The defeats against Peru and Argentina for the Qatar 2022 Qualifiers are far from being over, judging by the rumors that expose alleged divisions in the dressing room of the James Rodríguez's good moment in Al Rayyan Qatar Stars League | Colombians Abroad”>Colombian National Team.
The very likely elimination from the World Cup would have caused a succession of reproaches and, apparently, ill-treatment from a player who they point to as the cause of the inconvenience: James Rodríguez.
The journalist Esteban Jaramillo assures that there was a strong discussion between the creative and Falcao, two leaders of the locker room, after the defeat against Peru, and that the allegations involved other players.
“The lack of control of James Rodríguez, rebuking the fans for the punishment with a whistle when, with adverse results and crumbs of football, he broke the confidence of the fans, had unfortunate side effects,” he said in his column for KienyKe.
According to him, that “uncontrolled disgust… continued in the locker room, where he collided with Falcao, the historic scorer, his friend and protector forever, who is characterized by his decency.”
Jaramillo says that in the mess James pointed to other teammates “especially among supporting players, who without raising their voices rebuke him. “Shut up! You’re nobody here,” he replies.
The player’s departure on a different bus than his teammates, during the concentration in Argentina, would have an explanation in those confrontations: “His manifest disagreement, expressed in the worst way, had continuity in the return to the concentration, when, it is affirmed, He chose to do it on the prop bus, perhaps thinking that he was not worthy on official transportation,” said Jaramillo.
The versions about possible crosses between the Colombian players after the defeats come from the Queiroz era, when it was rumored that James himself would have had a tough confrontation with several teammates after the 3-0 win against Uruguay and later in the 6-1 against Ecuador. For Jaramillo, the 10 had to do with the abrupt departure of the Portuguese from the national team and even in the crisis that the current DT is experiencing.
“They have been common, as were his soccer brilliances in the past, his angry outbursts. For him, leading a plot, Queiroz left when the team was sailing through low waters and it was he who marked his exit route in the Copa América, with thoughts contrary to those of Reinaldo Rueda. From the beginning of the journey to the World Cup, without being solely responsible, he has been an active participant, present or absent, in the debacle,” he added.
The great concern is that, if these versions are true, the atmosphere will be the worst facing the last two games against Bolivia (January 24) and Venezuela (29), in which Colombia needs six points and a combination of results of their rivals to dream of at least a place in the playoffs for Qatar 2022.
