The World Cup 2014 tournament is live for the knockout stage as Colombia and Uruguay play on Saturday and the elimination game starts up on ABC at 4 pm and has a radio stream from ESPN Radio and is also online from WatchESPN at Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro and these are the other two South American teams in the tourney.
Luis Suarez is out for Uruguay and banned from soccer for four months and that will make it much tougher for the team to win and that plays into Colombia, who has played very well coming into the next stage. The team won all three games in the group stage and scored nine goals and they now have momentum coming into this stage and the setup means that at least one of the South American teams will make it into the semifinals of the Cup. The team defeated Ivory Coast, Japan and Greece and now the Greek side is the other team to advance and Colombia is
Colombia opened the tournament without Radamel Falcao and many thought that would keep the team from leaving the group stage, but that clearly was not the case and now they have the chance to advance over Uruguay. The team has plenty of talent, but Suarez is the best player for Uruguay and they will have a tough time winning without him, but his suspension was well deserved after he was caught biting another player for the third time and now he will be out for Liverpool for the beginning of the season as well. Suarez scored two killer goals against England and now Uruguay will have to make up for his loss and that could mean their World Cup trip is over.
Spain came in after winning the World Cup last time in South Africa and they were one of the favorites and did not end up making it out of the group stage. England and Italy also were eliminated and that saw Uruguay and Costa Rica advance from the group with those two Euro teams and they are part of the host continent's chance to win the tourney. Suarez missed the first game with an injury and he returned and made his impact felt, including his impact molars, as he had two goals and a bite in the World Cup games and now they are through.
The Uruguayan team feels that Suarez's ban was excessive naturally and they also think this is a mighty blow for the team and some have come out to defend him. Colombia has James Rodriguez playing well this year in the World Cup and he is one of the leaders with three goals and he also had two assists and if they want to make a deep run, he will need to continue playing that well. Colombia at home has had numerous crack downs and rules coming down with the matches and depending on what happens, there could be some violence, but luckily no biting from Suarez again.
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