Today was a busy and eventful day in soccer history. There were 4 games as Groups C and D made their debuts. Colombia and Greece from Group C were the first teams to face off.
The Colombia team was missing its star player, Radamel Falcao, but was able to persevere nonetheless. By gaining the lead early and never letting up, Colombia dominated Greece with a final score of 3-0. Colombian coach Jose Pekerman was proud of his teams performance and said:
“I’m really happy, because we faced a hard rival and we’re very happy with both the result and the victory … We are capable of generating chances and scoring goals. Every one of our players fulfilled their role in the team,” via Carl Worswick.
The second game was Uruguay vs. Costa Rica for Group D. Costa Rica surprised everybody with its impressive win over Uruguay, resulting in a score of 1-3.
The first goal was scored in the 24th minute by Uruguay’s Edinson Cavani to give his team the lead, which was tied up by the 54th minute by Joel Campbell. Campbell was the star of Costa Rica’s comeback, with 4 shots, 1 goal, and 1 assist to Marcos Urena’s final goal.
In the third game, England put up a good fight against Mario Balotelli and a relentless Italy team, but ended up losing 1-2. In the fourth game, Ivory Coast beat Japan 2-1. Tomorrow, Switzerland and Ecuador (Group E) will face off first, followed by France vs. Honduras (Group E), and finally Argentina vs. Bosnia (Group F).
In the fourth match Ivory Coast beat Japan 2-1