Thursday, May 3, 2018

WORLD CUP 2018 NATION PRESENTATION: COLOMBIA


NICKNAME: The Tricolors

MANAGER: Jose Pekerman

MOST CAPS: Carlos Valderrama- 111 caps from 1985 to 1998

TOP SCORER: Radamel Falcao- 29 goals from 2007

HOST NATION: -

WORLD CUP RECORD: 5th World Cup for Colombia. First was in 1962.

BEST RESULT: Their best result is quarter-final from last World Cup in Brazil. They took first place in their group with all three wins against Greece, Ivory Coast and Japan. In first knock-out round Colombia was better then Uruguay with two goals from James Rodriguez. In quarter-final Colombia faced hosts Brazil and lost 2-1. Thiago Silva and David Luiz scored for Brazil while James scored the only goal of Colombia. James was top scorer of the tournament with 6 goals.

2 comments:

  1. It was a very strong team i think. But bad luck for them
    Thanks

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  2. Yes, the selection redeemed itself after the shortcomings of the golden generation of the 1990s who were undermined by dark forces and a nation in a then near state of emergency *

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