James Rodríguez on the VAR image that ruled out Davinson Sánchez's goal against Portugal:
🗣️ “You're telling me an entire World Cup moment was taken away because of a tiny foot? That's unbelievable. The referee and VAR looked at that image and decided Colombia didn't deserve that goal. How can football accept something like this?”
“We celebrated with our supporters because we believed we had won it fairly. Then a line appears on a screen, showing the smallest possible margin, and suddenly everything is gone. That's not the spirit of football.”
“If VAR needs to search for millimetres just to find a reason to cancel a goal, then something is seriously wrong. Technology was supposed to help the game, not punish attacking football over the smallest detail imaginable.”
“The referee and VAR didn't just cancel a goal they broke the hearts of millions of Colombians around the world. Every player felt the emotion, every fan celebrated, and in seconds it was all ripped away.”
“I don't care how many images they show after the match. No picture can justify taking away a moment that meant everything to an entire nation. Colombia deserved that goal, and our fans deserved that celebration.”
¿Cristiano Ronaldo? ¿Bruno Fernandes? ¿Joao Felix? ¿Vitinha? ¿Joao Neves? ¿Nuno Mendes? Yo vi a la Selección de Colombia siendo MEJOR que la Selección de Portugal en un partido de Copa del Mundo. Yo lo vi, no me lo platicaron. Hoy los colombianos deben sentirse INMENSAMENTE ORGULLOSOS con el papel de su selección nacional. Fueron claramente superiores a una de las candidatas. Le hicieron un juegazo a uno de los planteles más poderosos del planeta. ACTUACIÓN HISTÓRICA.
Colombia 🇨🇴 continue to be the most stressful national team in the world.
I’m not even Colombian and I have a borderline heart attack every game.
It’s like brilliance and chaos had a baby.
Idk how y’all do it.