The Monaco star scored arguably the goal of the tournament so far as Oscar Tabarez’s men were dumped out of the competition

James Rodriguez scored twice – his first a stunning volley – to fire Colombia to a 2-0 win over Uruguay and secure a place in the quarter-finals of the World Cup.

His unstoppable 28th-minute strike on the turn is arguably the goal of the tournament so far, and he followed that up with a close range effort in the second period to end the game as a contest.

Colombia dominated possession in a nervy opening, although they were mainly limited to shots from distance against a Uruguay side without star man Luis Suarez on the back of his four-month suspension.

Oscar Tabarez’s men appeared content to sit deep but their resistance was broken when Rodriguez produced a spontaneous moment of brilliance to light up the match.

A lofted header back towards the Celeste penalty area was chested down on the turn by the Monaco man, who then swivelled and struck the ball first time on the volley into the top left-hand corner.

According to Goal