Our Colombian footballers have made a name for themselves in Europe, shining in the best teams, but not everything ‘has always been rosy’, and several of them have had to ‘suffer’ hard moments, due to lack of confidence, something that is Dávinson Sánchez living at Tottenham.
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Starting from there, in GolCaracol.com We made a list to remember some players in our country who have had to go through “misfortune” with some coaches, who do not believe in their abilities and did not give them the opportunity to demonstrate.
Falcao García (Manchester United) – During his time in the ‘Red Devils’ of England, the Colombian forward did not have a good time, Louis Van Gaal hardly took it into account and ‘Tigre’ himself later said that “he changed me to a substitute at the best moment” .
– At Manchester United, Falcao García played 29 games, but of them in 17 he started. He scored 4 goals.
James Rodríguez (Real Madrid) – It is the case that has most affected the career of the talented footballer from Cucuta, who did not count or did not like Zinedine Zidane and his last seasons dressed in white in Spain did not have a good time. Sometimes he was not called up and ended up asking for his departure, first he was on loan to Bayern Munich and now he is at Everton.
– In the 2015/16 and 2016/17 seasons, when he was already under the command of ‘Zizou’, his minutes dropped considerably, but when he ‘suffered the most’ was in the previous season, with only 14 games, nine of them starting , so he decided to go to the Premier League.
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Juan Guillermo Cuadrado (Chelsea) – his time in England was forgotten, he was not the protagonist and in two seasons he only played 17 games and only 4 as a starter. José Mourinho never trusted his talent, something that Juventus now takes advantage of.
Santiago Arias (Atlético de Madrid) – He arrived as the best footballer of Ajax, from Holland, but Diego ‘Cholo’ Simeone never finished giving him his vote of confidence and, what’s more, he hired Kieran Trippier to compete with him and then relegate the Colombian right-back to the substitute bench, for which ended up going on a loan to Bayer Leverkusen.
– 51 games played by Arias with the ‘colchoneros’, among all competitions, 42 of them as a starter.
Yerry Mina (Barcelona) – His excellent level at Palmeiras led him to the powerful Catalan team, however, apparently it was not to the liking of Ernesto Valverde and with great difficulty, he put him to play some games, something that disappointed the native of Guachené, who on several occasions confessed the hard moments he lived in Barcelona-
– With the culé cast, Mina played seven games nothing more. So in the end he ended up leaving for Everton.
Jackson Martínez (Atlético de Madrid) – another case in which the ‘Cholo’ Simeone did not trust a Colombian. ‘Chachachá’ arrived as a Porto goal scorer, the same case as Falcao García, but without confidence and minutes, the Chocoano could not shine despite all the money they paid for him.
– With the ‘colchoneros’ Jackson only played 22 games, and scored three goals, before going to Guangzhou, China.
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Luis Fernando Muriel (Seville) – Vicenzo Montella did not let the Colombian footballer, for whom the Spanish paid 20 million euros, could contribute his scoring quota.
– The Argentinian was in 65 games, scored 13 goals and started in 33 games.
Jeison Murillo (Valencia) – After being highlighted by the great of Europe, Inter Milan, he arrived in Spain with great expectations, but coach Marcelino García erased him, gave him little time to play and in the end the central defender ended up leaving.
– Murillo added 20 games with Valencia, before going on loan to Barcelona and then to Sampdoria, to finally reach Celta de Vigo.
Falcao (Chelsea) – Between José Mourinho and Guus Hiddink, they believed little in the recovery of the scoring nose of the ‘Tiger’ and his time in the ‘blues’ in England was also forgotten.
– Only 12 games had Falcao with Chelsea, and only twice as a starter. Scored a goal in Premier League.
David Ospina – (Arsenal) – His time for the ‘Gunners’ team, led by the renowned Arsene Wenger, was of ups and downs, sometimes very ‘erased’, and in others with more opportunity.
– His numbers at Arsenal, in four seasons are 70 games, but most of them in the English Cups, while in the Premier League he had years in which he only covered in 4 or 5 games.
