James Rodriguez leads Colombia team-mates in keepy-up bin challenge ahead of Argentina clash
- James Rodriguez conducted the bin challenge with his team-mates
- The Colombia players successfully completed the challenge
- It mirrors efforts by Manchester United, Chelsea and St Johnstone youths
- Colombia host Argentina in a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday
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James Rodriguez and his Colombian team-mates are the latest to join in with the keepy-up bin challenge craze.
Real Madrid midfielder Rodriguez was the star of the show as he stood in the middle heading the ball back and forth between his fellow compatriots.
The challenge was then successfully completed as the ball was headed into the bin before all of the players wildly celebrated in their dressing room.
James Rodriguez starts to work his way round the room as Colombia do the keepy-up bin challenge
Rodriguez heads the ball back and forth with his team-mates in the Colombia dressing room
Rodriguez approaches the end as his team-mates start to get noticeably excited
The footage - which mirrors similar efforts by Manchester United, Chelsea and St Johnstone's youth team - was uploaded by Fredy Guarin and Carlos Bacca on the eve of Colombia's World Cup qualifying clash against Argentina in Barranquilla on Tuesday.
Argentina, without Lionel Messi, return to the hot and humid Caribbean port city desperate for a win after their worst start to a World Cup qualifying campaign with two points from three games.
They stand second-bottom of the 10-team South American group, seven points behind leaders Ecuador who have nine.
In November 2011, former coach Alejandro Sabella's side arrived at the Metropolitano stadium with four points from three matches fresh from a humiliating 1-0 defeat in Venezuela.
Down 1-0 at halftime, and with defender Nicolas Burdisso sent off, Sabella threw caution to the wind, took off a midfielder and sent on Sergio Aguero to partner Messi and Gonzalo Higuain up front. The trio inspired a 2-1 victory.
'This team was born in Barranquilla,' midfield general Javier Mascherano, who again stands in for Messi as captain, said before they met Germany in the final in Rio de Janeiro.
The ball drops into the bin as Colombia complete the keepy-up bin challenge
The Colombia players go wild and celebrate as they follow in the footsteps of Manchester United and Chelsea
'Now, again, we're obliged to win in Barranquilla,' he said on Friday after Argentina's 1-1 draw at home to Brazil gave Gerardo Martino's side their second point.
The difference this time is that neither Messi nor Aguero, the scorers in Barranquilla in 2011, are there to help Higuain and Colombia are a better side, having enjoyed their own renaissance after that match.
Colombia sacked coach Leonel Alvarez and replaced him with Jose Pekerman, Argentina's 2006 World Cup coach, and qualified for their first finals in 16 years before reaching the last eight in Brazil.
Rodriguez celebrates after scoring a goal during a training session in Barranquilla on Sunday
Colombia players Rodriguez (right), Teofilo Gutierrez (centre) and Cristian Zapata train on Sunday
Rodriguez speaks to the press ahead of the World Cup qualifier against Argentina on Tuesday
Radamel Falcao was Colombia's danger man then, before a knee ligament injury two years later put him out of the World Cup.
Now their main threat comes from forward Rodriguez, who equalised in the 1-1 draw away to Chile on Thursday.
'Everyone wants to play against Argentina, it's match that motivates,' he said. 'Messi isn't here and neither is Aguero, but they have a very good squad. The standard of our opponents doesn't change, we have to go out to win.'
Argentina also have to contend with the heat, which can top 30 degrees Celsius and which Colombia try to benefit from by staging the match in mid-afternoon.
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