James Rodríguez was left out of the 2022 Qatar World Cup, because the Colombian National Team did not qualify and made a poor presentation in the South American Qualifiers.
Furthermore, their competition in the Qatar League is over and their team, Al-Rayyan, managed to escape relegation and gain permanence for next season.
So what’s next for James? Well, this week the Colombian ’10’ will throb the Champions League, a competition that will be his motivation.
Is James returned to Europe? No. He is still at Al-Rayyan, the club with which he will compete in the Asian Champions League, a tournament that brings together the main teams on the continent and gives a place in the Club World Cup.
Al-Rayyan is part of group A and will start their competition next Friday, April 8, playing away against FC Istiklol Dushanbe, from Tajikistan. There begins a marathon of games for James and his team: 6 games in 21 days.
On Monday, April 11, the Qatari team will be local against Al-Hilal from Saudi Arabia, a team in which Colombian Gustavo Cuéllar plays, and which is the current champion of the AFC (Asian Football Confederation) Champions League. .
On April 15 and 19 there are two more games: James Rodríguez will face Sharjah FC of the United Arab Emirates, first as a visitor and then in Qatar.
Tajikistan’s team, FC Istiklol Dushanbe, will visit Al-Rayyan on April 23. And the group stage will be closed by James’ team playing in Arabia, against Al-Hilal.
The group stage has 40 teams in ten groups; the first of each zone and the six best seconds will pass.
