Colombia paired with Japan in their first match in group H. Poland and Senegal also in the same group. They have very talent team in always. Last season they ended in quarter final round so far. This it also their target to get a good position. It being the Tuesday first match which will be played at 13.00 of local time. BBC network will cast the game live. It also be find in online. The game hosted in Mordovia Arena, Saransk. The both side played three time in before where Belgium lead with 2 games along with one draw. Here the full detail is given below.
When the event held on:
Match between: Colombia v Japan
Tournament: Russia World Cup, 2018
Group: H
Date: 19th June, 2018 (Tuesday)
Time: 13:00
Live On: BBC network
Ground detail:
Stadium: Mordovia Arena
Location: Saransk, Mordovia, Russia
Seating capacity: 44,442
Surface: Grass
Established: 2010
Next matches of Colombia:
24th June against Poland
28th June against Senegal
Next matches of Japan:
24th June against Senegal
28th June against Poland
H-to-H history
Played: 3
Colombia won: 2
Japan: 0
Drawn: 1
Colombia World Cup Squad
Goalkeepers – David Ospina, Jose Cuadrado, Camilo Vargas
Defenders –Frank Fabra, Santiago Arias, Jefferson Lerma,Oscar Murillo, Yerry Mina, Davinson Sanchez, Cristian Zapata
Midfielders – Edwin Cardona, Juan Cuadrado, Abel Aguilar, Wilmar Barrios, Carlos Sanchez, James Rodriguez, Juan Quintero, Mateus Uribe
Forwards – Carlos Bacca, Luis Muriel, Duvan Zapata, Miguel Borja, Radamel Falcao
Japan World Cup Squad
Goalkeepers –Kosuke Nakamura, Eiji Kawashima, Shusaku Nishikawa
Defenders – Yuto Nagatomo, Gotoku Sakai, Tomoaki Makino, Masato Morishige, Hiroki Sakai, Maya Yoshida, Gen Shoji, Naomichi Ueda
Midfielders – Yosuke Ideguchi, Shinji Kagawa, Wataru Endo, Makato Hasebe, Hotaru Yamaguchi
Forwards – Takashi Inui, Yuya Kubo, Genki Haraguchi, Keisuke Honda, Shoya Nakajima, Yuya Osako, Shinji Okazaki
Prediction: Colombia 2 – 1 Japan
The Colombians being the team, which quietly fantastic team. They are a decent participant of the World Cup competition. As their star footballer James Rodriguez in a very good form in recent time. Besides him the colombian having Carlos Bacca, Radamel Falcao and Luis Muriel. Apart of them, They have very talent guy so far. In a word they all are experience footballer by playing in different biggest club. They are favorite of the game. But nothing is certain in the football. Sometimes there happening many surprising thing. And when it’s the matter of Japan, they are quite good this season. In the next matches they will face Poland and Senegal and it will be easier to the Japan. But with Colombia it will be not so easy.
Japan is also good, to play European club they gather much experience. Kawashima, Hasebe, Sakai, Shibasaki, Asano, Osako, Kagawa, Okazaki and Muto all liked with big club and biggest competition like La Liga, Bundesliga and Ligue 1. So, it is expected a good fight between them. If we see the H group, Colombia being the strong participant of the side and they have the quality two progress in the next round. However the match will be very fighting so far. The both side taking preparation for the match.
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