Valderrama Praises Rodriguez And Pekerman
The former star of Colombia Carlos Valderrama has been impressed with what his country has accomplished in this edition of the World Cup as he praised the work of the entire squad but gave special praise towards James Rodriguez and the coach of the team Jose Pekerman.
James Rodriguez is a young and promising figure who has managed to score 5 goals in 4 matches as he found the back of the net during all of the group matches which has helped Colombia on advancing through the next rounds of the World Cup.
With all of those impressive performances from James Rodriguez, Carlos Valderrama recently went out to the media and is even considering Rodriguez to his own successor, similar to the what happened some years ago when Robinho was making standout performances with his local club Santos and Pele stated that Robinho was going to be the player to follow his footsteps.
Jose Pekerman is also receiving ovation as the coach is considered to be one of the most influential figures who has transformed the Colombian team into what they are now and Valderrama applauded all of his work.
“We’re happy because we had never won two straight games in the World Cup, and we’ve got these guys and they are making history. I feel admiration for Pekerman, with everything he’s done. He has regained the identity of Colombian football.” Valderrama told reporters
Colombia managed on reaching the quarter-final rounds of the 2014 World Cup and even if they are unable on advancing any further, it has already been a historic landmark that the team of Pekerman has managed on accomplishing with consecutive triumphs and impressive performances throughout all of the group stages.
