World Cup 2018: 5 biggest shocks so far

#3 Japan 2-1 Colombia: Group H

Japan celebrates scoring the winner against Colombia

Colombia was seen as outside contenders going into this World Cup, and in a challenging group, Japan was seen as a team that was surely going to end up going home come to the end of the group stages, and Colombia was expected to get 3 points in their first game at the World Cup.

However, a seemingly harmless long ball into the Colombian box wasn't dealt with, leading to Carlos Sanchez blocking a sure goal with his hands, getting himself sent off and setting the tone for the match. The resulting penalty was duly dispatched by Shinji Kagawa, and Colombia suddenly had a mountain to climb.

To their credit, even with 10 men, Colombia did fantastically well to get back into the game and went into the halftime break with the scores level at 1-1, courtesy of an ingenious free kick by midfielder Juan Quintero.

The second half, however, was when the numerical mismatch started to pay more and more dividends with the time passing and fatigue setting in, and it ultimately proved too much to handle as Japan scored the winning goal via a Yuya Osako header on the 73rd minute.