How James played in the Valladolid-Rayo Vallecano match

Rayo Vallecano beat Real Valladolid 2-1 in the 9th round of the Spanish La Liga with a few minutes lead from Colombian James Rodriguez. who came on as a substitute and came on 76′.

James just started in the 1-1 home win against Leganes. Amid criticism for being relegated so heavily, Inigo Perez gave him the opportunity to leave early on and the Colombian did not disappoint: he was voted MVP of the match.

Now from home Perez again decided to leave Colombia’s No. 10 on the bench and he used it when the score was 1-1 and there were 14 minutes left in regulation time plus extra time.

James Rodriguez replaced Isi Palazon and his impact on the outcome was immediate: Three minutes later he took part in the play that led to the decisive score 2–1. He sent one of the centers, which was cleared by the opponent’s defense, and from there arose the victory won by Jorge de Frutos.

Total James was on set for 20 minutes. and the reality is that he didn’t make much contact with the ball because the context required Cucuteño to do a different job.

His team tried to run out the clock as quickly as possible and tried to defend without the ball, covering the attacks of the local team, which was very close to achieving a draw.

At 88, James launched a very good counter-attack with a long pass that ended up not being taken advantage of by his teammates, who missed the 3-1 option.

In the final part of the match James came close again to his first goal in Rayo: The ball came into the penalty area, he stopped it with his chest and fired a shot with his left foot, although his shot was blocked by the defence.

Fortunately, Rayo were able to hold on to a 2-1 lead and celebrated a very important away win to continue their fight for top spot. She scored 13 points and is in eighth place, 8 ahead of leader Barcelona.. They were 3 behind Atlético Madrid, the last team to secure a place in the Champions League.

Already filming at club level again, James will now take part in the South American Qualifiers, a competition in which he will compete on dates 9 and 10 with Colombia against Bolivia and Chile respectively.

When will Rayo de James play in La Liga again?

After a hard-fought victory away from home, Rayo Vallecano will be a guest in Mallorca on the tenth day of the championship a match was scheduled for Sunday, October 20 at 07:00 (Colombian time).