Legends of the last dance…The former star of Real Madrid dreams of reaching 2014

There are footballers who play football and there are musicians who give it soul, and there are few in the history of the World Cup who have left an unforgettable visual mark like the Colombian magician James Rodriguez.

With the start of the 2026 World Cup finals, 34-year-old James is set to perform the “last dance” of his World Cup career.

Former Real Madrid star James Rodriguez will play in the World Cup finals for the third time in his career, after 2014 and 2018.

The World Cup draw has put Colombia in Group 11 alongside Portugal, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uzbekistan.

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Achievement of 2014 and “Golden Boot”.

You can’t talk about James Rodriguez without going back to the epic he created with Colombia at the 2014 World Cup when he was 22 years old.

At the World Cup in Brazil, Colombia topped their group with a total of 9 points, beating Greece (3-0), Ivory Coast (2-1) and Japan (4-1).

James Rodríguez scored 3 goals in the group stage, one in each game.

In the Round of 16, James continued his run of excellence by scoring a brace for Colombia against Uruguay, sending his country into the quarter-finals for the first time in their history.

In the quarter-finals, the Colombian team faced its Brazilian counterpart, the home team and the crowd.

Brazil took the lead through goals from Thiago Silva and David Luiz before James reduced the deficit in the 80th minute.

James won the “Golden Boot” as the best scorer of the 2014 World Cup with 6 goals.

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