It should be a no-brainer but then the same ought to have applied to the Liverpool Lip learning his lesson. Surely Colombia, complete with the luxurious skills of new kid on the World Cup block James Rodriguez, will beat Uruguay, minus the penetration of bitter old Luis Suarez. That is what pretty much everyone except Suarez’s countrymen seem to want the outcome to be on this first day of the round of the last 16. While Suarez left the revulsion of Brazil 2014 for a warped hero’s welcome in Montevideo, the Maracana was making ready to admire the refreshing Colombians.
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Colombia face Uruguay in second round clash in Rio de Janeiro
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Group C winners enter as favourites for all South American match
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Colombia won all three group games beating Greece, Ivory Coast and Japan
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Uruguay without suspended striker Luis Suarez at Maracana
Their best teams – starting with the two-time @placeholder winners back in the 1950s – create beautiful memories.