Updated 06.48 | Published 06.12
England kicked off their World Cup with a goal celebration and police tried to stop thousands of supporters.
A Swedish refereeing team made its World Cup debut when Ghana decided late.
Here is the latest from the WC.
England–Croatia 4–2
Harry Kane equaled Gary Lineker’s record for number of World Cup goals in the England national team shirt.
Kane scored two goals in the goal celebration against Croatia and is now listed for ten goals in the World Cup context.
Read more about the match here.
The police intervened after the match
After the match between England and Croatia, thousands of supporters would leave the arena area.
But it got crowded when the only way out was via a narrow bridge.
Then many people chose to choose alternative routes – something that did not go down well with the police, who tried to control the situation.
Read more and see Sportbladet’s own photos from the chaos here.
Ghana–Panama 1–0
Ghana won their World Cup opener against Panama after great drama. Panama came close to taking their first ever World Cup point when Ghana countered to make it 1-0 in the 95th (!) minute.
The match was judged by the Swedish referee team with Glenn Nyberg, Mahbod Beigi and Andreas Söderkvist.
Read more about the match here.
Uzbekistan–Colombia 1–3
World Cup debutants Uzbekistan were reeling thanks to a strange goalkeeping intervention.
Then Luis Diaz saved his Colombia.
The Bayern Munich star scored the decisive goal in the 3-1 victory.
Read more about the match here.
Ran over cameraman – was warned
Luis Diaz didn’t just become a goalscorer and match winner.
The speedy winger was also involved in a fatal incident.
Just over half an hour into the match, he stormed forward on the left wing. He just managed to poke the ball past Uzbekistan’s star defender Abdukodir Khusanov, who brought down both Diaz and a cameraman standing near the touchline.
The entire collision was broadcast live on television – from the perspective of the cameraman.
The cap flew off and the unfortunate grinned evilly as he, lying on the ground, was helped by officials afterwards.
Khusanov – a regular at Manchester City – received a yellow card for the challenge.
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