James rodriguez still not having the desired time with the Rayo Vallecanoa club he joined as a free agent after leaving São Paulo in Brazil. The Colombian has only played 21 minutes in two games in which he started as a substitute and was used in the final stretch of the games.
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Inigo Perez wants to bring up the topic James He is calm, he knows very well that he had two months of inactivity from football and he does not want to rush his adaptation, since he is a player very prone to muscle injuries, a problem that frustrated him in his previous experiences.
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Since landing in Vallecasthe Cucuteño saw the duel against the Barcelona from the box, he was not in the defeat against Espanyol, and played a handful of minutes against Osasuna and Atlético de Madrid; 21 minutes in total.
Some criticism has already fallen on the Rayo Vallecano coach, He has a special plan in mind for the Colombian and does not want to rush him. “He has to adapt to the group and the group to him. When my players started competing they had been in preseason for five weeks,” he said after the draw against Atlético de Madrid.
“With James there is no exact measurement of whether he plays ten minutes, twenty or whatever. I understand the external euphoria, I understand it, but I have to evaluate everything. I accept the criticism of his few minutes, but he comes from six weeks of inactivity and now he is in the third week of work. This is not mathematical,” he added.
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Will James Rodriguez earn a starting spot?
Before the game against the Girona Regarding the Colombians Yáser Aspirilla and Jhon Solís, for the seventh day of the Spanish League, Íñigo Pérez was again consulted about the subject of James Rodríguez and his possible starting position at Montilivi and he did not want to reveal his plan.
The young coach left some questions in his answer, saying that the starting lineup is made up of what is worked on every day and does not have a fixed eleven 24 hours before the match.
“It’s something that I don’t even manage myself. I don’t take a sheet of paper and make lineups weeks in advance. I move on a day-to-day basis. I try to make today’s session go well, I draw it up and we do it,” the coach began by saying.
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“I understand this question (about James Rodriguez), I answer it and will continue to answer it with the utmost politeness. I don’t know, but even if I did, I wouldn’t say it. I move in short time frames, which is how we should focus as a club.“said the coach, who seems to be getting tired of the constant questions on the subject.
In fact, the 33-year-old midfielder’s few minutes have already generated some criticism from the Spanish press. Edu Aguirre, from El Chiringuito, was very upset with James Rodríguez’s few minutes against Osasuna.
“I also tell you, to be warming up for 45 minutes and play four… I’m not saying I’m angry, but the field is full, the team is winning, warming up from the 45th minute and he takes it out in the 86th minute,” he indicated.
MADRID, 09/22/2024.- Rayo Vallecano Colombian midfielder James Rodríguez, on the bench before the LaLiga EA Sports match between his team and Atlético de Madrid at the Vallecas Stadium in Madrid this Sunday. EFE/ Kiko Huesca
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Even though the Rayo Vallecano coach He has not yet been seen as a starter, but the reality with the Colombian national team is very different. Coach Néstor Lorenzo has always supported him and gave him confidence in the double match in September, as he played 45 minutes against Peru and was a starter against Argentina in Barranquilla.
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