James’ story with the Colombia selection it is unique. The footballer, currently a player for Sao Paulo although with a bad relationship with his club, is a totally different person when the time comes to wear his country’s shirt.
A few days ago he reached 100 games with the national team’s shirt, with which he scored 27 goals. That same shirt that made him shine in the 2014 World Cup and helped him play for Real Madrid, where he was champion, triumphed and then left through the back door.
The hitch, in addition, is experiencing a second youth with his team. He is a key part of the team Nestor Lorenzo and in the last training session before the debut against Paraguay, he showed that the good atmosphere in the locker room exists because he put on the goalkeeper gloves and was part of the team that won the game.
This situation is reminiscent of November 2023, when Colombia beat Brazil in Barranquilla and after that match, the team trained with great joy and calm, with James who He found himself saving penalties against his teammates, with his gloves on and enjoying a different day.
James and his country’s shirt, a love story
In an interview with the Colombian federation on the occasion of his 100th match, James made it clear why his priority is the coffee team: “The coaching staff helped me since they arrived and you know that I love that shirt like no one else. It is a shirt that gives me a lot of good feelings, in the clubs I think I have done things well, but When you play for your country it is another ‘feel’, it is something else, you have to give a little more than what you do in clubsbecause you are playing for your country, for your people.”
James gives a lot of importance to people: “I want them to remember me as an excellent person and to know that I am going to give up everything for this shirt. I gave absolutely everything. Because of this shirt I said that I played with one leg, that I played even lame. And that’s how it’s always been“, concluded the left-handed man.
