Colombia captain Falcao out to issue sharp reminder to England


Soccer Football - World Cup - Group H - Senegal vs Colombia - Samara Arena, Samara, Russia - June 28, 2018 Colombias Radamel Falcao gestures during the match REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

ST PETERSBURG: Robbed of his World Cup dream by injury four years ago, Colombia captain Radamel Falcao (pic) has at last realised his childhood dream and has a point to prove against England.

Falcao’s nine goals in qualifying carried the team to a first World Cup for 16 years in Brazil before an ungainly challenge by a schoolteacher in the French Cup in January 2014 inflicted cruciate ligament damage and blew his career off course.

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