Columbia v Greece Live Stream : Watch Live from Group C
Latest Columbia v Greece live streaming news, team news and match preview from Saturday’s game at the World Cup.
Group C kicks off at 17:00 on Saturday evening, as the favourites to progress Colombia meet the European Championship winners of 2004 Greece.
Colombia qualified for the 2014 World Cup with two games to go after a lightening quick start to their South American section.
The absence of the injured Radamel Falcao will be a big blow to Colombia; however they have strength in depth in the forward line.
Colombia haven’t been brilliant in their warm-up fixtures, drawing with Senegal, before late goals helped the 3-0 win over Jordan look more flattering than it was.
Greece achieved World Cup qualification through the play-offs, despite managing just 12 goals in 10 group matches!
They have been at their resilient best in their warm-up fixtures, holding Portugal and South Korea to goalless draws, before a narrow win over Bolivia.
The pair have only met once before, with Colombia winning a World Cup warm-up match back in 1994 by two goals to nil.
World Cup best: Colombia round of 16 (1990); Greece twice group stage (Most recent 2010)
2010 World Cup: Colombia DNQ; Greece Group Stage
Squads in full
Colombia
Goalkeepers: David Ospina, Faryd Mondragon, Camilo Vargas
Defenders: Mario Yepes, Cristian Zapata, Pablo Armero, Camilo Zuniga, Santiago Arias, Eder Alvarez Balanta, Carlos Valdes
Midfielders: Fredy Guarin, Juan Cuadrado, James Rodriguez, Abel Aguilar, Juan Fernando Quintero, Carlos Sanchez, Carlos Carbonero, Alexander Mejia
Forwards: Victor Ibarbo, Jackson Martinez, Carlos Bacca, Adrian Ramos, Teofilo Gutierrez
Greece
Goalkeepers: Orestis Karnezis, Panagiotis Glykos, Stefanos Kapino
Defenders: Kostas Manolas, Giannis Maniatis, Jose Holebas, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Giorgios Tzavellas, Loukas Vyntra, Vasilis Torosidis, Vangelis Moras
Midfielders: Alexandros Tziolis, Andreas Samaris, Kostas Katsouranis, Giorgos Karagounis, Panagiotis Tachtsidis, Ioannis Fetfatzidis, Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Panagiotis Kone
Forwards: Dimitris Salpingidis, Georgios Samaras, Konstantinos Mitroglou, Theofanis Geka
Team news
Colombia have numerous options in Falcao’s absence, however Porto forward Jackson Martinez looks set to lead the line.
Manager Jose Pekerman’s biggest call is who to play at centre half, with calls for the River Plate youngster Eder Balanta to come in.
Fredy Guardin and James Rodriguez are certain starters, whilst the Fiorentina winger Juan Cuadrado looks set to come in after scoring as a substitute against Jordan.
Fulham forward Konstantinos Mitroglou should start if he has proven he is fully fit.
His club team-mate and experienced Giorgos Karagounis will return and captain the side having appeared as a sub in the friendly against Bolivia.
Colombia (4-2-3-1): Ospina, Armero, Zapata, Yepes, Zuniga, Guarin, Sanchez, Cuadrado, Rodriguez, Gutierrez, Martinez
Greece (4-5-1): Karnezis, Moras, Torosidis, Manolas, Holebas, Katsouranis, Maniatis, Kone, Samaras, Karagounis, Mitroglou
