24 years ago, the footballer who had scored autoglo at the World Cup (Video) was killed
(8 years ago)On July 2, 1994, Andres Escobar, football player of the Atletico Nacional team, had been killed with six bullets in a local town of Medeli, Colombia, writes Periscope. The cause of this murder had been the autogoyle he had scored in a match against The United States, which was lost by 2 to 1. The killer had [...]
On July 2, 1994, Andres Escobar, football player of the Atletico Nacional team, had been killed with six bullets in a local town of Medeli, Colombia, writes Periscope.
The cause of this murder had been the autogoyle he had scored in a match against The United States, which was lost by 2 to 1. The killer had been screaming six times <x0...gong”, just as the commentator had done in the match's moments.
Escobar played 51 times for Colombia and scored a goal. After the murder, fans of the Atletico Nacional club have commemorated each year on the murder day. At the time of the assassination, Escobar had only been 27. At that time, popular footballers Walderrama, Mondragon, and Asprila also played for Colombia. /Periscopi