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James Rodríguez lived a week full of football after participating in the double knockout date with the Colombian National Team, and with Everton in the Merseyside derby against Liverpool.
However, there is a peculiarity in the last two games played by the Colombian midfielder, Chile and Liverpool respectively, and that is that without being the great protagonist of the matches, he left good numbers and records that contributed to the draws of the teams.
In the match against Chile for the second day of the qualifiers heading to Qatar 2022, James Rodríguez played the 90 minutes registering 43 total passes (34 good ones), with an accuracy of 79.1%, of that total of passes given in the match, 36 were in the opposite field, obtaining an accuracy of 77.8%. In addition to this, the creative finished twice on goal, and one of those shots was directly at goal.
As for the game against Liverpool, the 29-year-old cucuteño registered three scoring opportunities created, one of which was the assistance to Michael Keane to make it 1-1 partial. Likewise, the midfielder, who in the derby performed more defensive than offensive functions, touched the ball 62 times with 40 passes and an accuracy of 85%, that is, he made 34 good passes. To this, in the opponent’s field, James made 26 passes, six were centers and three ended in a play with risk for Everton.
Thus, and despite losing prominence in recent games, James Rodríguez continues to contribute in offensive matters to his teams with precision in the delivery of the ball as his best characteristic, the Colombian continues to play a great role in the teams and thus itself is decisive for the achievement of the points at stake.