The Colombian National Team had its second appearance in this Copa América and its rival was Costa Rica, where Néstor Lorenzo’s team won 3-0 in Glendale and achieved early qualification to the quarterfinals of the competition.
The Colombian midfielder came out as team captain from the opening whistle and tried to be a kind of multi-functional midfielder who could be on all sides of the field.
However, the performance of the captain of the national team against Costa Rica was more discreet, if we take into account his participation against Paraguay, where James continued with the same task of receiving balls from the defenders and distributing to the wingers and Jhon Córdoba.
It is worth mentioning that one of James’ highlights against Costa Rica was at the time of the penalty, when the player who is always the one to take those shots ended up giving the ball to Luis Díaz so that he could score his first goal in this Copa América.
But the most decisive point for the midfielder was in Colombia’s third goal, when James received the ball from Davinson Sánchez in three quarters of the field and with his first intention assisted Jhon Córdoba so that the Krasnodar striker ended up finishing.
Ultimately, James Rodriguez played a total of 72 minutes in Glendale, and the player ended up in applause when he came on for Kevin Castaño.
