British analysts compare James Rodríguez with Özil, but because of his lack of sacrifice: “he sits down to wait for the ball”

Everton drew 1-1 with Burnley last Saturday during the most recent date of the Premier League. The team led by Carlo Ancelotti is no longer the machine that looked well oiled in the early days, so criticism is already beginning to be seen.

One of those noted for the poor performance of the English team is the Colombian James Rodríguez, who despite a good start has lowered the level, especially physical and sacrifice, in recent games.

Former footballer David Connolly, on the Game Day program, referred to the coffee midfielder and said that very “Probably (James Rodríguez) could become Everton’s Mesut Özil”

“He has undoubted ability, but he will never run backwards, he will just sit and wait for the ball to return”the sportscaster argued.

The former player said that the Colombian has very little disposition and attitude to teamwork when he is not controlling the ball, a criticism that has been repeated several times, he picks up Gol Caracol.

Connolly claimed that James is “Too stopped” and he hopes his teammates on the court will ask for a little more.

Now I think James is too stopped and I really think that if I were his right back I would ask him to do a little more. It has a tremendous quality, no one doubts it, but without the ball it does not contribute. I don’t know if Everton can keep playing with him.

“There is a moment when you have to evaluate what a player gives you in attack and defense. You have to know if what a footballer gives you in front is enough so that he does not do anything behind. At this moment I have no doubts that the whole team is working for him in defense, ”Connolly said, angry with the Colombian’s lack of commitment.

This was the last Everton game

With the whistle of Anthony Taylor, the match began at the Turf Moor stadium, in Burnley, where the city team received the ‘Toffees’, in need of a victory 7 dates ago to fight for the top places in the table.

The Colombian quota, James Rodríguez and Yerry Mina of the Everton team, led by Carlo Ancelotti, had a good performance. James opened spaces to finish and Mina knew how to defend, although in the first substitution Burnley was relentless with a strong attack on the right side of the court. In one of those, Chris Wood (Burnley) in minute 10 made a shot with the right from outside the area and scored the 1-0.

The tie came much later, when at minute 47 British forward Dominic Calvert Lewin finished off a Richarlison cross that was impossible for the Burnley goalkeeper.

In the second half, undoubtedly the high point was marked by ‘The son of Guachené’ Yerry Mina who, in his defense, alleviated the weaknesses of Everton, who had trouble playing his game and finding spaces, between the tough defense of Burnley, to receive the ball and score on the field.

At minute 78, in his defense, he managed to kick the ball away from Chris Wood, who was about to score a possible second goal for the local team.

For his part, James Rodríguez could not overcome the fierce attention to the ball of the ‘Clarets’ goalkeeper who, after a collective play by Liverpool’s blue team, saved a left-footed shot from the Colombian.

Pope, Burnley’s goalkeeper, was the great figure, taking several clear plays on goal during the game. Throughout the match there were three arrivals by the Bunrley that put the ‘Toffees’ in considerable danger, desperate to go on the attack, but without ideas, a recurring failure of Ancelotti’s team that, after losing the last two games, the first against Manchester United and the second against Leeds, he urgently needs to win. With equality at 1, they remain in seventh place in the table, out of leading positions and European cups.

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