Next Sunday, July 25, the Florida Cup will take place. In this contest, the Everton of James Rodríguez and Yerry Mina will participate in a match against Millonarios, where there will be a duel between Colombians if the new technical director, Rafael Benítez, gives the coffee growers the opportunity to be starters. Before traveling to the United States, James enjoyed Formula 1 live.
Although the ownership of the cucuteño is still in doubt due to the past relationship with Benítez at Real Madrid, James Rodríguez has been seen preparing the preseason with Everton. It should be noted that despite these rumors The Colombian has been with the ‘toffees’ since returning to training and has also played two friendly matches.
Before the teams gather for the Florida Cup, a preseason tournament to be played in the United States, James was present at the Silverstone Grand Prix of Formula 1. The flyer published a post accompanied by a message on his social networks where he told his followers that he was watching Formula 1.
In his post on Instagram he commented that: “Enjoying the excitement of Formula 1”, before seeing Lewis Hamilton be crowned champion and take the Silverstone Grand Prix.
For their part, Everton will have to face the ‘ambassador’ team for the Florida Cup at Camping World Stadium in the city of Orlando. And the Inter Milan and Arsenal will face each other for the same contest.
On the other hand, after the new management of Rafael Benítez was announced, the Spanish coach said he felt “very happy” with the fans and team members for the way they have provided their support. He also expressed his desire to do everything right “from the first moment” and for this he considers it necessary to “seek balance, have a competitive team.”
It should be noted that at first he had not given statements about his new employment relationship, last Wednesday, July 8, the strategist had his first press conference at the command of the Toffees, a few days after his arrival in England. In this telematic meeting with the English press, the Spanish coach spoke about the first sensations that the team has left him and generated a bit of controversy by not wanting to refer to the case of James Rodríguez.
Now, eight days later, in a video published by the English team on its main social networks, Benítez spoke about the two Colombians. For the first time his words were more than motivating: “They are players who have quality, passion, they like football and that is always important for any team. Having players on the field who can interpret what to do is essential if you want to be competitive and have more chances to win. “
This gives signs of hope, because in the case of James, when both shared at Real Madrid, in the 2015-2016 season, their bond was not entirely good and the cucuteño spent almost all the time on the substitute bench.
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