All the updates and highlights from World Cup Day 6

It was very confusing watching Senegal play against Poland. Before the game even started, commentators like Slaven Bilić deduced that Senegal needed to rely on their “pace and power” to have a chance against Poland. Yet once the game began, it didn’t seem to bear out.

Senegal outplayed Poland and won, 2-1, by playing direct, composed soccer, relying on sharp passing and technical dribbling, while barely allowing their opponents anything on the other end. It was Poland, in fact, that employed long balls and physical play later in the second half to give themselves a way back into the game.

Today at the World Cup, Poland learned an important lesson: always, always, always pay attention to where everybody is. Otherwise, you might end up looking really silly, and also losing a crucial World Cup game.

Let’s break that nonsense down. Just after the hour mark, Senegal’s M’Baye Niang went down with an injury. Poland, a goal down at the time, decided not to do the customary thing of kicking the ball out. Eventually play was stopped after an enterprising Senegalese player kicked a nearby Pole.

Switzerland’s tactic of targeting Neymar in their 1-1 draw against Brazil on Sunday has taken a serious toll on the seleção star.

Neymar was forced to leave Brazil’s practice Tuesday after he began limping and pulling on his foot during training, according to Gustavo Zupak of Esporte Interativo. Team officials are calling the injury a “sore ankle.” A lot can change between now and Brazil’s second match, but Neymar is expected to train on Wednesday.

HI, FRIENDS, I’M HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT IPPEI-KUN — JAPAN’S WORLD CUP MASCOT AND THE LOW-KEY BEST PART OF THE ENTIRE WORLD CUP.

IPPEI-KUN’S TWITTER ACCOUNT HAS BECOME A MUST-FOLLOW FOR TWO KEY REASONS:

So Colombia was a popular World Cup dark horse World Cup pick by a lot of people. Everyone from folks who just wanna smooch the good and cute boy James to folks who like dancing GIFs to really smart soccer analysts thought this team kicked ass.

Then Carlos Sanchez got a really dumb third-minute red card and Colombia had to play a man down against Japan for a whole 87 minutes, and now Colombia are in deep trouble.

Group H has gotten off to a wild start.

Japan beat Colombia 2-1 on Tuesday in a game that had all of the banter one could desire. The main talking point came early, when Colombia’s Carlos Sanchez received a red card in the third minute, giving Japan a penalty kick which Shinji Kagawa finished cooly. Colombia fought back down a man, however, tying the game up … only to give up another goal on another set piece in the second half.

Dear Carlos,

Where do I begin?