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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23345872" data-attributes="member: 158020">Poland 0 Colombia 3: Falcao's maiden World Cup goal revitalises Pekerman's side<img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/06/24/22/4D98BACB00000578-5880293-Falcao_of_Colombia_celebrates_after_doubling_his_side_s_lead_ove-a-25_1529875642629.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Radamel Falcao scored his first World Cup goal as Colombia revived  their hopes of reaching the World Cup knockout phase with a 3-0 victory  over Poland, who now cannot reach the last 16. Monaco striker Falcao stroked home his 30th international goal,  making him the first player from Colombia to reach such a milestone,  midway through the second half of a cagey encounter in Kazan, where  defeat for either side would have meant elimination from the  competition. Barcelona  defender Yerry Mina scored the opener, powering a header beyond  Wojciech Szczesny five minutes before half-time to enliven the contest,  and it was the creativity and industry of Juan Cuadrado and James  Rodriguez that picked apart Poland's tightly stitched seams.The  presence of James, fully fit again after a calf injury, vastly improved  Colombia's link-up play following a below-par performance in their  opening 2-1 defeat to Japan, and he provided the assist for Cuadrado to  add a third goal that put the game well beyond Poland.Victory  leaves Jose Pekerman's side on three points in Group H, one point behind  co-leaders Japan and Senegal ahead of their crunch match against the  latter on Thursday.Poland will have a role to play in deciding  the fate of the group when they take on Japan, but ultimately head coach  Adam Nawalka can have few complaints about being dumped out of the  competition after two games in which his side failed to provide  talismanic striker Robert Lewandowski with adequate service.The first ever meeting between these two sides began with a number of  heavy challenges at both ends of the field that prevented the game from  developing into an early rhythm.Colombia started to dominate the midfield and launched attacks  down the right flank through Cuadrado, but the Juventus winger failed to  penetrate a packed Poland defence.Nawalka's side set their stall  out to avoid falling behind as they did in the first half of their 2-1  defeat to Senegal and Colombia's chances of breaking their resolve  were hit by an injury to Abel Aguilar, who was taken from the field on a  stretcher in the 32nd minute and replaced by Mateus Uribe.But  shortly after Cuadrado came alive, running at the Poland defence and  starting a move that culminated with an exquisitely weighted cross by  James that was met by the head of Mina, who lost his marker to head over  Szczesny's outstretched arms and into the net.Juan Fernando  Quintero fired wide from 25 yards as Colombia started the second half  brightly and Cuadrado then squared to Falcao on the edge of the box, but  the Monaco striker lifted his shot well over the crossbar.The  isolated Lewandowski's first real chance of the game arrived in the 58th  minute when he controlled a long pass brilliantly only to shoot  straight into David Ospina's midriff as Poland attempted their first  shot on target of the game.Having survived that scare, Colombia  came to life and Quintero's superb slide-rule pass presented Falcao with  a one-on-one situation and he expertly guided the ball past Szczesny  with the outside of his right foot to double his side's lead.With  15 minutes left on the clock, James' pass from the left found Cuadrado  in space through the middle and he took a touch before applying an  assured finish into the bottom-right corner of the net.Colombia  almost added a fourth after a mix-up between Jan Bednarek and Szczesny,  but Uribe's backheel was cleared off the goal line to leave the final  score 3-0.</blockquote>

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