Ex-wife: James has been shown a lack of respect, he works really hard

  /  autty

Daniela Ospina, James Rodriguez's ex-girlfriend and the sister of David Ospina, has leapt to the defence of the Real Madrid playmaker after criticism of him in Colombia.

Hector Fabio Cruz, the former medical director of the Colombian FA, hit out at James during the summer over his attitude.

"This kid is bad in the head, he doesn't prepare himself," he said about the midfielder.

Former Colombia international Ivan Rene Valenciano backed up these accusations, but Ospina isn't having any of it.

"From what I know about James, the thing that stands out about him is his discipline and his behaviour in preparing himself," she told Vbar Caracol.

"I don't have to defend him, but it's the truth.

"James is a person that demands the best from himself and sometimes if there is something that he is guilty of, it's that he works too hard.

"Criticism shows a lack of respect; if James Rodriguez has something it's discipline.

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