Colombia Emerges From the Chaos as Senegal is Booted on 'Fair Play'

After all that, after all the qualification and buildup, after six hard-fought matches and injuries and hand-wringing, it all came down to yellow cards.

Just like Japan, Senegal won once, tied once and lost once — falling 1-0 to Colombia on Thursday after giving up a goal to Yerry Mina — but it will be the Japanese advancing to the knockout phase by virtue of having only three yellow cards while Senegal had five.