Listen to the full interview with Tim Vickery via the Off The Ball Football Show podcast which also includes a Miguel Delaney's post-match analysis of the Merseyside derby.
Radamel Falcao has scored just shy of 200 goals in club football since his River Plate debut in 2005.
Unfortunately it looks like his recent cruciate ligament injury will keep the Monaco striker out of Colombia's World Cup campaign in Brazil.
But for Colombia, it is not the catastrophe that it is made out to be according to South American football expert Tim Vickery.
"They will clearly lose something because he is such a dynamic force in the penalty area. However they do have a lot of attacking resources and in one sense, I don't think it is a total disaster. They've struggled to get the best out of Falcao," said Tim.
"One of the problems is, although he is such a good striker front to goal, his overall play in the build up is not particularly good which means that ideally I think Colombia would like to play a five-man midfield. But they've never been able to do it with Falcao. They've had to play another striker with him to receive the ball back to goal to link the play a little bit. Without him, it means they can look at a more versatile striker. So you lose the dynamism of Falcao in the penalty area. The closest they have like for like is Jackson Martinez at Porto who is a goalscorer. But if they can play a five-man midfield that gives them defensive solidity, passing from the back, width, and a No 10."
Tim believes Colombia's key game in the group stage of the World Cup is the Greece match. If they do not win that, the pressure builds against Ivory Coast and Japan.
Dealing with the pressure and euphoria will be the most important task for Colombia manager Jose Pekerman with the country's ambitions to join the top table of international football (they are currently fourth in the FIFA World Rankings).
Tim also discussed the latest protests in host nation Brazil and explained how the social issues plaguing the country are a "clash between old Brazil" and it's "inept, flabby, whiskey-soaked" oligarchy and a "new Brazil".
