James Rodriguez Breaks Record In 2024 Copa America

James Rodriguez has contributed well throughout Colombia's journey in the 2024 Copa America (doc. Conmebol).

JAKARTA - Colombia will play in the 2024 Copa America final to meet Argentina on July 15, 2024.

My team Lorenzo beat Uruguay 1-0 in the semifinals. Their previous journey was also impressive.

Colombia won Group D without losing, two wins and a draw. The only draw was achieved when they met Brazil (1-1).

Then, two wins were won against Paraguay (2-1) and Costa Rica (3-0).

In the quarter-finals, Los Cafeteros' performance got crazier. They crushed Panama with a landslide score of 5-0.

Interestingly, captain James Rodriguez has made a big contribution to Colombia's success in achieving all these slick results. In fact, the 32-year-old player's contribution set a separate record.

James surpassed Lionel Messi's record at the Copa America in terms of creating assists.

When beating Uruguay in the semifinals, the only goal of Colombia's victory scored by Jefferson Lerma was born thanks to James' assist.

The former Real Madrid star took a corner which Lerma converted straight into a goal with a header.

The additional one assist made James Rodriguez break the record for most assists in a Copa America issue since 2011 when statistics began to count.

James Rodriguez has packed a total of six assists up to the semifinals. The six assists were made in four of Colombia's five games so far.

In detail, James Rodriguez immediately made two assists in the first match of the group phase when Colombia beat Paraguay.

He added one assist against Costa Rica in a 3-0 win. Later, James packed two more assists in a 5-0 win against Panama in the quarter-finals.

The only game that there was no James assist occurred when Colombia fought Brazil. However, James performed well and almost scored.

The most assist record in the Copa America edition was previously owned by Lionel Messi with five assists. The record was achieved by the Argentine superstar when he brought the Tango Team to win the 2021 Copa America.

Previously, with a record of five assists, James Rodriguez had matched the record in the last 50 years of the Copa America.

Apart from matching Messi, James also resembled the records obtained by Alex Souza (Brazil) in the 2004 and Denilson (Brazil) editions in the 1997 edition.