Bogota (AFP)
The two stars of the Colombian team Radamel Falcao and James Rodriguez have not been summoned for friendly matches of Cafeteros against Chile on Saturday and especially against Algeria in Lille on Tuesday.
"We are at a difficult time of the European championships with a lot of matches and a lot of trips, you have to know how to manage the players if you want to have a good team," said Tuesday the coach of Colombia Carlos Queiroz, who does not of these meetings priorities.
Named in February at the head of the "Tricolor", Queiroz said he wanted to have "the best players ready when a game counts for at least three points", an allusion to the South American qualifiers for the World Cup Qatar-2022, which will begin in March.
"I saw that someone said that James asked not to be called, it's not true, it never happened to me in my life that a player asks me that," Queiroz evacuated. about his N.10 struggling to win for his return to Real Madrid this season.
As for the "Tiger" Falcao, his captain transferred this summer to Galatasaray, the Portuguese coach has assured that since his serious left knee injury in 2014, the former Monegasque had missed 45% of the summons in the national team, mainly " because of injury ".
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