So Colombia was a popular World Cup dark horse World Cup pick by a lot of people. Everyone from folks who just wanna smooch the good and cute boy James to folks who like dancing GIFs to really smart soccer analysts thought this team kicked ass.
How screwed is Colombia? NOT SCREWED AT ALL. BELIEVE.
Nothing is over until we decide it is!
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Then Carlos Sanchez got a really dumb third-minute red card and Colombia had to play a man down against Japan for a whole 87 minutes, and now Colombia are in deep trouble.
You really can’t blame the red card for Colombia’s 2-1 loss though, because Los Cafeteros were in it until the very end. Having 10 men isn’t an excuse for getting badly outmuscled by Japan’s beeftank Yūya Ōsako. Dude just wanted it more than Colombia’s defenders.
If you’re a Colombia fan or just someone who thought you could look smart to your friends by telling them Colombia is going to make a deep run, I’m sorry. You’re probably having a bad morning. But I’m here to tell you something:
It’s. Not. Over.
Greece, Uruguay, and Algeria all lost their opening matches in the 2014 World Cup and went on to make the knockout rounds. In the 2018 World Cup, Group H is wide open. Poland and Senegal should both be formidable opponents, but there’s no reason Colombia can’t take six points off them. James Rodriguez should be fit enough to play from the start in the next match. And Colombia is better off with Wilmer Barrios in the lineup instead of Carlos Sanchez anyway.
You don’t have to give up on Colombia as your dark horse pick. They’re still good. They’re still very alive.
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