This summer both Rodriguez and Colombia could be even better thanks to Falcao, the country’s all-time leader scorer, who will finally make his World Cup debut at 32.
Brazil was Rodriguez’s coming-out party. He finished as the tournament’s leading scorer with six goals in five games, so he won’t catch anyone by surprise this summer. Nor will Falcao, who was nominated for the 2017 Ballon d’Or — awarded to the world’s top player — and who has scored 51 goals in all competitions the last two seasons for Monaco of France’s Ligue 1.
Together they’ve written a new chapter in Colombian soccer history, one they’d like to conclude with a happy ending in Russia.