James Rodríguez raised a welt. To the question that Daniel Habif asked him, in an extensive interview, about who is the best soccer player in the history of Colombia, the Real Madrid midfielder did not think so: “I”, he said bluntly, passing over Carlos the ‘ Pibe ‘Valderrama, Falcao García or Faustino Asprilla, among other possible candidates.
And he said it without a doubt because the numbers back it up; the achievements in the Colombian National Team and his time with great European teams, put him, yes or yes, in the top 3 of the most important in coffee history.
This Monday, there was already the first response from one of the most iconic Colombian footballers. A former footballer who left his mark on local clubs, and who shone on the continent: Willington Ortiz. The ‘old Willy’ was forceful with his words, expressed to ‘Gol Caracol’.
“He has the right to say that he is the best in the history of Colombia because he is active, he did very well in the last World Cup and he is playing in Europe in one of the best teams in the world, like Real Madrid,” said Ortiz. , always humble.
“It is what he feels and sees it that way, each person has his opinion,” he added.
However, he made it clear that “it is difficult to choose just one, perhaps it is better to choose a player for each era.” Not for less, Willington shone in the seventies and eighties; Valderrama, next to Freddy Rincón and Faustino Asprilla, marked a legacy in the nineties; Iván Ramiro Córdoba dazzled in the first decade of the XXI century; and next to James is Falcao as referents of the new era in Europe.
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