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Diego Maradona has had words of praise for James Rodriguez and Colombia.

The Argentina legend has suggested the nation might have even gone all the way at the World Cup had a fully fit Falcao been there.

 "The World Cup was great and I think everyone felt Colombian at least for a while, when James [Rodriguez] or [Juan] Cuadrado had the ball.

"If Falcao was there, Colombia may be celebrating their first WC glory.

James was brilliant tonight. I wrote this about him for @beINSPORTSUSA earlier http://t.co/15UyGJ012K — Phil Kitromilides (@PhilKitro) April 8, 2015 "Falcao was conditioned due to his severe injury. Moving from France to England was tough and he needed to adapt himself."

Maradona also had words of praise for James Rodriguez, who has established himself as a key player for Real Madrid after a scintillating breakout performance at last summer's World Cup in Brazil.

"James is a talented left-footed player," he added. "Exquisite, ideal... like many left-footed footballers."