The Truth Behind The Murder Of Andrés Escobar, Shot For An Own Goal 

The fact that football results can determine one country’s social behavior. Even cartel world were moved by this results. Some country even declare a public holiday. Crazy sport!

All the mental conditions that would cause one to make a mistake, these gangsters lost themselves money with their intimidation but blamed one man.

@@Blueclues16 Because football is life.. and at the end of the day, who wants to lose?

@@makemoney3282 shut up it's a mere game nothing else

​@@makemoney3282 No it's not life. And it will never ever be more valuable than anyone's life. That's just the objective truth.

It's football. Not soccer pls

@@Carter10116 same thing lmao. Some ppl call it football some ppl call it soccer

Very true.. I can relate as a kid in the 90s

Football

Some people still makes problem out of the word 'soccer'. It looks so stupid. ;) This channel is 'Soccer Stories', so what? Let people decide by their own what to name the game and stop this stupid commenting.

Don’t forget the curse someone put on the team....You may not believe in those things, but many people do.

@@josefino72 I know that curses exist throughout various cultures and religions and I do believe such things are having impacts on people. It's sad but some people are so obsessed that they would try to do anything possible to achieve their goals...

@@josefino72 Ridiculous. They didn't need a curse, they had the drug cartels. It's very sad what these monsters do to all societies in which they are found. They are no better than ISIS and we should treat them as such. Use the militaries to destroy them. They are not innocent citizens.

Venezuela

With all the respect it deserves, don't say that Mexico is dangerous to travel, my whole family lives there and nothing has ever happened to them, because they only kill the one who is in bad business, the drug traffickers kill each other, nothing happens to good people and I am Mexican and I travel to the country several times a year

@@framegirl6102 There's safer parts of Mexico

@@framegirl6102 the cartel fires bullets, they can only aim those bullets they can’t control them, when they go out to kill the guys that are in “bad business” they don’t care who is around that can get hurt from strays

But Mexico will all soner or later be at peace Just like Colombia did

i was 12. i too saw the own goal live and the breaking news is his murder. sad

I was 10 and I was watching that game and I remember it like it was yesterday and I also remember getting the new days after that he was killed.

I was 19 in that time 😃

Same, I was 7

@@alexchoi6426 damn youre old

*OnLy SCuum Take a Big Interest into ANY of This!!!!*

@@Justin.Martyr It’s history. What’s your problem?

@@Justin.Martyr How old are you? 12?

The event was featured in the series "La Seleccion" (streaming free on Tubi these days). Saludos!

Wow. Didn't know that either growing up here.

I'm pretty sure he wasn't the 1st b in the history of soccer to do it. It'd be like knocking over your own stumps in cricket. I once saw a funny video of the Pakstan captain get twisted on a shot and fall onto the stumps dislodged the bales.

Hi

@@zealandia5668 Hi

He wasn't 7, he was 9. He didn't ask if they were going to kill him, he said they were going to kill him.

@@franco7928 congrats, you missed the point.

In the crazy universe of the 90s in Colombia. I lived it in person. It was nutty.

While I would never seek to justify such barbaric actions, I think that the subject of Mental Health wasn't really widely recognised or even acknowledged back then. I, myself have Aspergers syndrome which is a form of Autism and back when I was at school they would much rather just make out that you were BAD and therefore not really worth bothering about. Even now, although many of us are much more aware of the existence of Mental Health and the various issues that surround it there are still an awful lot who refuse to accept or even want to understand.

It wasnt mental health...at that era, escobar was the golden age of drug cartels... It's the violence that killed the nation

Those country dont have brains what do u expect

"I would rather be broke in jail than be dead and rich"

I think Andres Escobar martyred himself. He knew the whole cartel things behind his country's football. While his foot injury was going worse. Thus the own goal. It shocked Colombia which result in Colombia lost its chance on World Cup and finally his own death, but it also made the cartel couldn't capitalize on Colombian's victory if it's ever happened and finally rallied people against the cartels even more.

If they could reach Barry Seal here, they would reach him as well.

@@MrMarvinstraight whats that got to do with what he said 😆

@@Etendard1708 By definition, to be a martyr you'd have to die for a religious cause.

How old are you now?

Criminals sure can be real dumb bastards sometimes.

Brutal. And they played against our Romanian team of the century, so this was a way tougher game than they imagined.

Brutal, sheesh man

All of South and Central America is brutal and ruthless... to this very day. Ironically one gets used to it. Like drinking water. The 9 year old boy is a perfect example. He knew right then and there that Andres would be killed. Ingrained. Normalized.

@@haazsstarship7530 .....and really sad.

Man would've killed freakin 2000 times

Would have got his entire bloodline massacred

@@sayanprince853 But he will respawn after dying.My man is immortal

😂

Omg bro it’s Colombia not Columbia didn’t you see the video god

ESPN made a brilliant documentary already called “The Two Escobars.” It’s a lot better than this

netflix has it its called “The final score”

Por lo contrario Netflix tiene q parar de hacer shows del dolor de otras personas para ganar dinero

Are you trollin

They did.

amazing documentary, watched it a few years back

Its Colombia ....not Columbia...

@ Correct. Was sleepy when typing

its colombia, one of the crime capitals of the world, this hasnt happened in first world countries

& USA is the blame I bet they knew about the situation with colombia

I felt bad for his family. This is not right.

Same I was a kid when I saw this but inside I knew there was more to the story

Lies again? Abortion Is Murder

There’s a show on Netflix too! I watched it and wanted to look deeper into the story and I found this video but the show on Netflix is called “the final score”

It was a bar argument around the topic of the own goal. Watch ESPN 30 for 30, “The Two Escobars”. You’ll understand better.

Seg must be from Nigeria 🇳🇬 because It was around our time. Kids of today have no idea of Escobar when an own goal is scored.

Things that never happened

You had to of know, he was paying with his life. He was killed 2 days after he got back. For how long were you calling own-goals “Escobar”?

was he related or just same surname

@@Adam_K14 Not related.

That was decades ago, South Americans play on European teams not because of violence but just fur business reasons.

@@MAJ0RTOM Diego Costa jumped at the chance to join Wolves because his kids were terrified by living in Brazil.

@@beligerentlondoner Well I think some minor cases don't represent whole community of players who emigrate to Europe.

They do it for money most of all tho

@@Marcell0810 plus, Europe is the highest level of play in the world.

Yeah but same Colombians kill him

@@royperez1414 dosent mean anything. Every country has bad people

Yall did this fym 🤣

Violence in Colombia nothing new 😭

Se queda en la historia como HÉROE NACIONAL y uno de los mejores jugadores reconocidos al nivel mundial

Yeah… 7uck Pablo tho

Watch ESPN 30 for 30, “The Two Escobars”. You’ll understand better.

Those sick people should just blame their mothers for not giving birth to a son capable enough to represent their country to play soccer… their mothers are pieces of junks who deserved to die before they gave birth to murderers…

I know, evil people

It wasn't so much over a game as the money behind it. This is why Sports Betting is such a Shady thing.

He sent them out of the World Cup soo don’t pretend he’s innocent

@@d10s32 You sound very sick and demented.

This hugely relate to money gambling, not fanatic act

Your no better.

Literally nothing at all to do with sports “fanatics”.

Jeez, Did you actually watch the video?

Did you watch a single second of this video? The motivation for Andrés Escobar´s death was the killers losing money because of gambling, not through them being enraged by the team´s loss.

Complete cowards for killing that innocent man.

*COWARDS ARE THOSE WHO CAN'T PROTECT THEMSELVES*

@@khatri3259 such an id!ot

@@RR-nc4gd you

It did happen.

Haha probably they betted they where gonna win so when they didn’t won it cause the bet lot of money

Yee imagine if Magiure lived in an environment like him 💀

@@SomeOne-er4wl he would probably get more than 6 bullets on his body 💀

@@SomeOne-er4wl oh hell no

Because cartels bet so much money on the team.

True hunger games😁

And still they lost...

It's sad how people forget that it's just sports and make it life and death situation especially for the visiting team, when their home team lose. I remember a Nigerian national team player recounting one event where a single brave soldier with gun cocked, stopped the other country's home crowd from storming their dressing room and killing them for winning, and how the then Nigerian president (Obasanjo?) further saved their lives by sending a military aircraft to fly the team out of that other African country, in the middle of the night, as it would have been very dangerous for them to try leaving the host country by daybreak, the following day. Sad!

me too

Ur believed.

He'd have had to go on playing without making an error for the rest of the WC....and then for the next couple of tournaments.

@@JohnnieE1961 who knows what would have happened if they made it out of the group stage. Not saying they would have won it all but they could have made it far.

I don’t. We didn’t murder him

I am not saying it is right to kill him, but he knew after that own goal he would lost his life ,the colombians bet a lot of money on that match they didn't see it as a mistake.I watch that match and to be truthful I told myself when he go back to Colombia he would be killed.It was a tragedy that should not have happen

No they killed him for scoring an own goal get if right

@@dalewilson9602 still not a reason to kill

@@MuiFanNeggs it is just not a good reason.

Football is toxic , what better you talking about

@@blopp6240 I'm talking about Brasil, my country, I prefer kids playing football in the schools dreaming of an honest better life than becoming criminals

I know what you mean someone should have but back then including yourself in the Cartels business is a Death sentence waiting

America de Cali was also from drug money. So was Drogas la Rebaja. So was the entire government,and the police, and judges, and many many other businesses. Everything had drug money.

@@Sumiyeco_boutique and has now fallen to the NarcoCommunists just like Mexico, Venezuela, and Brazil 🐑

Unfortunately in South America it’s a lot more than just a game

They problably had huge money betted on the game on top of that it was world cup game then lashed out

@rabonatv his videos are great

Fr

Then tell me why did it happen

Not like you were even born at that time

@@MCFCJake why do you have to hate on him what did he do?

@@gamemasters3014 watch the video lol

@@gamemasters3014 because of own goal

Columbia was good back then but not as good as Colombia

This happened during a very dark time in Colombia. I will never believe Andres Escobar had any intention other than to play his very best in the World Cup. If you watch the own goal he is trying to block a shot that was on target to another player that almost certainly would have scored. The Goalkeeper would probably not make the save. If he had been paid off, a sliding attempt to tackle or block was unnessary. Just let it go. While Andres is laying on the ground after the goal, you can see how upset he was. He wanted a World Cup win to unite people and make them feel proud. The men that shot him were never brought to justice but paid someone else to take the blame. Andres Escobar should stand as a beacon of hope in times of great adversity and lack of protection by the law. The people of Colombia had him as an example of honor, courage and strenght, to be proud of being Colombian. Descalation and forgivness, education and helping people reenter society built a new Country. There may still be troubled areas, but they are so few compared to the 80's and 90's. What I pray will be the last talks with FARC are taking place. Only in forgiveness can these people be brought back into society. Colombians have made that leap of faith. We should support them and do whatever they request of us to see their dreams come true. Rest in Peace Andres Escobar. You are the spark of hope that helped your country move toward a better tomorrow. AND It is easy to make malicious statements about someone that is dead. Especially as years turn all of those involved in a cold blooded murder into urban legends. Whatever the "reason" for shooting Andrés Escobar in the back, it cannot ever be justified or excused.

yep that's the story I heard also as a child

@@rebeccaforbis2704 I did not suggest that Andres Escobar took a bribe. I said that it was believed by the people who killed him that he had. Those are two very different statements.

@@cbarclay99 You are correct. I apologize for my mistake in how I read it.

@@rebeccaforbis2704 Thank you. I too do not want to slander the dead.

Colombia not Columbia mate the second spelling is how Americans spell the District of Columbia in the US which is Washington DC now or the capital of South Carolina

@@timsmith1323 bro stop talking you’re english

@@timsmith1323 bro stop talking tour pavor for jamappe

@@timsmith1323you must be fun at parties

@@timsmith1323 do you have friends ? Nerd.

Don't bother reading OP's post. Just scroll down to the next one.

I do remember both events as well, though I didn't know the exact details of it (which I think remain non certain yet). I was supporting Colombia out of sympathy, and that game (where the were virtually disqualified) was sad even tragic. Weeks after, the killing of Andrés Escobar made it even scarier. The game against the US ended 2-1, though.

@@JuanManuelLinaresBloggerDeNiro yes you are correct. It was 2-1.

Amen

Yet you are still here

@@mrswutchchuck Alhamdu lillah