel Falcao has been left off Colombia's squad for the World Cup after failing to recover from a knee injury. Colombia coach Jose Pekerman made the announcement Monday from the team's training facility in Buenos Aires,