It would be the first case in the world: a club that puts its own interests behind those of a national team.
The miracle, if it were true, I would be achieving it James Rodríguez in Al Rayyan of Qatar, a team that could be privileging the need of the Colombian National Team to take care of one of his talents, just 12 days before the matches against Bolivia and Venezuela, in the final stretch of the Qualifiers for the next World Cup.
It is one of the few explanations that arise from the surprising absence of the creative in the league duel this Friday, which ended with a victory for Al Rayyan against Al Shamal on matchday 22, the last of the league season.
The left-hander was in the last training session and no news was reported about the muscle injury that would have taken him out of these last two games for his team. This is how it appeared in the last practice:
In fact, he posed with a small fan and did not seem to have any physical problems:
So why didn’t James play? The technician Nicolás Córdova did not refer to the subject and it is normal because it is worth remembering that a restriction, established in the contract, weighs on the footballer’s medical history to make his discomfort public.
So the reasons for the player’s absence are not known and that could be a double-edged sword: either he is taking care of himself for the final stretch of the Qualifiers, in which Colombia depends on a miracle, there is an injury that may not be as light as it was rumored a few days ago, when he was also left out of the duel against Al Sadd.
For the good of the national team, if it is in Rueda’s plans, it is expected to come first.
