Colombia vs. Japan
Group H, Mordovia Arena, Saransk
There isn’t much optimism for Japan against Colombia, one of the darlings from 2014, and even Japan’s psychic parrot has voted thumbs down on the team’s chances in this match.
That’s right. Olivia, who lives at Nasu Animal Kingdom north of Tokyo, has predicted a win by Colombia, plucking that country’s flag with its beak. Olivia correctly predicted six out of seven results at the 2015 women’s World Cup and five out of seven at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Japan has been disappointing of late, with a performance that led to the firing in March of Coach Vahid Halilhodzic.