The Colombian National Team is getting ready to face Argentina this Sunday, July 14, in the Copa América final. The match will start at 7 pm and the Colombians are already dreaming of their second title in this tournament.
Throughout this Copa América, player James Rodríguez, whose future at São Paulo in Brazil is still uncertain, He is undoubtedly one of the stars of the tricolor team due to all the talent he has shown in each match.
In , Luis Fernando Suárez, who was recently announced as coach of Deportivo Pereira, spoke about the level that James has shown in this Copa América. He also made an explosive revelation about why the Cucuteño ends up performing better in the same Colombian National Team than at club level.
“That act of rebellion that he has and he wants to show all of us that he is still valid. So today, I think he’s playing better than when he was the revelation in the 2014 World Cup, but I see him more involved in other circumstances; that of being the leader on the court. The others revolve around him, but they revolve well and compensate each other well on the court. In that sense, James’s performance has been, yes, an act where he almost wants to show us and I think to reproach us, and I think with good reason, that they were wrong, because, in reality, I don’t get involved in that group,” said the Colombian coach in
Regarding the harsh criticism that arose against James at the time for his footballing level, Suárez was emphatic in saying that everything ends up being part of the immediacy that exists in football today.
“He created a family and in this he created synergy, combativeness, collaboration; I think there is empathy (…). Colombia has very good players and with Néstor Lorenzo we have a very good team, it feels like a family, they understand each other. There are a lot of emotional things that make him different from everyone else,” said Suárez.
