Carlos Antonio Vélez is still not convinced by James Rodríguez’s performance at Rayo Vallecano

The wait is over: James Rodríguez made his debut as a starter for Rayo Vallecano, playing 64 minutes in a 1-1 draw against Leganés on matchday 11 of the Spanish league. The Colombian played an active role in the offensive game, excelling in vision and passing accuracy. He even had a clear chance to score, but goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic was able to deflect his shot and deny him a goal.

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Colombia’s participation was such that he was selected as the player of the match, the MVP, due to his precision and intensity.: “James Rodriguez (33) won MVP of the match in his first La Liga start for his performance in Rayo Vallecano’s 1-1 draw at home to Leganes. 💫”, they emphasized from the official news account of the Spanish league.

“James Rodríguez (33) won MVP of the match in his first La Liga start for his performance in Rayo Vallecano’s 1-1 draw against Leganés.”

Although the Colombian distinguished himself as the MVP and achieved a 91% pass accuracy, he has yet to convince controversial journalist Carlos Antonio Vélez.known for his harsh criticism of footballers and various branches of sport, but also for his silence and unreserved support for controversial figures of the Colombian Football Federation (FCF), such as its president Ramón Jesurún.

On this occasion, the sports commentator shared through his official account on X, formerly known as Twitter, some analysis from the European press about the match between Rayo Vallecano and Leganés. In these analyses, James Rodríguez is not highlighted as the great personality that was highlighted in the Colombian press.; In fact, other players were rated better than Cucuteño.

After a duel that caused a diversity of opinions, but in which finally James was recognized with a pass accuracy of 94% by SofaScoreRodríguez realized that this was the beginning of the journey on which he wanted to achieve important goals with Ray Vallecano.

“I’m happy to be back in La Liga and play my first game as a starter. The feelings were good, I wanted to be the starter. I hope I can help the team, which is what I want,” said the captain of the Colombian team after the presentation with the Madrid team.

Vélez’s accusations were not limited to social networks. A few days ago, the commentator was in charge of downplaying the performance of both James Rodríguez and Ray Vallecano in the Spanish league. According to Carlos Antonio Vélez, the talented left-hander has come to a team without the stars, where physical effort is prioritized over other qualities.

“We feel that in Colombia they don’t know what team James has come to.” James came to Jaguares over there, with all due respect to Jaguares, or over there to Patriotas, with all due respect to Patriotas. It’s a team fighting for survival, that’s Ray’s championship. So ‘show’ grabs it here, ‘show’ grabs it there, everything works. And on top of that, James is lazy” said the journalist on his radio show Bigger words.

Vélez even pointed out that because of Rodríguez’s conditions, which are mostly techniques like shooting and passing, they will not adapt to the physical intensity and fighting with the body that is required in the ‘Franjirrojo’ team.

“They took that coach to save the team, not to please the Colombians.” He looks at it from a football perspective, while we or most Colombians look at it from an emotional perspective. But titles are not won with love and affection. Creative talent, left-handed magic, is sometimes not enough; fills the retinas but not the scoreboard” he concluded in his program Antenna 2.