Not selected to participate in the Copa America with Colombia, James Rodriguez speaks of a “lack of respect”.
This Sunday, Colombia will enter the competition in a Copa America that it should have organized. But, faced with the political unrest to which the country is a victim in addition to the Covid-19 crisis in Argentina, it is ultimately in Brazil that the competition will take place.
If the misunderstanding is everywhere on the continent concerning the holding of this edition, James Rodriguez (30 years old) would not have been of these opinions. This Copa America, the leader of Everton will live it on television.
Indeed, first retained in the group of Reinaldo Rueda to participate in the qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup disputed in the last two weeks than for the continental tournament, he was then asked to stay at home. A real “lack of respect” for the main concerned.
“You have to make it clear that I was not bad at all at the moment. I was ready to play the Copa America, it was a decision of the technical staff. I do not share it, because it is a lack of respect”, Everton’s attacking midfielder said in a video posted to Instagram.
“It’s another thing to say to you: ‘Look, I don’t count on you because I don’t like you as a player’, there okay, if it’s like that, I squeeze my buttocks and I m ‘go “, added the former player from Porto, Monaco, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.