In a World Cup where superstars have stepped up, Luis Diaz joined the party by registering a goal and an assist in Colombia’s 3-1 win over Uzbekistan.
On this evidence Diaz has no intention of watching Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland and Harry Kane dominate the spotlight alone.
Diaz arrived at the tournament with little fanfare but his haul of 49 goal involvements in 51 appearances for Bayern Munich across all competitions tells you the level the flying winger has been operating at.
He ran the show for Colombia, who were reliant on Diaz’s creative spark in opening the scoring when Daniel Munoz hooked home a fantastic finish via a defence-shattering pass from the winger.
The World Cup debutants levelled on 60 minutes when Abbosbek Fayzullaev headed home with one of their first attacks.
Diaz then took matters into his own hands five minutes later, finishing into the far corner to hand the advantage back to the South Americans.
Substitute Jaminton Campaz finally ended any doubt as he headed in Cucho Hernandez’s cross nine minutes into stoppage time, although Uzbekistan’s Bekhruz Karimov still had time to crash a shot against the crossbar.
