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Falcao García is one of the emblems of the Colombian National Team and the Galatasaray of Turkey. The Colombian forward taught the soccer world several years ago that difficulties make people grow. Lfter his severe injury in 2014 and after a few years without prominence in England, he decided to go to Monaco to start over.
The top scorer of the Colombian National Team confessed in a talk with Daniel Habif where he spoke about his achievements, defeats, his past as an Atlético de Madrid player, what the time of Carlos ‘El Pibe’ Valderrama meant and the best partner he has played with throughout his professional career.
The Selection, James and El Pibe
For the ‘9’, the best player with whom he has shared in the Colombian National Team is James Rodríguez, who would be close to arriving at Everton next season. “MEHe’s the best player I’ve ever played with, we had a connection“, he assured.
For Falcao, one of the most difficult moments in his career was the ligament injury that made him lose the 2014 World Cup. “I had a knee injury and I missed the 2014 World Cup, after that I went through a desert in which I said I was not seeing the light. Everything was complicated (…) The dream of my life was to play the World Cup and Colombia had not been since 98We had achieved that goal and I had been a recurrent in the Playoffs. In Brazil 2014 that team was in a great moment and not being there was something very hard. The group was very strong“, he claimed.
Carlos ‘El Pibe’ Valderrama was one of his first idols that he saw on television with the National Team shirt. Falcao stressed that “They were our references and who made us excited about one day getting to wear the National Team shirt. That generation served as motivation for us. From that selection I identified myself with Asprilla, then Angel came who was also a reference for me“.
His time at Atlético de Madrid
Falcao García marked an era at Atlético de Madrid for the Colombian, “FIt was a very beautiful time, the first year we won the Europa League. I scored a lot of goals, the team started to grow at that moment, we won the European Super Cup. I met Cholo, he had addressed me four years before, but he was another Falcao, was in training, Atlético was already established in European football. At Atlético I arrived at the right time and they put together a team that allowed me to carry out the work in which I am a specialist“.
England and Van Gaal
In 2014, after his severe injury, he went to Manchester United where he met Louis Van Gaal. Falcao stressed that although he always said things to his face, he did not like how he was removed from the starting team from one moment to the next. “LThe only thing that really bothered me was when we played a game and won with a goal of mine against Everton, I’m going to the National Team and when I come back, Van Gaal tells me: ‘I’m going to play with a single striker and change the system because the other attacker is better than you.’ equipment. He was very frontal afterwards and I don’t save any corner for him, he always said things to my face“.
And I add: “It was not the best time to arrive in England, I had recovered two months ago and it is difficult when you return and gain confidenceIt also happened when the club was in a transition and was not going to have many opportunities“.
