FIFA World Cup 2018: Colombia beat listless Poland 3-0

Colombia thrashed Poland 30 in a Group H encounter of the FIFA World Cup here on Sunday Yerry Mina 40th minute Radamel Falcao 70th and Juan Cuadrado 75th scored for ColumbiaThe win kept alive Columbias chances of advancing from the group stage They are on three points from two matches They had been defeated 12 by Japan in their first game Poland who had been defeated by Senegal in their previous match have no points and are as good as out of the tournament Colombia dominated proceedings right from the startThe South Americans controlled possession beautifully and Poland struggled to contain their starstudded attacking line up Cuadrado was impressive form keeping the capacity crowd awestruck with his runs down the right wingHe formed a superb combination with Juan Quintero and the duo created all sorts of problems for the Poland defence Apart from his good work upfront Cuadrado also did some really good defensive work falling back with speed whenever Poland went on the counter Poland never really seemed to be in the game and created very little scoring chancesThey have one of the best centre forwards in the world in Robert Lewandowski but Polands link up play from the midfield was rendered ineffective by Columbias excellent defensive organisation The Bayern Munich star was left totally isolated in the absence of proper support from the midfield Whenever Poland went on the attack Colombias speed down the flanks saw the Europeans being caught on the counterColombia took the lead shortly before half time off a corner when James Rodr Aguez floated in a cross into the penalty box and Mina rose above the Poland defence to head the ball in The South Americans continued to dominate after the break and created scoring chances at regular intervalsBut a combination of poor finishing and excellent defending by Poland prevented them from scoring But Colombia could not be denied for long as Falcao who seemed to be struggling with his form finally found his scoring touch A quick attack by Colombia saw Quintero put forward an excellent through and Falcao raced into the opposition box and calmly slotted home into the bottomleft cornerPoland were forced to go all out in attack which saw Cuadrado score Colombias third goal off a fast counter a short while later James initiated the move charging out of defence down the left wing before finding Cuadrado upfront Cuadrado who had raced down the right wing before receiving the ball in the centre continued his run and beat Poland goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny with an excellent finish That virtually sealed the issue as Poland never seemed capable of scoring and Colombia clinched a well deserved victoryAlso Read FIFA World Cup 2018 Colombias Game Against Poland Is Like A Final Says Radamel FalcaoCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever