James vs PSG: numbers, goals and dueling performance of Champions | Colombians Abroad

If there is no surprise of Zinedine Zidane, James Rodriguez will once again be the owner of Real Madrid in a Champions League match after 889 days (two years, five months, six days).

His return will be against PSG, a rival he already faced with the shirt of the bayern Munich and before with that of the Porto, but never that of the 'merengue' team.

The closest memory of James in the Park of the Princes, where he will go this Wednesday for the first duel of the 2019-2020 season, dates from September 27, 2017, when he was head of the Bayern who directed Carlo Ancelotti and played 46 minutes , in the 3-0 loss. Little could then do the Colombian, who in Munich, on December 5 of that year, was able to give assistance to Tolisso, on the second goal of the 3-1 win. He could not, in any case, mark the Parisian club with the red shirt.

The German team was second in Group B and in that edition of the Champions League it reached the semifinal, in which Real Madrid eliminated it and was crowned champion. James scored a goal on that key and his loyalty was clear when he didn't want to celebrate.

However, that was not the first left-handed crossing with PSG. Already in Porto they had coincided and it is precisely the sweet memory that should be rescued for this Wednesday.

James started on October 3, 2012, when Porto received the French team, in a very fought duel that was precisely resolved thanks to the magic of his left leg, at minute 83, after Fernando's assistance:

They would meet again French and Portuguese in Paris, when the homeowners won 2-1, in a match without so much brightness of the cucuteño, in which their team fell 2-1, although it was ranked second in group A, to be eliminated by Málaga in the next phase.

The story marks today a new encounter between James and PSG, a date in which he will surely be, before an unavoidable reality for Zidane: he has exactly the three healthy midfielders he needs and already against Levante he was given the best sensations. It will be his time to become essential also in Europe, after making it clear that in LaLiga it is a luxury reinforcement.