:quality(75)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/elcomercio/BIEJFHJRSFFI7P7KAYSOH5O3II.png "Radamel Falcao and the response to the fans after the harsh criticism for his call-up")
Radamel Falcaothe famous Colombian soccer player, has responded to the criticism received for his call for Colombian national team. However, his sporting present has left much to be desired. At 37 years of age, he has lost prominence in his current team, the Vallecano Ray, and is expected to leave the Spanish squad in the middle of the year. In addition, his performance in the Colombian team in recent years has been mediocre due to his age and recurring injuries, which has prevented him from showing his best level on the field of play.
After the victory of the Colombian team against Japan (2-1), Radamel Falcao, nicknamed “El Tigre”, spoke to various media outlets and expressed his opinion on the matter. “I am there for what Colombia needs, give my best, leave my heart and I still have fire. With experience we can mark a path, transmit values for ourselves and for the country and what we must give when we put on our shirts”, said.
Likewise, the Colombian spoke about these friendly matches “It was a productive tour, we need to grow, improve, continue winning automatisms, growing in tactical concepts and the attitude has been very good.”
Falcao among the 100 best of the 21st century
El Tigre, who came to be considered the best ‘9’ in the world during the golden age of his sports career, when he defended the colors of Atlético de Madrid, ranks 54th in the ranking, surpassing world champions such as the Argentine Ángel Di María, the German Miroslav Klose and Fernando Torres.
The all-time goalscorer for the Colombian National Team is also ahead of South American figures such as Edinson Cavani, Arturo Vidal and Juan Román Riquelme, as well as current stars such as Vigil van Dijk from the Netherlands, N’Golo Kante from France and Jan Oblak from Slovenia.
Incident between Falcao and fan
A fan account on social networks commemorated the eighteenth anniversary of Radamel Falcao’s debut at River Plate However, as is common in any field, there are some fans who disagree with certain decisions and on this particular day, the player Colombian had a heated discussion with one of them. “And it’s been 18 years since he returned to the club that gave him everything… that can’t be forgiven either”, read a response tweet.
Faced with this, the Tiger did not remain silent and replied “I was the one who was released from River on June 30, 2009 and I signed a contract again in July of the same year so that River would sell me to Porto and earn money”.
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