"James Rodriguez is at the level of prime Maradona" - Tabarez

[hater]

"From what I have seen, he is the best player in the World Cup," said Tabarez."I am not exaggerating, he is a great striker."

Tabarez placed Rodriguez among the greats of the game following his match-winning performance.
"For me, talents are those who do things that have nothing to do with their life experience," Tabarez said.

"Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and James Rodriguez - they do things because they have a certain gift which makes them special."
Pekerman added: "In my long experience in football, I've had extraordinary footballers in my teams, elite players of a very high technical level.

"What is most surprising is that, at his young age, he does not have any problem doing things football players take many years to understand."


:cry my nephew

how far he has come, from my neighborhood of Envigado, where I saw him play as a child :cry

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3004/2824739179_9a7bcda7e4.jpg

Messi who? move over midget, a new king is in town :lol

http://www.arbiternews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/James-Rodriguez.jpeg

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Which Champions League club is buying him?

[hater]

http://www.memedeportes.com/imgentries/131/13154543078cf7882ed0f0fbade444d9350061.gif

[HI-FI]

nigga has been on fire. i pretty much only watch WC, some EuroCup and MLS here and there, but was this expected?

[Infinite_limit]

nigga has been on fire. i pretty much only watch WC, some EuroCup and MLS here and there, but was this expected?
Depends what you mean by "this expected". Predicting Colombia to reach this point: Quarter-Finals versus Brazil wasn't a ballsy prediction. The play of Colombia's Back 4 has been a splendid surprise and is the reason Colombia is IMO favored versus Brazil. If Colombia were to defeat the Hosts, especially with James scoring a goal then No that was not expected.

But he spent t (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AS_Monaco_FC)hree seasons at Portuguese powerhouse Porto, winning 8 overall titles. He was part of the Monaco buying spree last summer that resulted in a 2nd Place finish in Ligue1 & Champions League spot.

I don't think his scoring is a surprise but in the manner how easily and skillful these scores are coming for him, is a surprise.

[hater]

Dont forget ma berraco Cuadrado tbh. 4 assists! Plus 2 goals. Ma nigga James n Cuadrado are the most lethal 2 punch combo in the game. They are responsible for about 10 of Colombias 11 goals :lol

we stacked :lol

[Franklin]

dude been a wonderkid for years it seems like but this year he's finally gonna transfer to a giant club imho.

[FlAVaK]

"For me, talents are those who do things that have nothing to do with their life experience," Tabarez said.


reminds me of KL, tbh

[Muser]

People throw these statements around too carelessly. Prime Maradonna was an absolute monster. Rodriguez has been awesome but he has a while until he can potentially be on maradonnas level

[TDMVPDPOY]

prime maradona won

what has this clown won?

[lefty]

prime maradona won

what has this clown won?
:lol

[Baam]

:lmao well that escalated quickly

Also gotta :lol at Man U for passing on James and losing Pogba for nothing, they could have two of the best young players in the world in they didn't fuck up.

[ManuLoco]

Tabarez just trying to make Uruguay's loss less painful with his stupid comment. "Hey, we faced the second coming of Diego Maradona! There's no shame in losing to that kid". I don't know what games Tabarez saw but James goals and plays where nowhere near Maradona's. The first goal against Uruguay resemble a lot to Maxi's in 2006 against Mexico. But Diego's goals... nobody ever scored that kind of goals in a world cup. James looks just like another striker on a streak.

[Brazil]

I do like a lot the Colombian team ! they are playing great without falcao.
They can upset Brazil imho


Monaco must be very happy with James performance tbh now comparing him already with Maradona ? :lol

[it's me]

:lmao Maradona's level :lmao :lmao ............ come on son.... dude's balling, great player,great goals, but maradona's level :lmao

[lefty]

James Rodriguez: "I prefer Real Madrid to Barcelona". He did not waste much time positioning himself

[Relevancy]

He will be on of the best in the world, but he will be with a bunch

Neymar has a higher chance of being the best player in the world, he has everything to be.

[TDMVPDPOY]

He will be on of the best in the world, but he will be with a bunch

Neymar has a higher chance of being the best player in the world, he has everything to be.

u think neymar will be no.1? gareth bale says hi

[Relevancy]

u think neymar will be no.1? gareth bale says hiwell yeah him too, he will be one of the best

but I prefer people who produce magic with the ball. It all depends what kind of style you like.

[ElNono]

I like him, he looks like a good kid. Amazing he was playing in little Banfield just 4 years ago.

[lefty]

:lmao well that escalated quickly

Also gotta :lol at Man U for passing on James and losing Pogba for nothing, they could have two of the best young players in the world in they didn't fuck up.
:lol Ferguson

[The Gemini Method]

All hail Columbiano Ronaldo!

[hater]

:cry it was just a few years ago I was bouncing my nephew on my knees on the streets of Envigado, Medellin

don't get me wrong. I still run things in my hood, but my nephew is the golden boy of Envigado :cry

[in2deep]

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Thumbs Up > 2 finger gang signs

[ElNono]

James is good, but I get the feeling Brazil gonna get det home cooking next game... hope not, I think Colombia is the better team, tbh

[lefty]

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[Pocho La Pantera]

Poor ol Tabarez, drugs are killing him.

[Brazil]

Meh dude is under contract with Monaco tbh

at worst Monaco made a nice investment with the 45 Meuros they paid

[Blizzardwizard]

Only a matter of time before Arsenal sign him, Arsenal fans get excited, he breaks his leg in the first game, gets sold to Barca for a cheap price and he recovers to become an alpha world player again.

[lefty]

:cry omg

https://vine.co/v/MUjJnXLQMFw

[TheGreatYacht]

"From what I have seen, he is the best player in the World Cup," said Tabarez."I am not exaggerating, he is a great striker."

Tabarez placed Rodriguez among the greats of the game following his match-winning performance.
"For me, talents are those who do things that have nothing to do with their life experience," Tabarez said.

"Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and James Rodriguez - they do things because they have a certain gift which makes them special."
Pekerman added: "In my long experience in football, I've had extraordinary footballers in my teams, elite players of a very high technical level.

"What is most surprising is that, at his young age, he does not have any problem doing things football players take many years to understand."


:cry my nephew

how far he has come, from my neighborhood of Envigado, where I saw him play as a child :cry

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3004/2824739179_9a7bcda7e4.jpg

Messi who? move over midget, a new king is in town :lol

http://www.arbiternews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/James-Rodriguez.jpeg
Prophet ass nigga, tbqh.

Best mid fielder in the world

[DAF86]

Yeah, that sure seems prophetic right about now. :lol

[Kyle Orton]

17 goals and 18 assists in his first season at real despite missing a good amount of games

:cry but he is just a world cup transfer they said
:cry he only earned his transfer from having a few lucky goals this past summer they said
:cry he will flop at madrid they said
:cry adm>>>>>>>james they said

[TheGreatYacht]

17 goals and 18 assists in his first season at real despite missing a good amount of games

:cry but he is just a world cup transfer they said
:cry he only earned his transfer from having a few lucky goals this past summer they said
:cry he will flop at madrid they said
:cry adm>>>>>>>james they said
RNS

[DAF86]

17 goals and 18 assists in his first season at real despite missing a good amount of games

:cry but he is just a world cup transfer they said
:cry he only earned his transfer from having a few lucky goals this past summer they said
:cry he will flop at madrid they said
:cry adm>>>>>>>james they said

For the position James is playing right now, which is left midfielder: Di Maria > James. Everyone is in awe with James game on the offensive side of the ball but on the position he's playing (which isn't his natural position, tbf) he has to do more than that. Di Maria's non stop work rate gave Madrid a lot more balance and allowed them to function better as a team.

[ElNono]

Haven't watched much of James, tbh... but Di Maria has always been overrated as fuck, IMO.