2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Match 05 Group C Colombia Vs Greece Saturday June 14,2014

 

Colombia Vs Greece at Estadio Mineirao, Belo Horizonte

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• The only previous meeting between the sides was a friendly in New York on 5 June 1994 which Colombia won 2-0.

Colombia

• Los Cafeteros have lost eight of their 13 World Cup matches (W3, D2).
• However, in those games they averaged 58% possession and 85% pass completion - the highest figures of any nation at a World Cup since 1966 (minimum of 10 games played).
• Colombia had more shots on target (99) than any other team in South American qualifying. Of those, 29 were from Falcao. The four strikers they have taken to Brazil managed a combined total of 23.
• If Colombia's reserve goalkeeper Faryd Mondragon plays in Brazil he will become the oldest man to feature at a World Cup finals, breaking Roger Milla's record. Mondragon, who turns 43 on 21 June, was an unused squad member at the 1994 World Cup and played once at the 1992 Olympics.
• There have been 10 red cards in Los Cafeteros' last 12 matches - three for them, seven for their opponents. Their final four friendly matches prior to Brazil all featured one red card.
• Colombia were awarded fewer corners (62) than any other South American side in qualifying.

Greece

• The Greeks have failed to score in three of four games since qualification (W1, D2, L1), with their only goals coming in a 2-1 win against Bolivia on 6 June.
• Forward Georgios Samaras has failed to score in 16 games for Greece since netting in the 4-2 defeat to Germany at Euro 2012.
• Greece have lost both previous World Cup encounters with sides from South America, conceding six and scoring none in the process. Both those games were against Argentina.
• Three of the five goals Greece conceded at the 2010 World Cup came from set-pieces

Colombia beats Greece 3-0

Goal Scorers - Pablo Armero(5),Teofilo Gutierrez(58)and James Rodriguez(90)

Greece have conceded in the opening seven minutes of their first match in each of their three World Cup finals appearances.

Managers

Jose Pekerman(Colombia)
Fernando Santos(Greece)

Squads

Colombia

• 01 Ospina
• 18 Zuñiga
• 07 Armero (Arias - 74' )
• 06 Sánchez Booked
• 02 Zapata
• 03 Yepes
• 11 Cuadrado
• 08 Aguilar (Mejía - 69' )
• 09 Gutiérrez (Martinez - 76' )
• 10 Rodríguez
• 14 Ibarbo

Greece

• 01 Karnezis
• 15 Torosidis
• 20 Holebas
• 08 Kone (Karagounis - 78' )
• 04 Manolas
• 19 Papastathopoulos Booked
• 14 Salpingidis Booked (Fetfatzidis - 57' )
• 21 Katsouranis
• 17 Gekas (Mitroglou - 64' )
• 02 Maniatis
• 07 Samaras