Everton International break Player ratings: James Rodriguez fails, Iwobi excels

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Colombia’s James Rodriguez (R) drives the ball near Uruguay’s Nicolas de la Cruz during their closed-door 2022 FIFA World Cup South American qualifier football match at the Metropolitan Stadium in Barranquilla, Colombia, on November 13, 2020, amid the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP) (Photo by RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty Images) /

James Rodriguez was unable to create as Colombia were smashed 3-0 by Uruguay.

4. James Rodriguez

Appearances – 1

Goals – 0

Assists – 0

Minutes Played – 90

Rating – 6.5

James was seemingly shut out by Uruguay as he wasn’t able to register any of his 3 shots on target, it’s also very clear that La Celeste had a gameplan to chop James down whenever he touched the ball, as the Colombian was fouled 5 times in the game which is basically double of his Premier League average of 2.6.

This approach did seem to work for the Uruguyians, as they kept a clean sheet and also smashed 3 past Los Cafeteros without much struggle, it’s hard to go in-depth about James’ statistics but it’s clear he struggled in this game, as the rough and tough approach that Uruguay took was just too much for the maestro.

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The problem for Colombia was that they didn’t do anything when they had the ball and they just couldn’t get their shots on target, Colombia had 63% possession and had 11 shots, with only 2 of them being on target, Uruguay were clearly happy to soak up the pressure and then pounce as soon as James touched the ball which, unfortunately for Rodriguez, worked perfectly.

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