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The Colombian national team will face England in the round of 16 of the 2018 World Cup in Russia: a team uncomfortable, very tough and who n '# 39; could never win in history.
The national team has faced the British on five occasions with a record of two draws and three losses. In addition, he was able to score three goals and received 10.
The first meeting between the two teams was on the eve of the World Cup in Mexico-70. At that time, Alf Ramsey, then coach of England, wanted to come prepare for his participation in the World Cup in Bogota.
The match was played on May 20, 1970 at the El Campin stadium in Bogotá. Among the great figures of the English team were Bobby Charlton, Gordon Banks and Bobby Moore. The match ended with a 4-0 win for England.
Many Colombians live with historical postcards of subsequent meetings between the two teams at World Cups and other tournaments.
1. The "frentazo" of Andrés Escobar
Colombia met faces with England on May 24, 1988, in Wembley. This match ended 1-1. In the 22nd minute, England scored a goal from Gary Lineker
. However, Colombia did not give up and, led by Carlos, the "Pibe & # 39; Valderrama began to generate danger. It was as well as in the 65 minute by a load of corner shooting the defender Andres Escobar wrote the goal of the tie, with which it ended in encounter.
As he counted in an article published in THE TIME that commemorates 30 years of this spectacular goal, Escobar made his debut just 55 days ago against Canada (3-0) and, at total, he scored 19 goals with Nacional and the memory of the Colombian team.
Escobar kicked the ball to the far left of England goalkeeper Peter Shilton, hit the horizontal and thus went into the English goal.
"The beautiful frentazo, goal Gooooooool of Colombia Andres Escobar", sung the singer Benjamin Cuello after this annotation.
Escobar's second goal with the national team was not so lucky. You can read the story of this goal here.
2. The unforgettable "scorpion" of Higuita
In 1995, Colombia and England find themselves in a game where the scorpion of Rene Higuita is immortalized.
The Higuita maneuver was presented in front of a bullet fired by Englishman Jamie Redknapp. The bullet was thrown in search of the center of the porch where Higuita was standing. It was an easy ball for him to raise his arms and catch him. However, the irreverence of Higuita made him decide otherwise.
The journalist Pablo Romero, in an article in EL TIEMPO commemorating the 20th anniversary of this play, wrote in 2015 that Higuita "watched the ball coming, that it seemed harmless, and she was on guard. without losing sight of her, then her body began to stretch, to arch, as if imitating a scorpion that raises its formidable tail to defend itself.With its powerful thorn: the staples of the sole of his guayos, so he cleared the ball in front of the amazement of the players and the crowd, then he stood up without disbadembling himself, as he realized his madness: he had just done the scorpion, a
In the end, the 0-0 does not give way
Higuita the fate of the taquito
The maneuver executed by René Hig Uita calls it "The Scorpion" because of its peculiar shape – it was a move that the archer Frequently trained
3. Beckham and the swimsuits' Pibe & # 39; Valderrama
The first confrontation between Colombia and England took place during the World Cup in France on June 26, 1998. On this occasion, the team then ran Hernán Darío el & # 39; bolillo & # 39; Gómez He came with the illusion of beating his rival and qualifying for the round of 16 of the tournament. Colombia needed to win to pbad the second round, but in half an hour he was defeated by Darren Anderton and David Beckham in minutes 20 and 29.
At the end of the match, Carlos Valderrama with his team he approached David Beckham and asked him to exchange the shirt.
The English player David Beckham asks for the Selection jersey at & # 39; Pibe & # 39; Valderrama.
4. Tears of Faryd Mondragón
In the same match of 1998 World Cup, the goalkeeper of the Colombian national team, Faryd Mondragón, mourned the defeat of Colombia after being eliminated from the World Cup and was comforted by Englishman Michael Owen in a scene that shifted the country.
In qualifying for the 1998 World Cup, Mondragón had been heavily criticized for the goal that Argentina had taken in the match that he had disputed at Barranquilla. Faryd Mondragón cries after the defeat of Colombia 1998 "src =" data: image / png; base64, iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAIAAAABCAQAAABeK7cBAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkAAIAAAoAAv / lxKUAAAAASUVORK5CYII = "style =" display: inline; "data-original =" / files / article_content / files / crop / uploads Colombian goalkeeper Faryd Mondragon (front) is comforted by his English counterpart David Seaman on June 26 at the Lens stadium, in the United States. after England won 2-0
