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Colombia National Team Preview and Odds to Win the Group C

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Colombia National Team

2014 World Cup odds at BetPhoenix sportsbook list Colombia as the favorite to win Group C. The team is not among the favorites to win the entire tournament but they are definitely the favorite to play what is a very weak Group C. Colombia is the standout in a group that includes Ivory Coast, Japan and Greece.

Schedule

14 June 2014

Colombia vs. Greece, Estadio Mineirao, Belo Horizonte

19 June 2014

Colombia vs. Ivory Coast, Estadio Nacional, Brasilia

24 June 2014

Japan vs. Colombia, Arena Pantanal, Cuiaba

Colombia is 25-1 to win the World Cup so they are a definite darkhorse behind powers like Brazil and Spain. They are the favorite though to win Group C with odds of -125.

Colombia will have the edge over a lot of teams as they will enjoy playing the hot weather in Brazil. They also have a world class striker in Radamel Falcao but he is dealing with an injury so he might be held out of the group stage. Falcao scored 9 goals in qualifying and he has 151 goals in 193 games for AS Monaco.

Colombia is well coached by Jose Pekerman and they have some exciting players in addition to Falcao like Pablo Armero and Juan Zuniga from Napoli along with Fiorentina's Juan Cuadrado and James Rodriguez from Monaco. Rodriguez and Falcao play really well together and can give opposing teams a lot of trouble.

There is no question that Colombia can score as they have a lot of players who like to attack. They can’t afford to lose Falcao though because he is their top scorer. If Falcao is unable to go in the group stage then it could be Jackson Martinez getting the top striker position.

Colombia was really good on defense in South American qualifying but they have some concerns on the back end. Mario Yepes is 38 years old and is the captain. They need some of the younger players like Cristian Zapata to step up.

Predictions

Colombia has only made it out of the Group Stage one time and that was in 1990. They should advance to the knockout stage this time as they are the class of Group C.

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