FIFA World Cup

FT Sunday, June 24, 2018
Colombia WWDDL 3
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Poland LWDWL 0
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Match Report

Falcao scores, Colombia beats Poland 2-1 at World Cup

Radamel Falcao's first World Cup goal led Colombia to a 3-0 victory over Poland on Sunday and kept the team in the running for a spot in the knockout round.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
15
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
0
55
Possession
45
13
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
420
Accurate Passes
324
507
Passes
425
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
3
24
Crosses
12
0.0
Cross %
0.3
59
Long Balls
68
36
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
5
8
Effective Tackles
18
15
Tackles
21
0.5
Tackle %
0.9
9
Interceptions
19
33
Effective Clearances
29
33
Clearances
29

Head to Head

COL leads series 1-0

Lineups

POL · 3-4-3

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 5Jan BednarekCD
  3. 2Michal PazdanCD-L
  4. 20Lukasz PiszczekCD-R
  5. 6Jacek GóralskiCM-L
  6. 10Grzegorz KrychowiakCM-R
  7. 13Maciej RybusLM
  8. 18Bartosz BereszynskiRM
  9. 9Robert LewandowskiF
  10. 23Dawid KownackiCF-L
  11. 19Piotr ZielinskiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Lukasz TeodorczykSUB
  2. 3Artur JedrzejczykSUB
  3. 16Jakub BlaszczykowskiSUB
  4. 12Bartosz BialkowskiSUB
  5. 17Slawomir PeszkoSUB
  6. 15Kamil GlikSUB
  7. 21Rafal KurzawaSUB
  8. 8Karol LinettySUB
  9. 11Kamil GrosickiSUB
  10. 22Lukasz FabianskiSUB
  11. 7Arkadiusz MilikSUB
  12. 4Thiago CionekSUB

COL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1David OspinaG
  2. 23Davinson SánchezCD-L
  3. 13Yerry MinaCD-R
  4. 17Johan MojicaLB
  5. 4Santiago AriasRB
  6. 20Juan Fernando QuinteroAM
  7. 5Wilmar BarriosLM
  8. 8Abel AguilarRM
  9. 9Radamel FalcaoF
  10. 10James RodríguezAM-L
  11. 11Juan CuadradoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Miguel BorjaSUB
  2. 14Luis MurielSUB
  3. 15Mateus UribeSUB
  4. 18Farid DíazSUB
  5. 21José IzquierdoSUB
  6. 22José CuadradoSUB
  7. 3Óscar MurilloSUB
  8. 7Carlos BaccaSUB
  9. 16Jefferson LermaSUB
  10. 12Camilo VargasSUB
  11. 2Cristián ZapataSUB

Timeline

  1. 32' Substitution, Colombia. Mateus Uribe replaces Abel Aguilar because of an injury.
  2. 40' Goal! Poland 0, Colombia 1. Yerry Mina (Colombia) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by James Rodríguez following a corner.
  3. 57' Substitution, Poland. Kamil Grosicki replaces Dawid Kownacki.
  4. 61' Jan Bednarek (Poland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 70' Goal! Poland 0, Colombia 2. Radamel Falcao (Colombia) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Juan Fernando Quintero with a through ball.
  6. 72' Substitution, Poland. Lukasz Teodorczyk replaces Bartosz Bereszynski.
  7. 73' Substitution, Colombia. Jefferson Lerma replaces Juan Fernando Quintero.
  8. 75' Goal! Poland 0, Colombia 3. Juan Cuadrado (Colombia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Rodríguez with a through ball following a fast break.
  9. 78' Substitution, Colombia. Carlos Bacca replaces Radamel Falcao.
  10. 80' Substitution, Poland. Kamil Glik replaces Michal Pazdan.
  11. 85' Jacek Góralski (Poland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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