James Rodríguez's good moment in Al Rayyan Qatar Stars League | Colombians Abroad”>Juan Fernando Quintero returned to the Colombian National Team in the friendly against Honduras giving the best sensations: he is physically at his best despite the inactivity, his clarity to make deep passes has not been forgotten, he is getting to finish the plays that he himself proposes and breaking the spell of the goal and he also feels so comfortable dressed in yellow that he almost doesn’t care who the teammates next to him are.
Are you thinking that, except for the goal, they are, more or less, the same virtues that James Rodríguez was recognized in the match against Paraguay for the Qatar 2022 Qualifiers? And are you wondering if it is possible for all those options created by the two left-handers to come together again, as happened in the 2018 World Cup in the unforgettable 3-0 against Poland? Coach Reinaldo Rueda also has similar doubts.
The DT spoke first of each one: “hopefully JuanFer will have a result when he goes to Argentina,” said the DT after the friendly against Honduras, in which his captain left as a precaution after suffering a blow that would not have his next call in doubt . And then he spoke of the Al-Rayyan player: “We will make a new evaluation, James has been growing, letting go little by little, playing fluidly.”
And is it very crazy if they play together against Peru on January 28? “The two of them complement each other, they have sensitivity, empathy, we saw it against Poland in the World Cup in Russia, when those who like the ball get together they complement each other and there is no problem,” Rueda explained.
Translation: Of course they can play together and of course, in an extreme need for victory like the current one, they can get together in Barranquilla, as starters or with the game advanced. In that game against Poland they effectively complemented each other instead of taking space away from each other and drove the markers crazy, who never knew how or when to isolate one or the other and thus spaces were created and there was surprise.
The risk is losing men on the mark and that is the possible collateral damage. But it is a risk that must be taken at home, the others will have to multiply in the brand and support them because we have to let them do what they know to come out of the fast of five games without goals and to add three. In view of the DT it is not an unreasonable option. The really crazy thing would be to save talent when the pressure of the Qualifiers harasses. Healthy, they will always be an alternative.
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