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It is the dreamed start of the season, the longed-for revenge, the rebirth. James Rodríguez is signing his best start to the season at a club in the last 7 years at Everton and that has finally returned his smile.
The left-hander arrived at Everton and did not need more than a couple of training sessions to dress as a starter and be the man who connects the cables between midfield and attack, the great headache.
In the recent visit to Crystal Palace he was chosen the best player of the match, he was rated 8 points by participating in the two goals in the 1-2 win and the criticism was especially generous because thanks to him the ‘Toffees’ equal a start to the campaign without blemish, something that was not seen 27 years ago.
The English, who measure everything, wake up with a James who is already the first player of the season to create more than 10 goal opportunities in the Premier. Not even he was so optimistic about such a start!
He was coming off scoring his first goal and being West Bromwich’s best player in the 5-2 win, and before a very promising debut in the unexpected 0-1 win against Tottenham. They are 9 points out of 9 at stake. Just perfect. So much so that this is his best start to the season since that year 2014, in which the victory overwhelmed him after the Golden Boot of the World Cup in Brazil and his most glittering professional contract, for 80 million euros, at Real Madrid.
Reviewing his first three games since then, only in that first season dressed in white did he have a similar start: in his first outing, the European Super Cup against Seville (2-0 win), he played 71 minutes almost fresh; later, nothing less than in a derby against Atlético (1-1) he debuted with a goal in the 45 minutes he was on the court and against Córdoba he was 2-0 in 71 minutes played. Seven points out of 9 at stake. Well, but not as much as what he is achieving at Everton.
For the following season, 2015/2016, the story began with 35 minutes of play (0-0), followed with a double against Real Betis (5-0) and in the duel against Espanyol (5-0) he was not called up.
In 2016/2017 he started with 14 minutes in the 3-0 victory in the visit to Real Sociedad, at the Bernabéu he fulfilled the appointment with Celta (2-1) but played only 21 minutes and against Osasuna he was not called up.
In the next assignment, 2017/2018, once he and Zinedine Zidane had had enough of coinciding with their discomfort in the dressing room, James wore red at Bayern Munich. The calendar marked the German Super Cup, which the ‘Bavarians’ beat Borussia Dortmund (2-3), the Cup duel against Chemnitzer 0-5 and the home game against Bayer Leverkusen (3-1): all lost through injury.
In the second season in Germany, as a Deja Vú, he could not be due to injury against Eintracht Frankfurt (0-5, German Super Cup) or Druchtersen / Assel (0-1 for the Cup) and only played 8 minutes against Hoffenheim, in the win for Bundesliga (3-0).
Returning from the loan to Real Madrid, out of obligation as he told in an interview, he would go to the bench in the 1-3 win at Celta’s home, he would play 50 minutes in the visit to Valladolid (1-1) and would not be called up due to injury the visit to Villarreal.
Thus, this 2020, which for many has been a nightmare, seems to mark its final recovery. Not even in the midst of the rigor of the pandemic did he have such a bad time as in that 2019, when he dragged sadness in a Real Madrid that condemned him to insignificance.
All signs indicate that he regained his form, he was once again influential in the game and with Ancelotti, as in that successful 2014 and has begun to discover an interesting facet of resilience. James is back, now with more experience and more lessons. His moment, happily, seems aimed at a recovery that once again joins the Colombian National Team. And it seems that history gives it a chance.
