BELO HORIZONTE: Col­ombia started its first World Cup campaign in 16 years in dazzling fashion, beating Greece 3-0 on Saturday.

Left back Armero opened the scoring in the fifth minute when his deflected shot rolled past Greek goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis.

Striker Teofilo Gutierrez poked in Colombia’s second goal from a deflected corner and James Rodriguez capped it off with a low shot in stoppage time.

Published in Dawn, June 15th, 2014