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James Rodríguez was ready to play. In his first 90 minutes with Everton he showed that his quality is still valid, despite the last two bad years. The Colombian was one of the figures of the triumph of the Liverpool team in his visit to Tottenham at the start of the Premier League, leaving several important numbers to highlight.
The midfielder started on the right wing, but he constantly moved to the center to assist his teammates. He was the Everton player with the most interceptions, four in total, and in second place was Yerry Mina, with three. In addition, he touched the ball 74 times and made 33 passes in the middle of the field. Here are other data that his debut in England left.
228 days to play 90 minutes
James did not count for Zidane at Real Madrid, so in his last season he had very few options to be important and It even took 228 days for the Colombian to play again for 90 minutes. Although in his Premier debut he came out before the end of the match, he was there for a large part of the game, something that had not happened since January 29 of this year, when he faced Real Zaragoza for the Copa del Rey. However, by league, the antecedent is much more distant and since September 14, 2019, he was not more than 90 minutes on the court, that is, almost a year.
Star debutante
The strength of James in his first game in England was in the relevance he showed on the offensive side. The Colombian created five scoring chances against Tottenham, something that did not happen in the Premier with a debutant since Alexis Sánchez did the same in August 2014 against Crystal Palace.
Everyone’s partner
Ancelotti is clear about the role of James on the field, the coach backed his quality in the face of criticism for his speed. But the coach knows that the Colombian does not need to be the fastest player physically, as long as he moves well on the field, something that was well supported, because in the first half the midfielder received a pass from 8 of his 10 teammatesExcept for Digne and Porter Pickford. In addition, in that first half he was the player who touched the most balls in Everton, with 46 in total.
Historic Colombians
Colombia has had 22 players in the Premier League and although Juan Guillermo Cuadrado and Falcao were together in Chelsea and Steven Alzate and José Izquierdo are in Brighton, this September 13 For the first time in the history of the English tournament, two players from our country started on the same team: Yerry Mina and James Rodríguez.
End of the losing streak for Everton
Although Everton is one of the four teams with the most titles in the league, it is not considered one of the six majors today, as it has not won a trophy for more than 25 years. To this is added that seven years ago he did not beat one of the six greats of the Premier as a visitor, having to play 40 games to end that streak this Sunday in James’ debut. In addition, the Liverpool club also ended poor results against Tottenham, as Since March 2012 he had not beaten him and in that time they played 17 games.
