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Welcome to the stacked day 3 of Brazil’s 2014 World Cup. Today’s first game, Colombia vs Greece. In a total shut out, Colombia bested Greece 3-0.
This is only the second time in the history of soccer that these two teams have met. Lets see what happened:
Colombia: 3 Greece: 0
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James Rodríguez Scores Colombia’s Third Goal In the Final Moments
The South American Christiano Ronaldo, James Rodríguez scores Colombia’s third goal in the final seconds of the game, making Colombia the winner in the 3-0 shutout against Greece. Watch the Vine above.
Colombia’s Teófilo Gutiérrez Scores the Team’s Second Goal
As the fierce second half continues, Teófilo Gutiérrez sneaks into the box to score Colombia’s second goal of the game, putting Greece down by two. Watch the Vine of the goal below.
Halftime, Colombia Still Leads by 1
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The game seems to be in a bit of a stalemate as the two teams try hard to break each others’ defenses. One goal and a bunch of incredible saves later, we find ourselves at halftime with Colombia leading by one.
Colombia’s Pablo Armero Scores 5 Minutes in
Looking the like the goalie was distracted, Colombia’s Pablo Armero is able to put in a key first goal just 5 minutes into the game. Watch the Vine of that goal above.
Colombia Lineup:
David Ospina; Pablo Armero, Cristián Zapata, Mario Yepes, Juan Zúñiga; James Rodríguez, Abel Aguilar, Carlos Sánchez, Juan Cuadrado; Víctor Ibarbo, Teófilo Gutiérrez.
Greece Lineup:
Orestis Karnezis; José Holebas, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Kostas Manolas, Vasilis Torosidis; Giannis Maniatis, Kostas Katsouranis, Panagiotis Kone; Georgios Samaras, Theofanis Gekas, Dimitris Salpingidis.
