World Cup Mistake Gets Player Killed | Last Moments

What you are watching are events that, will lead to the murder of one of these. men it is the 1994 World Cup Andres. Escobar scores an old goal he will pay. for it with his life. , Andres Escobar was 27 years old when he, played for Colombia in the 1994 FIFA World Cup he was a Defender throughout. his career playing for Colombian Club, Atletico National before making his debut on the national team in 1988. he. had the reputation of being decent and. kind and earned a nickname as the gentleman for his clean play style and his calm and collected demeanor on the, pitch the 1994 World Cup was hosted in the United States Colombia was placed in group a alongside Romania Switzerland, and the host country the us at the time. there were rumors that Colombia's team had become entangled with drug cartels. and betting syndicates who are alleged. to have used death threats to influence team selection in their first game on, June 18th Colombia played Romania and, suffered a shock loss of one goal to, three on the 22nd of June Colombia faced, the United States Colombia were the favorites to win but the US team resisted them for a scoreless half hour, then in the 35th minute American, midfielder John harks crosses a ball. into the Colombian Penalty Box Andres, Escobar reaches out to intercept it but. inadvertently deflects the ball into his. own goal giving the US a one-nil lead. the U.S goes on to win the game 2-1 after losing the first two games, Colombia faced elimination to progress,

to the next round they would have to win their upcoming game against Switzerland. and Romania would have to lose in their. match against the US Colombia beat Switzerland 2-0 but Romania won the, Colombian team was headed home obviously. unhappy with Colombia's poor performance and his contribution to it Andres, Escobar still maintained a positive outlook in an interview about the World, Cup it's been a most amazing and rare. experience we'll see each other again soon because life does not end here. tragically his words would prove untrue five days after Colombia's match with. Switzerland on July 1st Escobar was joined by friends on a night out in, Medellin City Escobar had been advised by friends and family to keep a low profile in the wake of his own goal fearing he may catch the ire of his countrymen but Escobar was undeterred he, had made an honest mistake and was probably embarrassed by it but he wasn't, going to hide away in shame as he said life moves on as the night progressed, Escobar and his friends found themselves in a nightclub where the friends split. up at around 3am Escobar was alone in, his car in the parking lot outside the club when three men approached they began arguing with Escobar produced. handguns and opened fire with a 38. caliber pistol striking Escobar six, times it was reported that the killer, shouted gold with every shot mocking the. football player as he murdered him after the three men escaped in a pickup truck Andres Escobar made it to hospital but, he died of his injuries less than an

hour later later that day police arrested Umberto Castro Munoz and. charged him with the murder of Andres, Escobar when yours was known to work for. the gaun brothers who ran a drug trafficking criminal gang prosecutors believed that the brothers had a, substantial sum of money bet on Colombia. and perhaps blamed its loss on Escobar and his own goal they believed Munoz and. his accomplices who were never convicted. were ordered to kill Escobar in. retaliation for losing the cartel their, betting money although the prosecution, couldn't prove the guy on Brothers had. ordered the execution when yours was found guilty of murder in June 1995 and, sentenced to 43 years in prison he was. released in 2005 for good behavior, Andres Escobar left behind a fiancee who. he was due to marry just months after, his death as well as many fans of Colombian football who still hold the. gentleman in high regard even to this. day particularly fans of his Club are Atletico National internationally the incident tarnished Colombia's reputation. and cemented in the minds of many that the country was a dangerous place a place where the high crime of making a mistake in a football match could leave. a man spending his last moments riddled. with bullets. . oh, the U.S a gets the score Escobar on the. own goal and the United States leads. Colombia one to nothing,