FIFA U-20 World Cup Colombia 2011

Matches

30/07/2011

Colombia France

4:1

4:1 (1:1)

James RODRIGUEZ (30' PEN)
Luis MURIEL (48' 66')
Santiago ARIAS (64')

Gilles SUNU (21')

Match 8 - Group A

Bogota
Estadio Nemesio Camacho 'El Campin'

Referee: Peter O LEARY (NZL)

Summary

Rampant Colombia brush aside France

Buoyed by incredible support from their fans, the South Americans recovered a deficit to beat France 4-1 in their first Group A game, with Luis Muriel scoring twice.

Highlights

Line-up

COL

FRA

1 Cristian BONILLA (GK) $.img{src:'/s/309114.png'} COL1 Cristian BONILLA	21 (GK) Jonathan LIGALI $.img{src:'/s/339649.png'} FRA21 Jonathan LIGALI
3 Pedro FRANCO (C) $.img{src:'/s/336780.png'} COL3 Pedro FRANCO	5 Sebastien FAURE $.img{src:'/s/336431.png'} FRA5 Sebastien FAURE
4 Santiago ARIAS $.img{src:'/s/315614.png'} COL4 Santiago ARIAS (-71' )	7 (-68' ) Gael KAKUTA $.img{src:'/s/336439.png'} FRA7 Gael KAKUTA
5 Hector QUINONES $.img{src:'/s/315605.png'} COL5 Hector QUINONES	8 (C) Gueida FOFANA $.img{src:'/s/336433.png'} FRA8 Gueida FOFANA
6 Didier MORENO $.img{src:'/s/336781.png'} COL6 Didier MORENO	10 Gilles SUNU $.img{src:'/s/336458.png'} FRA10 Gilles SUNU
8 Michael ORTEGA $.img{src:'/s/336783.png'} COL8 Michael ORTEGA	11 (-83' ) Antoine GRIEZMANN $.img{src:'/s/336435.png'} FRA11 Antoine GRIEZMANN
9 Luis MURIEL $.img{src:'/s/339731.png'} COL9 Luis MURIEL (-87' )	12 Kalidou KOULIBALY $.img{src:'/s/339820.png'} FRA12 Kalidou KOULIBALY
10 James RODRIGUEZ $.img{src:'/s/269058.png'} COL10 James RODRIGUEZ (-78' )	13 Francis COQUELIN $.img{src:'/s/336429.png'} FRA13 Francis COQUELIN
13 Juan CABEZAS $.img{src:'/s/336785.png'} COL13 Juan CABEZAS	14 Timothee KOLODZIEJCZAK $.img{src:'/s/336442.png'} FRA14 Timothee KOLODZIEJCZAK
19 Jeison MURILLO $.img{src:'/s/315622.png'} COL19 Jeison MURILLO	17 (-46'HT ) Cedric BAKAMBU $.img{src:'/s/336425.png'} FRA17 Cedric BAKAMBU
20 Jose VALENCIA $.img{src:'/s/339732.png'} COL20 Jose VALENCIA	18 Maxime COLIN $.img{src:'/s/339651.png'} FRA18 Maxime COLIN

Substitute(s)

12 Andres MARMOLEJO (GK) $.img{src:'/s/274537.png'} COL12 Andres MARMOLEJO	1 (GK) Pierrick CROS $.img{src:'/s/339647.png'} FRA1 Pierrick CROS
21 Juan VILLATE (GK) $.img{src:'/s/336784.png'} COL21 Juan VILLATE	16 (GK) Lucas VERONESE $.img{src:'/s/339723.png'} FRA16 Lucas VERONESE
2 Luciano OSPINA $.img{src:'/s/336779.png'} COL2 Luciano OSPINA	2 Loic NEGO $.img{src:'/s/336456.png'} FRA2 Loic NEGO
7 Fabian CASTILLO $.img{src:'/s/315606.png'} COL7 Fabian CASTILLO	4 Florian LEJEUNE $.img{src:'/s/339657.png'} FRA4 Florian LEJEUNE
11 Duvan ZAPATA $.img{src:'/s/339733.png'} COL11 Duvan ZAPATA (+87')	6 (+68') Clement GRENIER $.img{src:'/s/336434.png'} FRA6 Clement GRENIER
14 Juan DIAZ $.img{src:'/s/309116.png'} COL14 Juan DIAZ (+71')	9 (+83') Yannis TAFER $.img{src:'/s/336460.png'} FRA9 Yannis TAFER
15 Yerson CANDELO $.img{src:'/s/339729.png'} COL15 Yerson CANDELO	15 Lionel CAROLE $.img{src:'/s/339656.png'} FRA15 Lionel CAROLE
16 Jonny MOSQUERA $.img{src:'/s/339730.png'} COL16 Jonny MOSQUERA	19 (+46'HT) Alexandre LACAZETTE $.img{src:'/s/336447.png'} FRA19 Alexandre LACAZETTE
17 Javier CALLE $.img{src:'/s/336786.png'} COL17 Javier CALLE (+78')	20 Enzo REALE $.img{src:'/s/336457.png'} FRA20 Enzo REALE
18 Sebastian PEREZ $.img{src:'/s/339788.png'} COL18 Sebastian PEREZ	3 Thomas FONTAINE $.img{src:'/s/339654.png'} FRA3 Thomas FONTAINE

Coaches

Eduardo LARA (COL)

(FRA) Francis SMERECKI

Officials

Referee: Peter O LEARY (NZL)Assistant Referee 1: Ravinesh KUMAR (FIJ)Assistant Referee 2: Jackson NAMO (SOL)Fourth official: Mark GEIGER (USA)

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Latest Comments:

14/01/2012 at 20:36

brandan2912 (USA)

The host team is usually supposed to be the winner of a group, but South Africa failed to advance in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. But usually the hosts win the most games.

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01/08/2011 at 18:32

jjarago (Colombia)

It's true that Colombia is greatest team.

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01/08/2011 at 03:07

CafeteroNYC (USA)

COLOMBIA!!!! .... our land, our team, our CUP!!! VAMOS COLOMBIA!!!

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Statistics

COL

FRA

14	Shots	13
4	Corner kicks	8
0	Yellow cards	1
0	Second yellow card and red card	0
0	Red Cards	0
55%	Possession (%)	45%

Eduardo Lara, Colombia coach: "The fans’ support was extraordinary. We have to make the most of this World Cup, given that it’s ours, it’s on our patch. It’s like going to a party, you have dance, have fun and make the most of it."

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FIFA U-20 World Cup Colombia 2011

Matches

ColombiaFrance

Summary

Line-up

COL1

FRA21

COL3

FRA5

COL4

FRA7

COL5

FRA8

COL6

FRA10

COL8

FRA11

COL9

FRA12

COL10

FRA13

COL13

FRA14

COL19

FRA17

COL20

FRA18

Substitute(s)

COL12

FRA1

COL21

FRA16

COL2

FRA2

COL7

FRA4

COL11

FRA6

COL14

FRA9

COL15

FRA15

COL16

FRA19

COL17

FRA20

COL18

FRA3

Coaches

Officials

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Colombia France