World Cup Knockout Phase Qualification Scenarios for the USA, Mexico, and Canada Ahead of Matchday 2<\/a><\/p>\nColombia Confirmed Lineup (4-2-3-1)<\/h3>\n
GK; Camilo Vargas<\/p>\n
Defenders: Johan Mojica, Jhon Lucumi, Davinson Sanchez, Daniel Munoz<\/p>\n
Midfield: Gustavo Puerta, Jefferson Lerma, James Rodriguez<\/p>\n
Forwards: Luis Diaz, Luis Suarez, Jhon Arias<\/p>\n
Uzbekistan Confirmed Lineup (3-4-2-1)<\/h3>\n
GK: Utkir Yusupov<\/p>\n
Defenders: Abdukodir Khusanov, Rustam Ashurmatov, Abdulla Abdullaev<\/p>\n
Midfield: Bekhruz Karimov, Akmal Mozgovoy,\u00a0 Otabek Shukurov,\u00a0 Sherzod Nasrullaev<\/p>\n
Forwards: Abbosbek Fayzullaev, Oston Urunov, Eldor Shomurodov<\/p>\n
Main Photo Credit: Smartframe Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Group K at the 2026 FIFA World Cup has an opening matchup of Colombia vs Uzbekistan, after Portugal and DR Congo drew 1-1 in the other group opening match. Here’s a look at how Nestor Lorenzo and Fabio Cannavaro’s teams will lineup to kick off their first match of the tournament. Read More:\u00a02026 FIFA World […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1442,"featured_media":670996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":true,"sfio_embed_code":"<\/smartframe-embed>","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,161,1831,2132],"tags":[798,32182,226,2813,32867,1111,8859,32569,32819],"class_list":["post-670994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-international-football","category-starting-line-up","category-world-cup","tag-2026-world-cup","tag-abdukodir-khusanov","tag-colombia","tag-fabio-cannavaro","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-james-rodriguez","tag-luis-diaz","tag-nestor-lorenzo","tag-uzbekistan"],"modified_by":"Steen Kirby","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1442"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670994"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":671001,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670994\/revisions\/671001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}