Group K

DR Congo went a goal down inside ten minutes, had a goal chalked off by VAR, and looked for a while like a side whose World Cup was about to fizzle out. Then they remembered they could play. This is the story…

A goalless draw does not sound like much until you watch one with 37 shots in it. Colombia and Portugal could not separate themselves in Miami, but the night still decided who topped Group K, who finished…

Colombia spent an hour trying to find a way past one man, and in the end it took a deflection to do it. This covers Daniel Munoz's winner in a 1-0 victory over DR Congo, the goalkeeping display from Lionel…

Cristiano Ronaldo went into this game under more scrutiny than at any World Cup of his career, and came out of it holding another record nobody else can claim. This piece covers his double in a 5-0 win over…

Luis Díaz came to Mexico City with little noise surrounding him and promptly produced the most complete individual performance of Colombia's Group K opener. This piece looks at what his display against…

Portugal's World Cup campaign began with a result they will want to move past quickly. This piece examines what went wrong for Roberto Martinez's side in Houston, why Cristiano Ronaldo's finishing failures…

This piece looks beyond the headline number to examine what Ronaldo's sixth World Cup selection actually means for Portugal as a squad, for coach Roberto Martinez's tactical project, and for the sport's…