After an impressive first half, which ended 3-3, Colombia took advantage of an organisational collapse by the Kurukuru in the second half to hit home eight unanswered goals.
The result leaves the Kurukuru at the bottom of the Group F table while Colombia move up to second place with their first ever points at a FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Colombia took the lead in the sixth minute courtesy of Johnathan Toro and the advantage was extended by Jose Quiroz seconds later.
Captain Elliot Ragomo brought the Solomon Islanders back into the game with a neat finish from a penalty and a kick-in a minute later put the Oceania champions on par with their opponents at 2-2 with Samuel Osifelo connecting with a Yefri Duque cross.
Just before half time each side got one-a-piece – Toro got his second of the match to regain the lead for Colombia but Micah Lea’alafa kept his side in the game with his close range strike to enter the break level.
However, moments before Toro’s goal the Kurukuru’s first choice goalkeeper Paul Huia was sent off for handling the ball outside his area and the referee ruled that he denied his opponent a goal-scoring opportunity.
Sixteen-year-old Anthony Talo was then brought in to replace him.
As soon as the second half started defensive red flags started popping up for the Kurukuru, who were let off easy on two occasions as the Colombians tried to break their spirit early.
However, the third time the Kurukuru were not so lucky as Andres Reyes scored in the 22nd minute and Yefri Duque took it to 5-2 with his contribution seven minutes later.
The Kurukuru clawed onto the belief that they were still in it after the half hour mark but Colombia sank their hopes with another six goals adding to their growing tally.
Reyes struck again in the 32nd minute and Jorge Abril also got in on the action in the 34th minute.
Toro completed his hat trick with three minutes left on the clock before Angelott Caro, Yeisson Fonegra and Johan Prado made their marks on the scoresheet.
In reply the Kurukuru crafted several worthy scoring opportunities but the Colombians refused to let them through. An effort from James Egeta rattled the Colombian woodwork and two more shots were saved.
“It’s obvious that I am satisfied with the first half and very unsatisfied with the second,” Solomon Islands head coach Dickson Kadau says.
“We lost our concentration and stopped executing our game plan, which was to pressure them and mark tight in one-on-ones.”
Counterpart Amey Fonnegra praised his team’s performance in the second half but expressed concerns about their final group match against Russia.
“In the second half our counter-attacks were lethal,” Fonnegra says.
“It is true that we have accomplished something historic by winning our first ever World Cup match, but I can’t be completely satisfied just yet. Now I have to think of the best way to play Russia.”
Solomon Islands is now left with only a statistical chance of making it to the second round and need several freak results to take place inside and outside of Group F.
First they need to beat Guatemala by a gigantic margin and hope that the Russians can put enough goals past Colombia to overturn the massive deficit they currently hold.
Meanwhile in the other Group F match yesterday the Russians confirmed their ticket to the second round with a 9-0 win over Guatemala. The result saw Guatemala slip to third place in the Group F table.
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