Muslera howler sends Uruguay home as Kane breaks England's World Cup record

There are bad days at the office, and then there is whatever Fernando Muslera went through on Saturday. The veteran Uruguay keeper let an Alex Baena effort in the 42nd minute squirm off his hands and over the line on what should have been a comfortable parry. Spain won 1-0 and topped Group H, and the moment was so grim that Marcelo Bielsa did not even wait for full time to act, hauling Muslera off at the break for Sergio Rochet.

The cruel part is the math. That single soft goal flipped the whole group. Cape Verde, the tournament debutants, slipped into second, and Uruguay, a side many had pencilled in for the latter rounds, finished third and went home. One slip of the gloves, an entire campaign gone.

Group H: Spain top, Cape Verde through in second, Uruguay out.

Portugal scrape through, and VAR has the final word

Over in Miami, Colombia and Portugal played out a 0-0 draw that suited both well enough. Colombia took the group on seven points, Portugal followed on five, and both booked their knockout tickets. The drama waited until stoppage time, when Davinson Sanchez nodded the ball home and briefly thought he had won it, only for the offside flag to chalk it off by the thinnest of margins. A reminder that even a routine night can turn on a toe.

Kane goes past Lineker

England, meanwhile, did England things in a tidy 2-0 over Panama. Jude Bellingham opened it in the 62nd minute, looking every bit the best player on the pitch, before Harry Kane headed in five minutes later for his 11th career World Cup goal. That edged him past Gary Lineker as England’s all-time leading scorer at World Cups, a record that had stood since the 1980s. England top Group L and roll into the last 32 without breaking sweat.

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