France, July 4 -- Arias struck in the 14th minute at the Kansas City Stadium

Daniel Munoz played a ball to Luis Suarez, who sent it across the front of the goal, where Arias was waiting to flick it past the Ghana goalkeeper Lawrence Ati Zigi.

Ghana were unable to respond to the setback.

"I don't have the words to describe this moment," said Colombia midfielder Gustavo Puerta after the win.

"It's a dream come true. I think we've shown it game after game. This is a team that plays with its heart, that plays with its soul. We go after every ball as if it were the last."

Yirenkyi's late flourish starts Ghana's World Cup party in Canada

Colombia had breezed through the group stage, conceding only a single goal in wins over Uzbekistan and...