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Óscar Córdoba left a message for Diego Simeone | Colombia selection

A fifth of September that reminds all soccer lovers, one of the most important achievements for Colombian football. However, all of South America knows the importance of that September 5, 1993, when Argentina was silenced by a flurry of goals from the Colombian National Team.

The Monumental de Núñez dressed up in a gala that was key to qualifying for the 1994 World Cup in the United States. However, Argentina never imagined the ordeal it was going to suffer. The River Plate stadium lived a memorable day for Colombian soccer and total shame for the football of the gaucho nation. Colombia was a machine that took advantage of the counterattacks, and a superb performance by Óscar Córdoba, saving the Albicelestes arrivals.

29 years have passed since that sensational victory, and the world of football continues to remember it, especially the now technical director of Atlético de Madrid, Diego Pablo Simeone, who was a defender on that September 5, 1993. In conversation with ESPN F90, Simeone He recalled that fateful result and praised Óscar Córdoba, “the best was the Colombian goalkeeper, he broke everything because in the first half he saved three or four balls. We put ourselves at a disadvantage and the team did not have the peace of mind to handle what was happening.

However, and although Óscar Córdoba thanked Diego Simeone for what he said, he did make something clear to him, and everything goes through respect for his similar. In a conversation with Blu Radio’s Sports Blog, the goalkeeper commented, “It’s good that the goalkeeper is recognized for how good he was that night, unfortunately he doesn’t say who the goalkeeper was. And that’s how it happened to me, because when I came to play for Boca Juniors they told me that René Higuita covered well that night. If they had scored five goals against me, people would have been completely clear as to who was the goalkeeper in that significant match in Colombian soccer.”

In addition, he concluded bluntly, “but well, I am still satisfied with having made a great presentation, that I enjoyed myself on the field of play, that I had fun, we won and that we made the Colombian people, who needed it so much, enjoy themselves.” In turn, he threw a dart at her, “the one who wins is the one who enjoys and that day it was our turn to win.”

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