FIFA 2014 TEAM PROFILE GROUP C Colombia Team Profile: Colombia Colombia will feature in their first World Cup for 16 years after qualifying second to Argentina with 30 points. Highlights from their campaign include a 4-0 win over Uruguay and a 3-1 victory in Chile. Radamel Falcao will be the one to watch along with his Monaco team-mate James Rodriguez. Conditions in Brazil may also suit them. They played qualifiers in the sweltering Caribbean port of Barranquilla, opting for mid-afternoon kick-offs in the belief rivals would wilt in the heat. Greece Team Profile: Greece Greece head into the World Cup with plenty of confidence despite having to qualify through the play-offs. Fernando Santoss side will want to go a step further than they did in South Africa in 2010 and reach the knockout stage of the competition for the first time. Greece conceded four times in their qualifying group, a record bettered only by Spain. The bookies rate them as Europes weakest side in Brazil but it is worth recalling they upset Russia to reach the quarter-finals at Euro 2012. Ivory Coast Team Profile: Ivory Coast Salomon Kalous winner against Senegal in the play-offs sent the African side into their third consecutive World Cup. Ivory Coast harbour some very talented players including the countrys all-time top goalscorer Didier Drogba and Manchester Citys powerhouse Yaya Toure. The Ivorians golden generation now has a distinctly greyish tinge, and this tournament is set to be the last of Drogbas international career. Their talented squad has flattered to deceive, with their failure to win at least one Africa Cup of Nations particularly mystifying. Japan World Cup team profile: Japan Expect the unexpected from the technically gifted yet defensively susceptible Asian champions. They breezed through qualifying but exited the Confederations Cup with three defeats. Losses to Serbia and Belarus then led to calls to sack coach Alberto Zaccheroni. Novembers draw in the Netherlands and a win in Belgium have revived hopes that Japan could yet be a surprise package.
Posted on: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 04:34:15 +0000
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