Colombia 3 Greece 0 player ratings: Who replaced Radamel Falcao as Colombia's star man?
Performances from this Group C encounter rated
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Your support makes all the difference.Colombia started their World Cup campaign in style with an emphatic 3-0 win over Greece.
Pablo Armero opened the scoring after just five minutes as many people's tournament dark horses ensured they started strongly.
River Plate striker Teofilo Gutierrez, the man chosen to replace the injured Radamel Falcao, doubled their lead just before the hour mark.
Finally James Rodriguez, sealed a comfortable win with his goal in injury time.
The result sees Colombia go to the top of Group C with Ivory Coast and Japan to play later.
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