Freddy Rincón died at the age of 55 after an accident. Photo: Twitter
The afternoon-evening of September 5, 1993 was recorded as one of the biggest disasters the Argentine team suffered. It was 5-0 and Freddy Rincón, that was died at age 55is no doubt one of the figures of that work carried out by the team led by Francisco Maturana that silenced Monumental and forced Coco Basile to summon Diego Maradona to play the playoffs against Australia to get the passport for the World United States Cup of 1994.
Rincón himself opened the account in that memorable match 41 minutes into the first half, ‘Pibe’ Valderrama received the ball after a side kick and before Zapata and Simeone could think of making a pass for the entry scorer. ‘El Coloso’ beat the Argentine defenders at speed, hooked to the right before Sergio Goycoechea came out and was determined almost with a free goal.
Freddy’s goal shattered the illusion of most filling Monumental, who didn’t understand what was going on on the playing field. Marcelo Araujo only limited himself to reporting that the match was 1-0 in favor of Colombia and summed up in his silence the grief of millions of Argentines.
“What was talked about in the locker room was confidence. That if we do one, we can do another. It was difficult because in the first half the figure was Óscar Córdoba. We had to keep the ball and attack them, ”Rincón told Caracol Radio when revealing what he experienced at halftime.
The celebration of the Colombians in the victory against Argentina. Photo: Clarin Archive
As Argentina drowned in its desperation, Colombia released its chest at Monumental and at the start of the second half, in 5 minutes Faustino Asprilla made the difference. And in the 28th minute Leonel Álvarez saved a ball almost in the middle of the field and threw a cross so that Freddy entered at full speed and recorded the third.
A minute later, Faustino Asprilla converted the fourth. while Adolfo Valencia finished the job in 40 minutes.
“What I remember most is the hatred of the people, they made noise in the hotel. Helicopters though. But our group is very mature and we went out on the pitch with everyone to show them that they didn’t win that way, ”Freddy said a few years later about what happened on the qualifying date.
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