More than six years have passed and the image is still frozen, at least in the history books of FIFA itself.
James Rodríguez takes the ball that Abel Aguilar gives him, stops it with his chest and from a half turn unleashes a rifle that goes over the defenseless goalkeeper Muslera. Great goal! Jewel! Talent in its purest form!
This is how FIFA recalled this Tuesday on its social networks: “He scored the Puskas award-winning goal in front of 74,000 people at Maracana, to put Colombia in the quarterfinals of the World Cup for the first time … We are still struggling to believe what James Rodríguez did. Chest, turn and volley. “
The unforgettable goal in the unforgettable World Cup, to see and repeat over and over again, no matter how many years pass:
Colombia would win 2-0 that warm night at the historic Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro. It would later fall in Fortaleza by a tight 2-1 against the local, Brazil. But he would keep this goal forever, which unleashed a wave of happiness.
Nostalgia? More than that! Right now, in the midst of the crisis and the defeats against Uruguay (0-3) and Ecuador (6-1), how is that soul, that amateur spirit, that confidence that today insists on hiding … even though it is still there .
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