Before the start of the football world championship in Brazil, the Colombians suffered a significant loss in the person of the main striker of the national team - Falcao. The Colombian was injured and could not take part in the championship. However, this did not prevent the South Americans from performing at the tournament with dignity, showing high-quality football.
The Colombian national team was drawn by drawing to play in Group C at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil. It was not the strongest quartet of national teams. It included, in addition to Colombians, Ivorians, Greeks and Japanese.
Colombia played its first match at the World Cup with Greece. The game turned out to be very entertaining on the part of the South American footballers. Spectators will forever remember the dances of Colombians during the celebration of goals scored. The final score of the match is 3 - 0 in favor of Colombia.
In the second game, the players of the Colombian national team were opposed by footballers from Ivory Coast. In this meeting, the South Americans won another victory in the tournament (2 - 1).
In the final match of the group stage, Colombia dealt with Japan without any problems (4 - 1). The South American footballers took first place in Group C, showing amazing flamboyant and attacking football.
In the 1/8 final match, the Colombian players had to fight with Uruguay. This game was marked by a double by James Rodriguez against Muslera. Colombia won 2 - 0 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Cup, where the Brazilians were already awaiting them.
The quarterfinal game Brazil - Colombia became one of the toughest and most violent in the tournament. The referee recorded a violation of the rules more than 50 times, and the ball was in play for only about 40 minutes of net time. In such a battle, Colombia lost to the hosts 1 - 2 and flew out of the fight for the World Cup.
Many neutral football fans were sorry to part with this South American national team, because they showed, perhaps, the highest quality football of any other South American team. We can conclude that if the fans remembered the game so much, then the performance of the national team can be considered successful. In addition, reaching the quarterfinals at the World Cup for the Colombian Football Federation is a perfectly acceptable result.
