Only he can stop James Rodriguez

Olympiacos activated a second bombshell and reached an agreement with James Rodríguez. As in the case of Marcelo, this is a footballer who is his friends Sportish You don’t have to read articles to know their value.

Rodriguez has had a great career, winning a total of 24 titles in Argentina, Portugal, Spain and Germany. He has played in all the top leagues of European football except Italian and at 31 he is not advanced in age.

A goal or assist every two hours of football

It goes without saying that in Greek football it all depends on the individual situation that is encountered. If he has the will to work and bring his body to the level he desires, it is certain that he will make a difference. After all, we are talking about a footballer who has had full numbers wherever he played in Europe.

At Real he scored 35 goals and provided 42 assists in 135 games, at Bayern he scored 15 goals and provided 20 assists in 67 games, at Porto he scored 32 goals and provided 42 assists in 108 games, at Monaco he scored and provided 10 goals and assists 14 assists in 38 games, at Everton he scored 6 goals and provided 9 assists in 26 games.

Overall, he has made 429 appearances at club level, scoring 115 goals and providing 141 assists in his career. With the Colombian national team, he has scored 24 goals and provided 35 assists in 86 games. We’re talking about a footballer who, on a career average, converts a goal or last pass into a goal almost every two hours of football.

He turned the opening of the transfer window into a weapon

Olympiacos manage to use the fact that the transfer window has been extended until September 15 to their advantage to weaponize it. In a market where the Turks played alone in Europe, the Red and Whites also got their chance with an extension of 15 days.

Its management has the ability to take on bigger orders than the competition, reach out to the big stars that have walked out of the team and, through these steps, hope to correct the mistakes made overall in both this year’s design and overall were working from the previous technical time last year.

Quality decision in the 1/3 of the opponent

It is clear that Carlos Corberan needs creativity and more quality in the last third of the opponent. The Spanish coach plans to exploit Inbom Huang’s quality at position 8, which means he needs a quality addition further up.

Olympiacos was full of fast wingers who didn’t make and didn’t make a difference in the last two years and lost quality in the final decision for various reasons. This element is a given that Hames can give to the team even with the above.

Level on points at the start of the season, Olympiacos have lost four points to Asteras and Volos. In Tripoli he kept a clean sheet in a game with 74% possession and was 1-1 with Volos in a game with 67% possession. Even during this period when the Reds and Whites aren’t at their best, they can and will take absolute control of most domestic games.

Last Sunday in the 2nd half they blocked Volos halfway down the pitch but in the last third they lacked the player to provide a quality finish, either in creation or execution. Rodríguez can deliver both, with great frequency and quality and from all areas.

He plays comfortably in all three positions behind the forward

In his career, in addition to his traditional position as a midfielder, he has played many times for both sides. In 95 games he has started on the right flank, scoring 32 goals and providing 34 assists. In 73 games, he has started on the left, scoring 21 goals and dishing out 23 assists.

If they give Rodriguez a starting role on the flanks, managers know they will have a player who will be both a second midfielder and second striker.

Large number of finishes and key transitions

At the highest level, he always had the comfort of going to a large number of key passes and executions. In essence, we’re talking about the very element that the Reds and Whites are missing in winning the domestic games against the teams they’re beating.

If you remember the two games where points were thrown away, the Corberan players had space and made a lot of decisions outside the opponent’s area.

Hames at the highest level has career averages of 2.4 runs per 90 minutes and 2.9 key passes. We’re talking about big numbers that the Colombian, if he’s in good individual shape, will start them just like the Greek teams are dealing with Olympiacos.

The Greek champions are acquiring a footballer who scores and assists in every respect, who could and did make a lasting difference with his quality in final decisions at the highest level. The fact that Hames gets things moving in Greece depends solely on him, on the individual situation in which he finds himself. Indeed, in Greek football, Hames can only be stopped by himself.

Watch the entire Sportish special on James Rodríguez and the other Olympiacos transfer fronts.