I te 30 Oketopa 2012, i karangahia a Rodríguez ki te kapa tuatahi mo te wa tuatahi, i te mea i kowhiria e te kaiwhakahaere a José Mourinho mo te tukinga ki a CD Alcoyano i taua wa
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