In the midst of a veil of mystery because of the absence of Colombian midfielder James Rodríguez In the list of travelers of the Esmeraldas del Lion To visit the Xolos de Tijuana in it Hot stadium which has artificial court and that has generated several injuries to important players.
James Rodríguez surprisingly did not appear among the players convened to travel to the border city of Tijuana In the list delivered by the coaching staff headed by the Argentine Eduardo Berizzo, While the directive, the communication department of the Lion And much less the medical service, they remained silent regarding the absence of the Colombian figure.
Undoubtedly, the absence of the quoted Colombian player generates suspicion, because after the activity of the FIFA Date, Rodríguez He had minutes last weekend against Tigres, but from that moment nothing has been published regarding the Coffee steering wheel And much less the reasons for his alleged negative to travel to Tijuana where they will face the complicated Xolos This Friday at Hot stadium.
Meanwhile, local journalists who cover daily the activity of the Bajío squad They began to handle messages in this regard and where they generated doubts about the true reason for the absence of James Rodríguez In the match of date nine of the Opening 2025 tournament of the MX League.
“Difficult that James Rodríguez Play on the synthetic court of the Hot stadium. I, instead, would not have put an injury at risk and less with the ticket of the World Cup In hand. James did not travel to Tijuana”, Published on social networks the reporter Paco Vela of Multimedia.
The supposed reasons for James’s absence
According to all versions, the primary reason for the decline of James Rodríguez For this meeting is that the court Hot stadiumofficial headquarters of the Xolos Tijuana, It has synthetic grass as a surface and has generated many injuries to several players.
So the people who are around James Rodríguez They assure that the Colombian does not want to run any risk that compromises his presence in the next World And although there is a long time missing, the experienced midfielder knows that the synthetic grass generates many knee or ankle injuries, then hence his refusal to be taken into account by the coaching staff.
So far Lion march in the tenth position with 11 points And they will seek to overcome the Xolos that occupies the sixth place with 13 units, with which a triumph would allow them to cut seven places to place themselves in a better position in the table.
Without James Rodríguezhe Lion will use Jordi Cortizo and the rest of the squad made up of Óscar Jiménez, Iván Moreno alreadyLfonso Alvaradoamong several more, to face this commitment of day 9 of the tournament Opening 2025 of the MX League.
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