Fewer goals, Colombia has more goals than Brazil and Argentina in the last two Cups

Colombia, who will face England in the World Cup Round of 32, may not be a major force like Brazil or Argentina in South American football, but the team "coffee maker" will mark more often two last editions of the World Championship, even playing fewer matches.

Many English fans were celebrating, despite their 1-0 defeat of Belgium in the last group stage game that determined the Octave game against the Colombians the final seems a little easier.

The English could face Sweden or Switzerland in a possible quarter-final, while Belgium could face Brazil, France or Argentina in the other key.

But an badysis of Colombia's matches in this World Cup and in the 2014 edition in Brazil reveals that they were more effective than the Brazilians and Argentines, although disputing fewer matches.

Led by top players like James Rodríguez and Juan Cuadrado, but without striker Radamel Falcao Garcia in 2014, Colombia scored 12 goals in five World Cup matches in Brazil, reaching quarter-finals. final.

The Brazilian national team, semifinalist and host of the tournament, scored one goal less, playing even two more games than the Colombians in the tournament. Argentina, which lost the 2014 final against Germany, scored even fewer goals in seven games in Brazil.

The story is similar in this edition of the World Cup in Russia where the Falcão, this time has even had irregular performance, but scored more times than Argentina and the same number of times that Brazil.

Messi's Argentina narrowly missed the knockout stage of the tournament with a late goal against Nigeria, their last in the group stage. Brazil scored five times in Group E, including twice as long to beat Costa Rica.

Colombia finished eighth, scoring five goals in the group's three games, supported by tens of thousands of fans.

"It will be a brilliant match for me," said coach Gareth Southgate of England. "It seemed like Colombia had 30 or 40,000 fans in the stadium, I went to two of their matches in Brazil, it was incredible moments."

"They have excellent players, some particularly attacking," he said. "But we also have very good players who believe and expect the challenge."