James Rodríguez assisted with Al-Rayyan, but ended up being sent off | VIDEO

Colombian James Rodríguez has been working hard to find his best physical and football form again, although now he will have to stay off the courts. This Saturday, the midfielder started with Qatar’s Al-Rayyan on matchday 8 of the QSL and ended with a bitter expulsion.

Things started badly for the team of the former Real Madrid player, as they fell 2-0 on the road to Al Arabi at the start of the second half, due to goals from Farshid Esmaeili (48 ′) and Abdelrahman Fahmi (54 ′). The partial result made the match go back and forth.

It was thus that Al-Rayyan got a favorable free kick at 69 ‘, somewhat far from the area. However, James Rodríguez took advantage of his good punch to direct his team’s discount in the match: he executed a center in great form, which found Yohan Boli well positioned, who scored with a header.

There was a lot of time ahead for them to aspire to a draw, but the ideas were not very clear. In the midst of the desperation to attack, the Colombian midfielder ended up colliding with Aaron Boupendza, when he tried to enter the Al Arabi area. It was an impressive impact and the game stopped.

Despite the fact that what happened seemed to be a normal situation in a match, referee Al Nabet considered that James Rodríguez had bad intention and admonished him. The experienced athlete could not believe the judge’s decision and protested angrily, which ended up causing his expulsion.

The referee returned to show him the yellow card and therefore the red one, causing great complaints from the Al-Rayyan team. The decision was made and the footballer left the field, with deep regret: he will lose the duel against Al-Gharafa. So far, James had four appearances as a starter.