James's tears that have moved the world of football

Moscow, Russia.- The tears of James Rodríguez only in the Colombian bench after his country fell into the penalty shootout against England were the tear of a whole country .

The Colombian dream, extended for half an hour by a head of Yerry Mina which forced the extension when the game's regulatory time had expired, disappeared in the round and James cried on the bench the same as he had not even sat down, penalized by a right soleus injury.

Crying for helplessness in the player of Bayern Munich leader of this generation, who could not lead them to the field to victory, although he pushed them out of the stands , present at all times, as a banner that should guide them. "19659004" We missed a key player in the selection. He is the player who has had the most importance in the creation and definition of the team " assured after the match the Colombian coach, Jose Pekerman .

The Argentine coach considered "decisive" the playmaker and therefore regretted not having been in the best conditions during the tournament and absent in the last match.

James became, very reluctantly, in the involuntary protagonist of the elimination of Colombia in the World Cup Russia against England .

Without the Bayern Munich player on the turf, the selection of Jose Pekerman was less orderly in offensive creation and this was noted in the final balance. Colombia fought with all their heart, until the last breath, to put England on the ropes, against the shots that had been so often elusive. But without the necessary order, without the creativity that brings the number "10" to the game.

The Argentine coach bets Wilmar Barrios in the position of James but the team failed to twist the game, making the bells of a England which since 2006 has not overcome a tie in a final phase of a big competition.

He missed the coffee put in contact with James the temperament that gives him in the center of the field, the machinery room in which Colombian occasions are managed

And he was around Colombia to leave a World Cup without scoring for the first time in eight games, without the prodigious intervention of Yerry Mina in the minute 93, when all seemed lost.

James tried to be a positive influence for his teammates. Sitting in the stands, a few meters from the bench, accompanied by Miguel Borja also absent due to injury, the former Real Madrid player went to the cloakroom during the break to show that the l & # 39; Minor edema of the good soleus prevented from having on the lawn.

Without him, Colombia was flatter, had less ball, was at the mercy of his rival, which also did not create much danger, he took the prize for a controversial arbitration decision, which indicated a rigorous penalty , the second Davinson Sánchez in this World Cup where Colombia conceded only three goals

That's only in the last stage that coffee growers had a a stroke of pride that made them dream of the draw. ] James encouraged them again before the extension and in the short break between the two times of the extension. Leader, standard of the group

He had very tense shoot-outs, like the captain who took his helm, unable to guide his team to the second consecutive quarter-final.

And he cried at the end because the dream was at hand, perhaps at the mercy of the thrust that a player of his character and personality could have given them in the second consecutive quarter from Colombia.