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South American football expert Tim Vickery gives his opinion on Colombia

England against Colombia at the 16th World Cup in Moscow on Tuesday night. Can Gareth Southgate and his players wait for them?

Colombia, 16th in the FIFA rankings, four places out of England, won its place in the round of 16 while the winners of Group H recovered from a 2-1 defeat against Japan in their opening match against Poland and Senegal. 0 and 1-0 respectively.

But how are they? What's the last on James Rodriguez's injury? And who are the other players to watch? We watch with the help of the South American football expert Tim Vickery

Who's the manager?

Argentine veteran Jose Pekerman was Tactical Officer, overseeing Colombia's best World Cup campaign in 2014, scoring a maximum of points in the group stage and beating Uruguay in round of 16 before a short defeat against Brazil in the quarter-finals.

Jose Pekerman consoles James Rodriguez as he is substituted

The 68-year-old has had a long career in the management that included a spell in charge of Argentina between In 2004 and 2006, at the 2006 World Cup, his Argentine team was deserving of praise for a group campaign that included a defeat of 6- 0 against Serbia and Montenegro, but who lost against Germany on penalties in the quarter-finals.

According to Vickery, much depends on James Rodriguez.

"They represent a considerable but less difficult challenge if they fail to shape James Rodriguez," Vickery said. Sky Sports . "However, just as the British fans are preparing a road to the finals, so are Colombia, and if they do, they will face a European team after.

Colombia impressed by their 3-0 win against Poland

"Colombia is the only non-European team in this half of the table and it can be significant that their excellent performance The England has been warned

What is the last on James?

James Rodriguez, the winner of the Golden Shoe in Brazil four years ago, is a doubt Tuesday's match was limped in the first half of the 1-0 win against Senegal on Thursday .

So we can dismiss it: "It's a little too early to say," Vickery said. said after the match in his press conference that he was very worried because Rodriguez had looked at the deal. He had this lousy problem for a while. They did not play it from the start in the first game and he returned magnificently in the second game.

James Rodriguez injured concern

The manager of Colombia Jose Pekerman is "extremely concerned" by the physical condition of James Rodriguez.

"He looked good at training but he was not right at all: he was a passenger against Senegal, so Colombia is worried, they did not a lot of time to get it back but maybe it's a promising sign that we've seen it run on the field to celebrate the end of the game.

"That's just euphoria from Colombia who made the knockout round or that he could get rid of that annoying little injury that he had you see because without him, Colombia is not on the same side . "

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England has a half-foot in the quarterfinals. "

What about defense?"

"The central pairing of Davinson Sanchez and Yerry Mina is huge and pretty fast," says Vickery. "David Ospina of Arsenal also found his form in this tournament, which is good news for Colombia as he is the only goalkeeper of Colombia

"He had a very bad year with the national team and he invented new, more bizarre ways to throw the ball into his own net, so they are very happy that he found

"I do not think that there are necessarily defensive weaknesses, but there is some players who can hurt you with the ball and a number of players who can not. "

What are their weaknesses?

Vickery believes that England's best hope of getting a result is to force Colombia to stand up for defense.

"Until now, Colombia was poor when it had been forced half," he said. "The second half against Japan – I know that they were reduced to 10 men – but also the first half against Senegal when they were forced, if you can do it, then Falcao does not offer much. Tim Vickery ” itemprop=”image”/>