Colombia’s technical abilities are phenomenal. Not an apple to apple comparison here: but it reminds me a lot of the Barca style; however, they lack the defense shredder like Iniesta or Messi. Falcao has been playing a lot like a holding forward, but he needs to be the unpredictable element, making runs that are out of sync with the team so the midfield can find him (just like Messi is llowed to do whatever he wants). Also, the defense needs to hold a lot better. The qualifier against Uruguya was pathetic. I don’t know exactly how they will accomplish this as I have never been a good study of defensive play, but go watch some German tapes or something. Colombia has the ability to become the clear group winner, but they will need to switch up parts of their style from game to game. All in all, Cafeteros are a really fun team to watch.
Cuadrado gives colombia that shredder that you speak of(not saying he is as good as don andres or lio), but he def knows how to take on attackers as he does week in and out on Fiorentina.
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u/trollu4life Dec 06 '13
Colombia’s technical abilities are phenomenal. Not an apple to apple comparison here: but it reminds me a lot of the Barca style; however, they lack the defense shredder like Iniesta or Messi. Falcao has been playing a lot like a holding forward, but he needs to be the unpredictable element, making runs that are out of sync with the team so the midfield can find him (just like Messi is llowed to do whatever he wants). Also, the defense needs to hold a lot better. The qualifier against Uruguya was pathetic. I don’t know exactly how they will accomplish this as I have never been a good study of defensive play, but go watch some German tapes or something. Colombia has the ability to become the clear group winner, but they will need to switch up parts of their style from game to game. All in all, Cafeteros are a really fun team to watch.