BRAZIL VS COLOMBIA LIVE STREAMING
Referee: Carlos VELASCO CARBALLO (ESP);
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto ALONSO FERNANDEZ (ESP);
Assistant Referee 2: Juan YUSTE (ESP);
Fourth official: Svein Oddvar MOEN (NOR)
Stadium: Estadio Castelão, Fortaleza, Brazil
Brazil is still the favorite to win the Cup on its home turf. But there have been disquieting signs. The nominal striker, Fred, has been mostly pedestrian. The form of wingers Oscar and Hulk has been in and out, the central midfield tandem of Luiz Gustavo and Paulinho hasn’t dominated as expected, the central defense has sometimes looked disorganized, the fullbacks haven’t been involved in the offense, and keeper Julio Cesar has looked rusty.
So it’s been up to Neymar to carry the team, as well as Brazil’s footballing mystique, and he has done so with aplomb, scoring four goals and terrorizing defenses.
But with his supporting cast struggling, Brazil needed the full 120 minutes and penalties to get past a hard-charging Chile in the round of 16. And let’s say it flat out, Colombia is a lot better than Chile and indeed has been stunningly impressive so far.
It starts at the back, where David Ospina has been as good as any keeper not named Howard. Fullbacks Pablo Armero and Juan Zuniga have been as dangerous as Brazil’s Marcelo and Alves were supposed to be. Juan Cuadrado is smartly getting the ball in dangerous positions to the right man, James Rodriguez.
Rodriguez has outdone even Neymar in this Cup, scoring five goals, a couple of them jaw-dropping. This guy is the real deal.
Brazil is in serious danger today of leaving their own Cup at disturbingly premature stage. Can the Brazilians get their act together and clear the highest hurdle of their tournament so far? Stay tuned and find out!
So it’s been up to Neymar to carry the team, as well as Brazil’s footballing mystique, and he has done so with aplomb, scoring four goals and terrorizing defenses.
But with his supporting cast struggling, Brazil needed the full 120 minutes and penalties to get past a hard-charging Chile in the round of 16. And let’s say it flat out, Colombia is a lot better than Chile and indeed has been stunningly impressive so far.
It starts at the back, where David Ospina has been as good as any keeper not named Howard. Fullbacks Pablo Armero and Juan Zuniga have been as dangerous as Brazil’s Marcelo and Alves were supposed to be. Juan Cuadrado is smartly getting the ball in dangerous positions to the right man, James Rodriguez.
Rodriguez has outdone even Neymar in this Cup, scoring five goals, a couple of them jaw-dropping. This guy is the real deal.
Brazil is in serious danger today of leaving their own Cup at disturbingly premature stage. Can the Brazilians get their act together and clear the highest hurdle of their tournament so far? Stay tuned and find out!
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