2023-09-08 04:01:34
James Rodríguez saw little time in the Colombian National Team’s match once morest his counterpart from Venezuela. The ’10’ was one of the game-changers in Néstor Lorenzo’s team and he had very few minutes to show the magic he has in his left foot.
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James went directly to the bench and his absence in the starting XI became one of the surprises of the Colombian National Team coach to face Venezuela for the first round of the South American qualifying round.
The few playing minutes he has had in recent months and the lack of rhythm took their toll on the 32-year-old player, who watched more than half of the game from the substitute bench.
Around the 75th minute, coach Néstor Lorenzo decided to give the Colombian National Team some air and sent James onto the field. Despite the fact that he had 15 minutes of play, plus the injury time, the Colombian star did not manage to print his magic and had little impact in a game that ended 1-0 thanks to Rafael Santos Borré’s goal.
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After referee Anderson Daronco’s final whistle, the ’10’ decided to attend to the media in the mixed zone and spoke regarding the few minutes he saw once morest Venezuela in Barranquilla.
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It doesn’t matter, here I am one more and the most important thing is the team
When asked regarding his feelings regarding the game once morest Venezuela, the left-hander stated: “I think we played a good game, the boys made a great effort (…) It was important to have won today and we got the result, in the qualifying rounds we didn’t “You have to play well, you have to win.”
One of the questions that caught the most attention was when they asked him regarding not being in the starting XI that Néstor Lorenzo formulated for the match and regarding the few minutes of play.
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“It doesn’t matter, here I am one more and the most important thing is the team. We have achieved a victory,” said the Colombian midfielder in the mixed zone.
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Ricardo Maldonado Rozo. efe
On the other hand, James Rodríguez spoke regarding the importance of having several references within the Colombian National Team such as Juan Guillermo Cuadrado: “Here we all contribute in the same way, those of us who have been here for some time come to contribute mentally, the idea is help in all aspects.
And he closed with what he hopes for the match once morest Chile next Tuesday: “I think it’s going to be a complicated match, Chile is quite tough there. In the last qualifying rounds we have done well and we have to look at the good, we have very good players.” talent”.
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