Colombia v Japan, 19 June 2018

Kick-off: 3.00pm local Colombia v Japan was the 15th game played at the FIFA World Cup 2018 (Match no. 16). Refereeing team: Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia) Assistant Referee 1: Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia) Assistant Referee 2: Robert Vukan (Slovenia) Fourth Official: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria) Reserve AR: Anouar Hmila (Tunisia) VAR: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) Japan became the first Asian nation to beat South American opposition at the World Cup finals (played 18, lost 14). Carlos Sanchez was sent-off after two minutes and 56 seconds. The record for the fastest red card in World Cup finals history remained as 54 seconds by Jose Alberto Batista of Uruguay versus Scotland in 1986. At 35 years and 91 days, goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima became the oldest player to appear for Japan at the World Cup finals.