Tifo video: The player who was killed for an own-goal

During the 1994 World Cup the Colombian national team was placed under immense pressure to perform, and do well for their country. Pressure was placed on them, not by their manager, by each other, or by their adoring fans, but by the drug cartels that controlled domestic football.

In the firing line was Andres Escobar, a defender that inadvertently scored an own goal.

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This is the story of the player killed for scoring an own-goal.

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