James Rodríguez: analysis of critics and controversies in Everton and Colombia – International football – Sports

James scores a goal, but the goal was not beautiful. Do what passive, but it sure was caramel. Throw it tunnel, and he just wants to show himself. He is injured and is not training well. He laughs and doesn’t take it seriously. He regrets and is that he has no character. He talks and asks them to shut up. Shut up and ask me to talk. Such is the life of the sports idol, a prisoner of public opinion, cornered between those who enjoy his rise and those who enjoy his fall. James lives immersed in the eternal commentary, in bitter criticism, and in a bad reputation from which he can not escape.

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He is one of the best footballers that Colombia has produced. The one who made a Magic World Cup in 2014, who scored six goals, who scored one for Uruguay as if he had hit him with the golden hole they later gave him. It’s about the football player he went to real Madrid, which came to be worth 80 million euros, which reached the sky with a header. He is the famous footballer that everyone talks about, for better or worse, the one with almost 47 million followers Instagram, one who cannot move a leg without sprouting or breaking something around it.

However, his fame, his awakening and his football colleges does not always generate unanimity or praise; on the contrary, they sometimes arouse antipathy. James is being judged because and why not. That’s it idol the fact that it is at the top is facing unsatisfactory pressure, an anonymous mockery, the wall of networks. James draws the comment as he shoots the ball to the left foot. Public opinion follows his movements, and while some celebrate his fantasy, others are left by the bad reputation they have created in Spain, with all that has been said about him, that the night in Madrid was his close friend, that he did not he knew he trained well or that he would be angry if he didn’t play … Those rumors marked him. Other more specific events fueled the morbidity, such as his bad relationship with Zidane, his replacement in Madrid or private issues, such as the separation of Daniela ospina, his commitment to the model Shannon de Lima, or her decision to rent a womb to have a baby, as Ronaldo did. Since arriving in England, what has been talked about is his string of mysterious injuries at Everton, where he has not played four games in a row. At 29, the idol cannot escape his media labyrinth.

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“Dehumanized Warrior”

By point of view sociological, Jacob, as his idol, cannot escape the relentless pressure of society, which will always expect more from him, who asks for it and does not forgive it. Alexandru Villanueva, sociologist and sports expert, analyzes his case.

“You have to understand that what happens to James is known in the sociology of sport as the epic tragedy of the sports warrior, that is, we raise him to the top, but we forget that the idol is a person, a family man, a human being and that the idol has a much of the idiosyncrasy Colombian people. The other thing about this tragedy is twilight, we have to understand that James is in terms of the downward curve and is complex to understand for sports fans, but especially for the athletes themselves, “he says.

James is talked about with the same intensity whether he plays or not. There is speculation about his injuries with the same intrigue with which he talks about his sessions video game. In the networks there are those who tell him that he does not sacrifice, that he does not run, there are even those who insinuate that he does not train hard, although no one knows how he trains and they even question his importance in the National Team. They think about where they should play, in what club, in what position … And all with a certain anger, with a certain wisdom of the fans.

Francisco Maturana, the most successful coach in Colombia and who also knows the bitter taste of critics, believes: “This is what happens to these people who are icons. That everyone feels justified and knows what they should do, and many of them do not know what they should do in their lives.

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James has had other recent episodes that have fueled that notoriety. His fight with Freddy Rincon, after James assured, with a mischievous laugh, that he was the best football player in the history of Colombia. Or your request to the doctor Hector Fabio Cruz, who said that James is not focused and is more concerned with fixing his eyebrows, a statement he had to withdraw. Or the most recent event, when he was accused of leading an alleged riot in the locker room of the national team, which he denied in a statement. It is the fact that being such a recognized athlete has its implications, to the point where every sports critic gets to be related to why additional sports, speculation, malicious and unproven comments.

However, whatever is said about James or against James, controversial, controversies, good and bad, do not always play against the star footballer. I say around that it’s better to talk, even if I speak badly.

Fernán Martínez is a famous artist manager. He was working with James at the time. He knows him and, with this knowledge, he says: “There are no warriors without scars. When a person becomes a legend, he observes it under a microscope. Everything that is said about James, positive or negative, increases his legend, generates interest, curiosity and does not influence the field at all. James is simply the greatest media character in Colombia. “

Former footballer Jorge Valdano also said it in 2016, when he said about James: “He is young and handsome, which does not lead to winning games, but leads to attracting the media, generating noise in networks, selling T-shirts.”

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‘Deaf ears’

Being at the center of public opinion is part of being a star. Those who shine must learn to deal with that dangerous monster with thousands of heads. It has happened to many athletes in the world and in Colombia, for example, the cyclist Nairo Quintana, who was attacked when his victory was hidden, and other footballers who, as idols, endure, like Falcao García himself, due to injuries or their bad moments. sports. Even MiseryI, the best footballer of the moment, suffered this fierce tragedy. It is as if, after being at the top, the idol no longer has room for a stumble or a failure.

That if James loses everything that is said about him, it is impossible to know, but, as an elite athlete, there are approaches. Felipe Camacho He is a sports psychologist who has worked with professional clubs and high performance athletes. Keep in mind that because people will always give their opinion, you need to be prepared.

“Whatever we do, people will always talk, whatever it is; Obviously, when he is an athlete like James, he is more exposed to criticism, he is more visible, like a shot target for everyone to show their criticism “, he says, and proposes that there are four ways in which the athlete faces then when faced with comments. “The fight, which I call the hook; to be sad or to believe what people say; to beg and wear out to want to convince and be clear that people will speak, and the damage is not in the comments, but in the magnitude I give. Athletes are trained to protect themselves from destructive criticism. If it’s constructive, you can listen, but somehow you have to be deaf to comments, because people will always talk and no one is a gold coin that everyone likes, ”he says.

James has to face his own role as a star, the shadows that overshadow his sporting brilliance and the weight he carries on his back: that of being James Rodriguez, the one who lives the tragedy of the idol.

PABLO ROMERO
Editor THE WEATHER
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