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The good news for the Colombian National Team, after the defeat of Everton this saturday at Premier league, is that both James Rodríguez and Yerry Mina They will arrive healthy and fit to play the next two qualifying matches for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. However, within hours of the call, one of the boats that carried the illusion of seeing Colombian players at a good level has been making water for three dates.
This Saturday (1-3 against United manchester, at home) is the third online defeat of the team he leads Carlo Ancelotti, who begins to show signs of weakness in a team that was excited in the first days, which became the leader and is now beginning to move towards the middle of the Premier League table.
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Ancelotti He had not lost three games in a row as coach for 14 years. “It is a different time, but I know how to handle difficulties. Every year there are difficulties to manage and this is one more, “said the Italian at the post-match press conference.
Why is the Everton, after a hopeful start? The first factor that has affected the team is the fact of not having a large payroll, which is seriously decimated when there are injuries or suspensions.
James Rodríguez complains to the judge.
Only three players have been in the eight games of the season as starters: Michael Keane, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, and Abdoulaye Doucure. Gylfi sigurdsson He also participated in all eight games, but in four he came from the bench. The rest of the team has had to move him, including James, who did not perform in the last game, against Newcastle, due to physical discomfort.
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“We started the season very well, I hope that after the international break we will be in a different shape again. That the players return without injuries ”, assured Ancelotti.
We started the season very well, I hope that after the international break we will be in a different shape again.
Everton he’s had defensive problems all season. Only in one game did he clear the goal, and it was on the first date, against Tottenham. But the mess has gotten worse in the last five dates, in which he has received 11 annotations: two from Brighton, two from Liverpool (plus one that inexplicably canceled the VAR), two from Southampton, two from Newcastle and now, three from Manchester United.
The first two goals this Saturday also have factors in common: a lot of freedom for the rival to arrive on the right wing of the defense and a lot of weakness of the central defenders, who have not had the sense to reject and avoid problems.
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This Saturday at 0-1, Bruno Fernandes headed absolutely free, and at 0-2, the Portuguese center also fell into an empty space, in which Marcus rashford He failed to connect, but he did distract everyone and the ball ended up getting into it. Already in the third, marked by the Uruguayan Edinson Cavani, the team was playing on the attack looking for a draw, without success, and left spaces.
The problem is more of performance than of men. In fact, Ancelotti left in the bank for the first time so far in Premier League to Yerry Mina, to allow the return of one of the club’s top men last season, Mason Holgate, but the remedy did not work. Added to that is the passivity of the brand’s flyers, which accentuated one of the criticisms that have been made of James, and is the collaboration to cover the exit of the rivals.
“I believe that (Holgate) did not play well, it is true, but that defensively we did not play well is not only a problem of the defenders. When you don’t defend well, you have to be focused on the whole team, not just one player, ”said the coach.
“We said before the game that we had to defend better, but we didn’t do it well enough. We receive goals too easily. We were slow in defense, we gave them opportunities and we have to improve ”, he added.
And James?
But if the Everton He has had problems defending, nor is it that he had a great time attacking in the last few days. This Saturday he only made a shot on goal in 90 minutes, apart from Bernard’s goal. Against Southampton, the surprising tournament leader, only came twice and lost 2-0. And against NewcastleIn the last date, although he made 15 shots, four of them on goal, he was not comfortable attacking.
James Rodríguez disputes a ball.
James He came back and did not look comfortable. He started in the same position in which he has been playing at Everton, pulled to the right, looking for a change of front or a diagonal.
But they did not look for him much in the first half and he was also imprecise.
Already in the second half they moved him a little more to the center and he participated a bit more in the game, but in the end the DT decided to replace him. The absence of the Brazilian Richarlison, who has been away for three games, has coincided with the bad moment of Everton’s attack, which has already left the qualifying zone for the Champions League and will have to rethink many things.
Jose Orlando Ascencio
Sports Deputy Editor
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