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Andres Escobar

21/06/2014

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, Andres Escobar

The Colombian defender murdered after scoring an own goal at the World Cup in 1994

The Colombian defender murdered after scoring an own goal at the World Cup in 1994.

In 1994, the Colombian defender Andres Escobar was murdered in the city of Medellin shortly after scoring an own goal in a crucial match at the World Cup. Many linked his death directly to his mistake on the pitch. Sporting Witness talks to Colombian journalist Luis Fernando Restrepo, a friend of Escobar's who saw him on the night he was killed.

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