Colombia vs. Greece: Final score 3-0, Los Cafeteros dance past impotent Greece

Source: www.sbnation.com - Saturday, June 14, 2014 Colombia took full advantage of Greece's attacking impotence to run out 3-0 winners in their World Cup opener. Colombia kicked off their World Cup campaign with a 3-0 victory over Greece in Belo Horizonte. It was a strange game in which Greece saw much of the possession and regularly looked untroubled by the victors, though Fernando Santos ' outfit flattered to deceive and were twice made to pay for their eternal attacking impotence. It took only six minutes for Colombia to break the deadlock, with Juan Cuadrado's low cross from the right dummied by James Rodríguez and promptly dispatched from the edge of the area by fullback Pablo Armero , via the leg of defender Kostas Manolas . Los Cafeteros celebrated with the best dance you'll see at this World Cup, though their joy should've been swiftly cut short. Within a minute of the opener, Greece's Panagiotis Kone found space on the edge of the box, only to slice his effort way over the crossbar. It was a miss Greece would be made to regret, as they toiled away for the remainder of the half without creating as good a chance. Colombia were quite happy to let them dominate possession, safe in the knowledge that with midfielders Abel Aguilar and Carlos Sánchez sitting comfy in front of the defence, they'd be very difficult to penetrate. Their goalkeeper David Ospina was only called into action right at the end of the first half, with a speculative effort from Kone clawed away from danger.All Related

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