Sunday, March 16, 2014 Inquirer Daily News  Can Colombia win the
World Cup? Examining 2014's dark horses  Or: If your country was
on the winning side of the Thirty Years War, look away now
Everybody's talking up Colombia at the moment, and it's not too
hard to see why. As well as the obvious in Falcao, the team are
also blessed with two solid centre-backs and a decent
goalkeeper, a very serviceable midfield, and some excellent
other attacking options in James Rodriguez, Jackson Martinez,
and Juan Fernando Quintero. They've got a very small pool of
players to draw from, but their first XI plus three substitutes
is arguably good enough to match the best.  Arguably. The
problem is exactly where this talent lies. To begin with, nobody
should doubt that Falcao will be the player on which this team
lives or dies. His performance in carrying Atletico Madrid last
season shows that, in the manner of Robin van Persie, he's not
someone who particularly needs his supporting cast to be at
their best to shine, an invalua