James Rodriguez he wore the jersey again Colombia selectionon Saturday in the friendly against Guatemala, and left his mark, with a new goal, in a comfortable 4-1 victory.
The midfielder, who now plays in the Olympiacos of Greecescored the first goal of the match, at minute 40.
That annotation increases his historical record and puts him alone as the second highest scorer of the Colombian National Team, only behind Falcao garcia.
Precision in the goals of Iguarán
In some media they have reported that James shares second place with Arnold Iguaranthe former soccer player who was another symbol of the National Team.
However, the goals that Iguarán scored with the Colombian National Team are 24, not 25 as is sometimes attributed to him.
Where does Iguarán’s supposed goal number 25 come from? From a friendly match against the United States, on May 14, 1988, the first stop before the tour of Europe, which took the National Team to play against Finland, Scotland and, finally, England in Wembley.
That match ended 2-0 and some media gave both goals to Iguarán. The first was not his.
Thus, Iguarán’s goals are 24. Nor do we have to tell him those of the Central American and Caribbean 1978, which were not with the senior team and in which, in addition, Colombia, being a local, ended up disqualified because they accused several players to be professionals.
Therefore, Iguarán is now the third scorer for the National Team, behind Falcao, with 35, and James, who did reach 25.
In 2015, in an interview with EL TIEMPO, Iguarán commented: “I had accounts that I had scored 25 goals, but if they say there are 24, there is no problem and that is how it should be. I did not write down the goals I scored, but I kept the count mentally,” he said.
The top 3:
Falcao Garcia 35
James Rodriguez 25
Arnoldo Iguaran 24
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