But no matter how the final results of the three of them are, the fans who love them will still be influenced by their persistence and love for football. This is the charm of sports competition, "starting with football skills, and finally with character."
But many people don’t know that 28 years ago, in 1994, the World Cup was held in the United States. The talented player of Colombia failed the game due to an "own goal" and lost the opportunity to win the championship. After returning to China, he was shot and killed in the streets, causing an eternal tragedy in the football world.
This talented Colombian player is called "Andres Escobar". He was born in 1967 in Medellin in Colombia. He also has an older brother named San Diego. His father works in the management of a local bank and has a good income. His family never has to worry about money.
brothers just need to work hard to develop their hobbies and do what they want to do. Therefore, Escobar has been not interested in learning since childhood. He always likes to be naughty outside. Once he held a school football game, Escobar rushed up first, and without anyone guiding him, he showed his extraordinary "football talent".
So far, Escobar was discovered by the football coach, and the coach took the initiative to discuss with Escobar's parents, hoping that they could agree to cultivate Escobar's football talent. When my parents heard this, they were very happy and worried about how Escobar would develop in the future. Now it seems that he has a goal.
Escobar is no longer popular for his favorite football, but follows the coach's rhythm and trains hard. Due to his talent and acquired efforts, Escobar's football skills have made rapid progress, which soon represents the beginning of the school's competition and becomes a "genius football boy" in the eyes of teachers and classmates.
Escobar did not disappoint everyone's expectations and successfully entered the Colombian national team. Although Colombia was in a turbulent period at that time, they were very fond of football and were willing to do their best to let the whole world see the love of Colombians for football.
Although Colombia's football team missed the World Cup at the beginning, everything was quietly changing after Escobar joined the team. After more professionalism and training and guidance from the national team, he began to gain a firm foothold in the national competition.
Since 1988, Escobar has been through the game. Although Escobar is just a substitute and a defender, he has a momentum. He not only defends well in the back, but also dares to seize the opportunity and score a goal.
This time, Escoba allowed teams from all countries to see Colombian football and also allowed the people of Colombia to know this "genius football boy". At the same time, everyone is full of expectations for the future Colombian football team to enter the World Cup.
1989, the Colombian football team qualified as the first in the group in the Copa America game, and obtained the qualification to participate in the World Cup in 1990. Colombia was also one of the favorites to win the championship at that time. After all, the opponent was Switzerland, which entered the World Cup again after 28 years, and the United States, who had not won for 44 years. In Colombia's view, none of this was a threat. Moreover, in a qualifier, Colombia defeated the defending champion of Argentina with a five-to-zero record.
94 World Cup "big own goal"
In June 1994, the World Cup was held in the United States as scheduled. The people of Colombia were excited and wanted to witness their history, but they never expected that what they witness was not a "glorious moment", but a "own goal" that shocked the whole world.
At the beginning, Escoba's team and Romania had a showdown, but during the entire process of the game, Romania was used to winning with speed, which shocked the Colombian team, which had always been slow.
Although the first defeat is not the case, it does not mean that Colombia has no chance of winning the championship, because in the group stage, they still have a showdown with the weaker United States. As long as they successfully win the host, everything will still have hope.
On June 23 of the same year, the match between Colombia and the United States began. At that time, people were enthusiastic and waiting for Colombia to show their strength. However, the American team has been indomitable throughout the game and even tried to fight back to win, posing a great threat to Colombia.
When the first half of the game was about to end, Hax of the American team rushed into the opponent's penalty area and made a quick move to the goal. Although this kick was not 100% hit, Escobar was anxious and kicked over and shoveled into his own goal, becoming an "own goal" in the World Cup.
This goal made Colombian fans at the scene beat their chests and stamp their feet. They couldn't believe how a talented player would make such a low-level mistake? Although he had a point behind and had a chance to reverse, the entire Colombian team began to lose their place, and cooperated with awkwardness. He was no longer in a state and finally ended with losing to the host, missing the World Cup final.
At this moment, all the fans pointed their emotions at Escobar. Even though Escobar took the initiative to admit his mistake, he also publicly apologized to everyone. But it still cannot calm the anger of the Colombian people at that time.
Escobar's father noticed that something was wrong and warned his sonEscobar to stay in the United States for a while before returning home, fearing that he would be attacked by personal. But Escobar believes that the fans have no malice towards him. He is young and energetic and is not afraid of people's abuse at all, and tries to prove himself again in the next game.
caused a tragedy
At the end of June 1994, Escobar, who returned to Colombia, felt guilty and was depressed all day long. So a friend invited Escobar to his family to have a small gathering and constantly encouraged him to get out of the haze. It seemed that with the company of friendship, Escobar's inner wounds were slowly healing.
So Escobar proposed to go out for a while. In order to relieve Escobar's mood, several friends went to a lively bar together. They drank and danced inside, and did not come out of it until the early morning.
In the bar parking lot Escobar said goodbye to his friends and was about to drive home to rest, but before Escobar got in, he heard three men behind him shouting "Ownball" and "Ownball".
Escobar's mood was instantly angered. Although there was no direct conflict, Escobar sitting in the car still stared at the three provocative men with vicious eyes. The three men were still unwilling to be outdone. Two of them actually took out their pistols and shot at Escobar. Escobar, who was shot six times, was unconscious on the spot and was no longer breathing after being sent to the hospital.
Although all the murderers were punished, Colombia's "genius players" fell. After learning about Escobar's murder, people woke up and realized that they had lost a great player and the opportunity to create another football history.
Everyone has times when they make mistakes, but when they have the courage to admit their mistakes, they should receive responses and encouragement, rather than blindly belittle and trampling on them. Although Escobar's fans are heartbroken about this, Escobar's life will never come back and is only frozen in the year of 27.
We can love sports competitions and also love football games, but we must treat the win or loss of the game rationally. Life is not just that. Every unexpected result is the real charm of sports competitions.
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