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SPO:Luis Díaz sparks Colombia win in World Cup debut

Luis Díaz produced a goal and an assist in his debut on soccer's biggest stage, sparking Colombia to a 3-1 win over Uzbekistan in their World Cup opener.

Daniel Muñoz, also playing in his first World Cup, opened the scoring in the 40th minute on Wednesday after a pass from Díaz, who scored the equaliser in the 65th when his strike from close range beat deflected off diving goalkeeper Utkir Yusupov and trickled across the line.

Fayzullaev Abbosbek scored in the 60th minute for Uzbekistan, who made their World Cup debut in front of a heavily pro-Colombia crowd of 80,824 at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City.

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