James Rodríguez and a sad debut in Al-Rayyan: Colombian team was thrashed | VIDEO

James Rodríguez did not have the best of the premieres with an Al-Rayyan shirt. The Colombian started this Sunday, in a duel against Al-Duhail, for the sixth day of the Qatar Stars League, and saw his team be beaten 3-0 at the Al-Gharafa Stadium.

The midfielder, who has not played since last August 7, in the friendly between Everton and Manchester United, was on the court for 88 minutes and did not have many opportunities to show the best of his talent. Rodríguez left his place to Ahmed Al-Rawi.

Al-Rayyan did not put up much resistance and received two goals in the first half. Edmilson Junior (3 ′) and Almoez Ali (40 ′) made the local team 2-0, through two penalties. Already in the complement, Michael Olunga (55 ′) was in charge of signing the final goal.

As you remember, James Rodriguez He arrived in Everton in England from Real Madrid in September 2020 to put himself under the command of Carlo Ancelotti, with whom he had already met in the Spanish capital.

Despite his good start with the ‘Toffees’, his irregularity, together with that of the team, and his calf injuries throughout the season, only allowed him to play 26 games in all competitions last season, scoring 6 goals and giving 9 goal passes.

It was not the best of scenarios to start a new season. So, after several weeks of uncertainty, it emerged that he could be part of Al-Rayyan, which disbursed 8 million euros to sign the Colombian.