The second battle between Latin Americans in the 16 phase and here the most important event is out-of-competition, since after the punishment of Luis Suarez the balance between the two teams has changed.
I have rewritten the importance of Liverpool's striker for the Uruguayan team. When they fought without him against Costa Rica, Uruguay was a funny team that accepted the defeat from Costa Rica despite being found ahead of 1-0.
I do not expect to be much better in this game. They may have passed by excluding England and Italy, but the truth is that neither England nor Italy have shown themselves to be teams belonging to the elite of the organization. On the contrary, they showed to be well below the average level. Uruguay qualified very hard, winning only the Italians in the last ten minutes, and did not show at any point in the tournament that they were in good shape.
Colombia again, was one of the most impressive teams in the first phase. Although they do not have huge names in their composition, they have a lot of energy in the field and they are constantly running causing many problems to the opponents and making it difficult for the opponent to play the ball.
Apart from the fact that Colombia is currently at a much better level both as a group and as a readiness, it is a fact that Suarez's absence for me completely changes the balance of the couple. The truth is that I was about to bet on Uruguay's qualification when the pair became known. But I think Colombia's victory should be worthwhile to be given to 1.80.