Colombia – Uruguay
28.06.2014 22:00 CET
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If Colombia wins this one, it will best its record World Cup result. Will last edition’s semifinalists stand in their way? More
ROUND OF 16: Colombia vs. Uruguay
South American teams have been doing brilliantly in the Brazilian tournament, and in effect, many of them moved on to the Round of 16. It is no surprise that at this stage, some of the continent’s squads play against each other. One such matchup is the Colombia-Uruguay game. Most of their previous head-to-heads went to the Uruguayan side, yet Los Cafeteros are the favorites in this match.
Colombia
The Colombians have what probably is their best squad in history, and are counting on permanently joining the world’s top teams in the upper section of the FIFA ranking. Los Cafeteros have yet to advance to World Cup quarterfinals, and have not even qualified to the tournament’s last three editions – but this year are very hopeful.
In eighth place in the FIFA ranking, the squad is quickly making up for their shortcomings from previous years. Without any troubles, they won their three matches thus far at the Brazil World Cup, and ended in first place in group C. The team led by José Pekerman beat Greece at 3-0, the Ivory Coast at 2-1 and Japan at 4-1.
In the talented and young eleven, the ones that have already proved their place in the national team are midfielder James Rodríguez, scorer of three goals (including two in added time) and the striker Jackson Martínez. However, Los Cafeteros have such a number of skilled players that any one of them might be the scorer of the game-winning goal against Uruguay they hope to get.
Uruguay
The squad that four years ago in South Africa got to fourth place has started this year’s World Cup without much confidence. The team coached by Oscar Tabárez unexpectedly lost 1-3 to Costa Rica. Despite it, La Celeste did not break down, but rather tried to mend their weak points – which quickly resulted in two wins, 2-1 versus England and 1-0 against Italy, granting them passage into the Round of 16 in second place from the dangerous group D.
The team’s most well-known player is Luis Suárez, who has played brilliantly in the second and third match of the Mundial (he did not play the first against Costa Rica due to injury). He kept his squad motivated and made it into the goal twice.
However, we will not see Suárez on the pitch in the match against Colombia. On Thursday he was handed a nine-game ban and a four-month exclusion from all football-related activity for biting an opposing player – the Italian defender, Giorgio Chiellini. This is the longest World Cup ban in history, but it is the third such offense from the Uruguay player. In the past he’s chomped PSV’s Otman Bakkal and Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovi?.
Summary
The two squads have played 38 head-to-head games thus far. Los Cafeteros triumphed 11 times, and La Celeste 18, a further nine times ending the match in a draw. Such a balance is in major part the result of the Uruguay squad’s great international streak recently – since July 2004 they have won six times, while their opponents only won once. Will they keep up the trend on Saturday, or will they let the Colombians through to World Cup quarterfinals for the first time ever?
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