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It is not by chance, it is not that he was lucky, it is not that he played a couple of games well and has a good run, no. James Rodríguez already has five games with Everton, four in the Premier League and at an exceptional level. His numbers say it, he already has three goals and two assists. Yesterday he had a stellar performance with a double, his first double in England, a pass to Yerry Mina, and also started the play of the first goal of Everton’s 4-2 triumph over Brighton.
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It’s not by chance. James confirmed that he is in a unique moment, as in his best times. Yes, he is no longer at Real Madrid or Bayern Munich, but at Everton he makes his claim more epic. He leads a team that is a sensation in England and that aims for him to the top. It is at the top and now it will try to stay there. It is an Everton that yesterday gave another kind of authority, showing that it has a lot of efficiency, from the hand of James, against a Brighton that had Steven Alzate, another of those mentioned to the Colombian National Team.
James already has three goals in England. In his four league games he was elected a figure. In the League Cup, in the middle of the week, he also shone. And after yesterday, the international press praised him again. “A victory inspired by James Rodríguez,” said the English newspaper The Sun. “James Rodríguez offers a masterclass and Everton becomes leader with victory over Brighton,” The Telegraph headlined in its web edition. And in Spain, the newspaper Marca described it like this: “Carlo Ancelotti has recovered the best version of the Colombian and at Goodison Park they congratulate themselves on the arrival of a star who once again shines with his own light.”
That performance of Carlo Ancelotti’s team is largely due to the role of James. The others shine because James shines, because he makes them play, to run, to return the walls that he invents, to receive his long passes to which they get used to. Yesterday again monopolized the accolades that are now customary in England. And so, at that maximum level, full of confidence and motivation, James travels to join the Colombian National Team to start the tie this week. He arrives as best expected, happy and bright.
And the happiest for now is coach Ancelotti, who shows his chest when he is right when requesting his hiring. “Players with quality have no problem adapting. The quality is there because football is not that complicated. The field of play is always the same, the opponents are always 11, the ball is the same, the goal does not move. Soccer is simple, ”said Ancelotti.
James and Mina celebrate at Everton.
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What happened yesterday were not only his two goals. Every time James receives the ball there is a display of precision and surprise. Something different is forged. The rivals already know it and that is why at Brighton they had it well referenced. Before James began to release the pressure, they would not let him or receive the ball, at the point of fouls they wanted to reduce it. They could not.
At 16 minutes he went and took a corner kick from the left, and charged it with liveliness, with risk, because with James on the field his teammates must be vigilant. Short pass to Sigurðsson, who threw the cross straight to the scorer Calvert-Lewin, who scored. Then Everton took the pressure off. Maybe he relaxed a bit, lost Richarlison through injury and that affected him, and in the 41st minute he received the equalizer on an error by goalkeeper Pickford with a false start. It was just a scare, because James and his compatriot, Mina, were there on the court to partner, and in a great duo they scored the second goal: a free kick from James straight to Mina’s head, perfect, as if from memory, as If they were dressed in yellow with the National Team, and Mina, who is an expert in flying in the area, got up and saw them all from above and put the forehead for 2-1. So they went to rest, with that relief of victory.
In the second part, the team did not release the accelerator. He found many spaces, in speed, and that was how the first of James arrived, who was well located at the far post and defined left-handed, and the next goal was similar, finishing in freedom, as if nobody noticed that the steering wheel I was hanging around and in a state of grace. 4-1. And if Brighton found the second at the end of the game, that was anecdote. The victory was superiority and Everton reached 12 points, 12 of 12 possible in a great start to the season. That is why in England they only talk about James’ Everton.
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The midfielder did not delay in expressing his emotion for his two goals. On his Twitter account he posted: “Happy for my first Premier League double”, a message accompanied by his best photos from the match, such as one in which he makes the gesture of the two goals with his fingers, and a big, huge smile , with which he reaches the Selection.
PABLO ROMERO
Editor of EL TIEMPO
@PabloRomeroET
