The meeting of Brazil and Columbia in Fortaleza is a first for the World Cup stage, this in fact is the first time Columbia has made it this far in a World Cup.
The meet promises loads of excitement and action since at this point the Colombians have nothing to loose and have done extremely well in winning all of the matches they took on so far. With home town girl Shakira set to perform the national anthem at the finals, James Rodriguez and his boys may want to be there to make it one big celebration.
At the center of controversy about banned Beats by Dr. Dre headphones the Selecao star Neymar was nursing a knee injury sustained during the Brazil Chile match.
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| Neymar at practice with heavily bandaged knee leading up to today's match. |
Neymar himself said he is fine and ready to play against Colombia, he also said "I have no pain. I feel very well trained and rest assured, I am fine." Although this is his claim he spent most of training time behind the side lines and Brazil's doctor Jose Runco said he will be evaluated for play leading up to the match. Scolari may need to change his formation to the one used in 2006 where there were three central defenders. He is yet to bring out the best of the rest of the players since Neymar has scored more than 50% of Brazil's World Cup goals.
The young Selacao netted four goals during regular time along with the penalty where he smoothly netted the winning goal to leave Chile behind.
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| 10 vs 10 |
Rodriguez - No. 10 does not have as much on his shoulders as Neymar- No. 10 when it comes to responsibilities since Neymar is the one carrying the burden of the Brazilian team and the expectation the world looks forward to. None the less they both have very similar stats for this World Cup.
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| South American Star Wars |
With all beings said about who will come out king, both Neymar and Rodriguez will have to rely on a full team effort to solidify any attempt at moving on and qualifying.
Its a match the world will be watching.
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