Let's take a look at the latest from the 2018 World Cup in Russia.<br />The last of the group games took place on Thursday... ahead of the start of the knockout phase -- the round of 16 -- on Saturday.<br />Our Lee Seung-jae has a wrap of the day's action,... starting with Colombia versus Senegal. <br /> Day-14 of the 2018 World Cup kicked off with two matches in Group H.<br />It included Colombia who were looking to finish strong in Group H,... as they took on Senegal,... who just needed a draw to progress.<br />Senegal held out during the first half,... keeping the South Americans at bay.<br />But the deadlock was broken in the 74th minute. <br />Yerry Mina's header from Juan Quintero's cross found the back of the net,... giving Colombia the lead.<br />Senegal desperately poured forward searching for a goal,... but to no avail.<br />With the game ending one-nil,... Colombia advances to the last 16,... finishing top of Group H with six points.<br /> In Volgograd,... Poland took on Japan,... having already been eliminated from the World Cup after two straight losses.<br />In the 59th minute Jan Bednarek's close range shot gave the Polish the one-nil lead and the win.<br />Japan, with four points... found themselves tied on points with Senegal,.... but the Asian nation advance by having a better disciplinary record than the African side.<br /> Later in the day,... two more matches closed out Group G. <br />England and Belgium,... having already advanced to the next round,... rested most of their star players in a bid to keep them fresh for the later rounds.<br />The game remained scoreless until the 51st minute when Adnan Januzaj's left-foot shot gave Belgium the 1-0 lead.<br />With Belgium holding on for the victory,... they topped Group G with a maximum nine points.<br />England advancing in the second qualification spot.<br /> Also in Group G, Panama went head-to-head with Tunisia.<br />Panama,... looking to win their first-ever World Cup match,... got off to a good start,.. when Yassine Meriah's own goal in the 33rd minute,.. gave Panama the 1-0 lead at half time.<br />But Tunisia came out strong in the second half,... scoring two unanswered goals in the 51st and 66th minute,... crushing Panama's quest for a first World Cup win.<br /> With the group stage matches over,.. the first knockout stage match between France and Argentina will take place on Saturday.<br />Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News. <br />
