The playoffs for the World Cup in Qatar ended more than eight months ago, but James Rodríguez opened up a wound that fans of the Peru team will not like, even leaving both of them with a hard dart Red and white As for Australia, which ended up taking part in the highest competition of any country.
in dialogue with RCN News, the current Olympiakos midfielder from Greece was referring to the match between the Blanquirroja and the Socceroos on June 13 at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium in Al-Rayyan. For the Colombian, the level of both teams was well below what they had and he dared to leave a “sharp” phrase.
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What did James Rodríguez say about the Peru team?
“I had a Tusa when I was watching the World Cup games. There were teams that didn’t play well, you wondered how they got to the World Cup,” James Rodríguez explained to the Colombian press at the beginning, only to later attack the Blanquirroja.
“I had to watch Australia vs Peru playoffs in Qatar. And I asked, ‘How are these two teams supposed to get to a World Cup?’ with all the respect they deserve. Peru is a great team, but we are great. Better, better than Australia too,” emphasized the ex-volunteer of the real Madrid.
Finally, Rodríguez made a mea culpa, citing the actions that prevented them from qualifying for the World Cup in Qatar. “These are things that happen, we did things wrong. It can’t be that we haven’t scored goals in seven games with so many good players that we have. It was our job to score at least two or three goals a game.”