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How does one feel with that vertigo…

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as you step onto the field

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full of emotions as well as fears?

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The anticipation of winning

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and the fear of losing.

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Unique, incomparable, majestic.

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Friends, now René serves…

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Here in Colombia, we also have soccer.

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And that was our great motivation.

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René revolutionized the world.

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The way he was on the streets,

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that's how he played on the field.

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To me, he's a goalkeeper
of the future, undoubtedly.

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You couldn't tell him not to leave
the goal, not to take a free kick.

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He scored seven free kicks.

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He has scored 49 times

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and is the top scorer in the world.

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It's very nice soccer.

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He's one of those touched by God,

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like Diego Maradona, like Pelé,

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like Messi.

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He was an icon for us.
René was everything to us.

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A goalkeeper will hardly draw
people to the stadiums.

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René was a showman.
Everyone wanted to go see René.

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We love you!

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We love you, Higuita!

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"Look at each other's faces."

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"We'll change the history
of Colombian soccer."

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Higuita, what were
your best and worst plays?

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That's hard.

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It's hard because soccer
and plays are like life,

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where you have
both good times and bad times.

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Everyone seeks out people like us,
especially powerful people.

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At every party,

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wherever there was indiscipline,
you were sure to find René Higuita.

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To be René Higuita's wife,

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I had to fight many dragons, as they say.

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As I left La Catedral,

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a journalist asked me
if I was friends with Pablo Escobar.

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And I said yes.

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We all make mistakes,

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but only those with guts can admit it.

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The Metropolitan Police
have sent him to the city of Bogotá.

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Ladies and gentlemen,

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let's give a huge standing ovation
for René Higuita!

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The great absentee here in this tribute.

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Higuita!

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The referee allows it. Go, Mendoza!

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It's a corner, René Higuita

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defending the goal,
the Colombian national team starter.

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René at the center circle.

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René took it with Pacho.

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The people of Colombia are proud

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of this generation of sportsmen.

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Defending the goal is René.
He sends the ball.

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He turns around, grabs it again.

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René sends the ball!

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We might laugh about it, but actually,

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what Higuita did today is very risky.

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When it comes to sport,
I'm 100% innocent.

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HIGUITA: THE WAY OF THE SCORPION

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I'll show you some of the pictures.

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There's a lot of them.

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Pictures from our time at Real Valladolid

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with Francisco Maturana.

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From the 1990 World Cup in Italy.

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A photo here with my teammate

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on that '85 squad, Eduardo Niño.

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Here is the photo with Pope John Paul.

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I have a few,

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and still I can't say
that René Higuita is a saint.

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Nor has anyone told me
to say Mass for them

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because I took a picture
with John Paul II.

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But out of the ones I like the most,

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or the one I like the most,

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is the Atlético Nacional photo.

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JUNE 18, 1990
MILAN - ITALY

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I remember I was
the top goalscorer for my team.

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It was our first match,
and the goalkeeper didn't show up.

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They put me in instead.

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I did well. We won the championship.

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So I became known as a goalkeeper.

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In a country like ours
of athletic excellence

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in which soccer is considered
the king of sports,

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the stars of the ball are always the buzz.

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That's why we're joined today
by René Higuita,

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who has been recognized internationally

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as one of the world's
most spectacular goalkeepers.

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Ever thought Higuita would be so great?

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He's always been great.

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I've never had a problem
because Higuita is the world's greatest.

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His nonchalance
towards all conventional plays

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is the main secret of his success.

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I move forward. I go up to the box.

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That's how I feel.

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That's how soccer felt to me.

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If I didn't make a play,

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I felt as though I wasn't on the pitch.

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And it became a system.

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I first saw him on the Nacional team.

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He was ahead of his time.

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How he played, how he cut across,
how he overtook.

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Of course, he risked a lot,

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but he also saved a lot.

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Sometimes people don't realize
he was an extra defender.

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A play that would end in goal,
he'd already blocked it.

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Goes to René.

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He serves with his hand…

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René was the one who'd start the attack.

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The attack doesn't start
with the striker, as they say.

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It starts with the goalie.

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He is remembered

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for all the things he did differently
from a regular goalkeeper.

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Higuita was Higuita.

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You couldn't tell him, "Don't leave
the goal. Don't take a free kick."

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As with all life's paradoxes,
he's a scoring goalkeeper.

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He not only saves but also scores.

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He has notched 49 goals,

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and thus,
he's the top scorer in the world.

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Higuita!

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It's an art.

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He had the ability to be
a phenomenal goalkeeper.

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He instilled certainty
in everything, everywhere.

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He was always optimistic.

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I never heard him say negative things.

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He was very strong mentally.

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He struck me as someone
very strong mentally.

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He was genuine, spontaneous.

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People thought he was cocky

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because of how he played.
No, that's who he was.

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They'd say,
"That son of a bitch is crazy."

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Yes, he is crazy.

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EX SOCCER PLAYER

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He's mad, but he's a good madman.

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He was "El Loco," The Madman.

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Everyone started talking
about René Higuita.

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So I began playing farther upfield.

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In Mexico, they know me
as the striker-keeper.

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René Higuita was the example
at the international level.

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And that became
more and more revolutionary.

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And I said, "I'm not wrong."

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When we'd arrive at an airport,

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it was as if they were
welcoming a rock star

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or a Hollywood actor.

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It was impressive.

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We didn't understand why
we couldn't go to the movies with him,

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to a mall, to an amusement park.

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A goalkeeper
will hardly draw people to the stadiums,

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but Higuita did.

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Among the whole soccer team

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or among the national squad,

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he was one of the most recognized,

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both in leadership

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and in the affection and charisma
that he had towards the group.

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Higuita, right?

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Higuita, Leonel, Perea, Alexis.

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We're all part of a team.

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Here, it's not about just one player.

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We were the core of the national team,

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at Atlético Nacional.

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We had about 10 or 12 players.

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We also had the technical staff,
with their kit men and all.

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We went through very difficult times.

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Colombians got used to living
with guerrillas,

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drug trafficking, street crime,

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and underdevelopment, an explosive
combination of violence and bribery.

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PANIC AND DEATH IN BOGOTÁ!

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EL ESPECTADOR WAS BOMBED: 75 WOUNDED

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We suffered it first-hand.

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For instance, when we headed to practice…

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FORMER SOCCER PLAYER

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…sometimes it was called off
because in the streets of Medellín

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or in the shopping malls,

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they'd set off bombs.

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A car bomb went off last night
in Bocagrande.

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Escobar strikes the streets once more.

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He ordered their death.

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In the long run,
they'll be the ones who'll lose.

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They'd have chats with us about
the times our country was going through.

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There was always a problem at a park,
at a supermarket,

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because of the social problem
we were suffering.

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Colombia!

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We were celebrities back then.

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At this level,
everyone seeks out people like us.

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Whoever it may be.

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Especially powerful people.

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Every now and then,

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I've gotten that type of pressure by mail.

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And they also threatened my family.

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Everyone was after El Loco.

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El Loco became so popular

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and so charismatic in the country

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that this kind of situation
threatened his very life,

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against his freedom.

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I got a call from the president

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of the Atlético Nacional team back then.

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And he said,

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"An avid fan of Atlético

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has a problem."

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The problem

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was that his 13-year-old daughter
was kidnapped.

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"What do I have to do with this?"

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"You are someone
who is known and respected."

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"And you're gonna be the go-between
so that nothing happens to the girl."

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"If I can help with that

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and it is within my possibilities,

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count me in."

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I've never talked about it with anyone.

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No one knows.

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Not even my friends
or my co-workers, nobody.

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This is an untold story,
never shared before.

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KIDNAP VICTIM

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But I know it's for a good cause.

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I was on my way to school.

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Two motorcycles parked
across the street and made the car stop.

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They made my driver get out.

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And they got in that same car.

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The same men with the motorcycles
got in and took me.

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They made me sit on the floor of the car.

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I couldn't see a thing.

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And they took me.

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It was April 30, 1993.

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I was kidnapped for a month.

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It never crossed my mind

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that my world would collapse.

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Well, this is my father

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when he was about two years old.

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Here he is taking his First Communion.

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His family has always been very Catholic.

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His grandma, his mom, and grandpa.

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And these are his Boy Scout days.

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Here he is with his whole family,
his mother, his cousins.

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It was a big family,

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and they all lived in the same house.

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I was born in the Castilla neighborhood,

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where many are born and few are raised.

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A working-class neighborhood,

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a neighborhood I love.

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The difficult part,

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not just for me,

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but for the majority of the people

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who come from
a working-class neighborhood,

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is going to be poverty.

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ALEJO PIMIENTA SCHOOL
4TH GRADE, 1978

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At Alejo Pimienta School,

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where we went to elementary school,

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I always stood out
as the one who played soccer,

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the one with a free pass.

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I would get permission to leave
for any sporting event.

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I always had my dinner,

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I always had
my pair of jeans neatly folded,

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a well-ironed shirt.

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And that was it, along with my shoes.

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At that time,
I'd tell Grandpa to stop working.

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And he'd tell me,

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"When I get my farm,

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I'll stop working."

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00:16:04,505 --> 00:16:07,925
They didn't live to see me play
in the first division.

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My grandmother got to enjoy it a bit.

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And that made me happy.

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I mean,

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I got to give her whatever she wanted.

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This is one of the few photos
he has with his mother.

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That's the one,

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with his mother, his grandfather,

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and grandmother.

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She wasn't just a mother,

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she was a father.

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She had to beg him

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to give me his last name.

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I kept Higuita,
which is my mother's surname.

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My mom didn't get the chance

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to see me play professionally.

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And I didn't get

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that chance

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to thank her either

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for what she had done for me.

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Sadly,

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a few days after that photo
was taken, his mother died.

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She was about 43 years old.

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As I left the hospital,

284
00:17:37,181 --> 00:17:39,767
she said to me, "Take care, Son."

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She was crying.

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When I got home,

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I got news that she had died.

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00:17:48,150 --> 00:17:51,403
I get teary-eyed as I remember her.

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00:18:29,399 --> 00:18:33,028
Because of the positions we played,

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me as defense,

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him as goalkeeper,

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I was logically like a shield for him.

293
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That's how he saw me.

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From that moment on,

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we became very good friends.

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We met when we played
in an Antioquia team,

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the state team.

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When he was 15 and I was 18.

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I found it funny

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00:19:04,101 --> 00:19:07,646
because he played more
as a striker than a goalkeeper.

301
00:19:08,147 --> 00:19:10,190
We told him, "What are you gonna do?"

302
00:19:12,192 --> 00:19:13,986
With the skill that he showed,

303
00:19:14,069 --> 00:19:16,488
with the wisdom he played with,

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00:19:16,572 --> 00:19:18,615
his knowledge of the game,

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00:19:18,699 --> 00:19:21,201
as we say in the neighborhood,

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00:19:21,285 --> 00:19:23,370
his game was too naughty, mischievous.

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00:19:27,958 --> 00:19:29,960
While in the Antioquia team,

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I had no money for transport.

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00:19:33,088 --> 00:19:35,048
I'd sneak on the buses.

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00:19:35,632 --> 00:19:38,468
The drivers began recognizing me.

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00:19:38,552 --> 00:19:41,763
So, when they saw me
at the University of Antioquia,

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they'd send me to the back.

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00:19:49,396 --> 00:19:52,649
My debut as a professional
was in Millonarios.

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00:19:53,358 --> 00:19:56,320
I was a scrawny little guy

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00:19:56,403 --> 00:20:01,200
who really didn't look like a goalkeeper
because of his height.

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00:20:01,283 --> 00:20:03,285
Being 1.75 meters tall,

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00:20:03,368 --> 00:20:07,206
he doesn't convey the certainty
and confidence a coach may desire.

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00:20:07,789 --> 00:20:10,542
The Colombian goalkeeper
had sticky situations,

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00:20:10,626 --> 00:20:12,544
typical of a young immature player,

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00:20:12,628 --> 00:20:15,589
which we may have to forgive
since he shows great potential.

321
00:20:17,216 --> 00:20:19,218
I was there for one season.

322
00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:23,972
And along came Dr. Antonio Franco,

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00:20:24,056 --> 00:20:27,643
who took me to Atlético Nacional.

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00:20:46,995 --> 00:20:48,038
All right!

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00:20:50,707 --> 00:20:54,044
Higuita!

326
00:21:02,928 --> 00:21:06,181
Nacional is the club
I hold dearly in my heart.

327
00:21:07,724 --> 00:21:10,060
My debut was funny.

328
00:21:11,895 --> 00:21:15,774
The starting goalkeeper
was Lorenzo Carrabs.

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00:21:16,358 --> 00:21:19,069
The second half started,

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00:21:19,152 --> 00:21:21,238
and I stayed behind, snacking

331
00:21:21,321 --> 00:21:26,952
at a cafeteria behind the locker room

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00:21:27,703 --> 00:21:30,706
when they call me through the loudspeaker.

333
00:21:31,290 --> 00:21:37,462
"Mr. José René Higuita, please go
to Atlético Nacional's locker room."

334
00:21:37,546 --> 00:21:40,048
He tells me, "Lorenzo was expelled."

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00:21:40,132 --> 00:21:44,970
Then I go out and I see Maño Ruiz
from the corner of my eye.

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00:21:45,053 --> 00:21:46,972
He was our coach.

337
00:21:50,017 --> 00:21:51,435
I did some great saves.

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00:21:51,977 --> 00:21:55,147
And from then on,
I began earning that position.

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00:21:55,647 --> 00:22:00,819
Okay, viewers, now René
serves the ball with his left hand.

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00:22:00,902 --> 00:22:02,654
He played a very good nine.

341
00:22:02,738 --> 00:22:04,072
He knew the nines.

342
00:22:04,156 --> 00:22:08,327
And René sensed
and guessed what the nines would play.

343
00:22:08,410 --> 00:22:10,579
He dribbled and passed the ball.

344
00:22:11,371 --> 00:22:14,374
I often missed things
by looking at the happy crowds.

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00:22:16,043 --> 00:22:20,255
His daily challenge of the conventional
has raised great controversy.

346
00:22:20,339 --> 00:22:24,176
For many, watching his surprise escapes
from the area is a treat.

347
00:22:24,259 --> 00:22:26,511
Chasing after the ball
or the opponents' legs.

348
00:22:26,595 --> 00:22:27,888
Higuita was Higuita.

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00:22:27,971 --> 00:22:30,223
He scored over 40 goals in his career

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00:22:30,307 --> 00:22:31,808
and 35 penalty goals.

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00:22:33,393 --> 00:22:34,728
René!

352
00:22:34,811 --> 00:22:36,563
Colombia goes for it.

353
00:22:36,646 --> 00:22:37,898
Now Higuita!

354
00:22:37,981 --> 00:22:39,941
René Higuita scores a goal!

355
00:22:42,903 --> 00:22:45,572
René takes one out and dribbles past.

356
00:22:45,655 --> 00:22:47,240
Down the right, he passes.

357
00:22:47,324 --> 00:22:49,701
There's a play where he leaves the box,

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00:22:49,785 --> 00:22:52,829
runs and takes out all the Junior players.

359
00:22:52,913 --> 00:22:56,708
He reaches the Junior box
the one time he made it to the other box.

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00:22:56,792 --> 00:22:58,335
A penalty isn't ruled.

361
00:22:58,418 --> 00:22:59,961
The man shadowing René…

362
00:23:00,045 --> 00:23:00,879
René Higuita!

363
00:23:00,962 --> 00:23:02,881
-That was a goal!
-That was a penalty!

364
00:23:02,964 --> 00:23:06,009
Carrabs, René Higuita's mentor,
was covering him.

365
00:23:06,093 --> 00:23:08,220
Absolutely Maradonian and Higuitian.

366
00:23:20,649 --> 00:23:22,067
I charged them 30 grand.

367
00:23:22,150 --> 00:23:24,611
They already paid, so you can rest easy.

368
00:23:24,694 --> 00:23:26,988
Perfect. Okay then.

369
00:23:27,614 --> 00:23:28,865
Sad, you?

370
00:23:28,949 --> 00:23:31,410
I don't buy it.

371
00:23:31,493 --> 00:23:33,912
I love you very much and I wish you well.

372
00:23:34,413 --> 00:23:35,872
René and I were good friends.

373
00:23:35,956 --> 00:23:38,875
We became very close and partied the same.

374
00:23:41,002 --> 00:23:43,422
I don't know.
I might have some firewater right now

375
00:23:43,505 --> 00:23:45,841
and make my way to Cali.

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00:23:49,845 --> 00:23:53,723
At every party and, I believe,

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00:23:53,807 --> 00:23:55,725
in all acts of indiscipline
there ever was,

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00:23:55,809 --> 00:23:57,185
René Higuita was there.

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00:24:00,063 --> 00:24:02,899
We'd win the match,
then Pacho would frown at me,

380
00:24:03,442 --> 00:24:04,943
"Fine, go off with René."

381
00:24:10,073 --> 00:24:12,159
Higuita is like a kite.

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00:24:12,242 --> 00:24:14,953
You lift it, let it fly,

383
00:24:15,036 --> 00:24:18,498
but you also bring it in and pull it back.

384
00:24:18,582 --> 00:24:21,042
So that was Hernán.

385
00:24:22,085 --> 00:24:23,879
He dressed very well.

386
00:24:23,962 --> 00:24:24,921
But you know what?

387
00:24:25,005 --> 00:24:27,716
He would wear tight pants,

388
00:24:27,799 --> 00:24:30,385
so everyone could see
his cute little butt,

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00:24:30,469 --> 00:24:33,555
his well-shaped legs.
The ladies were dropping dead.

390
00:24:33,638 --> 00:24:36,933
He was even declared
Antioquia's sex symbol.

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00:24:39,769 --> 00:24:41,188
I would go out with René

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00:24:41,271 --> 00:24:43,064
and we would visit nightclubs.

393
00:24:46,067 --> 00:24:47,486
On one of those nights,

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00:24:48,195 --> 00:24:49,404
we met Magnolia.

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00:24:55,410 --> 00:24:58,830
It was all arranged by a school friend

396
00:24:58,914 --> 00:25:00,916
who was in my same class.

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00:25:00,999 --> 00:25:02,626
RENÉ'S WIFE

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00:25:02,709 --> 00:25:07,923
She said, "Magnolia, René
the soccer player wants your number."

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00:25:08,006 --> 00:25:09,341
I said, "No."

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00:25:09,424 --> 00:25:12,260
In my teens,
I always wanted a handsome man.

401
00:25:13,553 --> 00:25:16,765
A year later, we got the chance to go out.

402
00:25:17,599 --> 00:25:21,853
Pacho Maturana was there that day,
and Bolillo too.

403
00:25:22,354 --> 00:25:25,565
We got out of the car
and he introduced me as his girlfriend.

404
00:25:26,525 --> 00:25:29,528
It was the first time
we'd ever seen each other.

405
00:25:32,405 --> 00:25:35,534
We met casually.

406
00:25:35,617 --> 00:25:39,037
We started being together,
living together.

407
00:25:39,120 --> 00:25:40,372
He told my mom.

408
00:25:40,455 --> 00:25:43,375
He made Pacho Maturana
ask for my hand for him.

409
00:25:44,251 --> 00:25:47,629
Then my mom answered him

410
00:25:47,712 --> 00:25:50,715
that all soccer players are scoundrels.

411
00:25:51,716 --> 00:25:52,676
I didn't get married.

412
00:25:52,759 --> 00:25:55,262
The invites were sent, the dress.
It stopped there.

413
00:25:56,471 --> 00:25:58,890
I cancelled the court ceremony with René,

414
00:25:58,974 --> 00:26:01,518
and one month later,
I was pregnant with Andrés.

415
00:26:01,601 --> 00:26:04,854
And so we both decided
we'd get married sometime later,

416
00:26:05,522 --> 00:26:07,274
and it's been 34 years.

417
00:26:07,357 --> 00:26:09,651
So I don't know how much longer it'll be.

418
00:26:10,235 --> 00:26:14,739
I think it's about time

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00:26:14,823 --> 00:26:17,325
to do one of the few things

420
00:26:17,409 --> 00:26:20,412
that I've really wanted to do,
which is getting married.

421
00:26:21,454 --> 00:26:24,541
To get to who we are now as a couple,

422
00:26:24,624 --> 00:26:27,127
we went through a lot of difficulties.

423
00:26:27,210 --> 00:26:28,962
As his fans say,

424
00:26:29,045 --> 00:26:30,505
"Oh, Ms. Magnolia,

425
00:26:30,589 --> 00:26:34,134
aren't you proud to be
René Higuita's wife?"

426
00:26:34,217 --> 00:26:35,051
I sure am.

427
00:26:35,594 --> 00:26:37,971
But to make it as René Higuita's wife,

428
00:26:38,054 --> 00:26:40,390
there was a lot to fight against.

429
00:26:40,473 --> 00:26:42,684
Fight many dragons, as they say.

430
00:26:42,767 --> 00:26:44,477
I think that from that time,

431
00:26:44,561 --> 00:26:48,898
we are the only couple
that stayed together.

432
00:26:49,524 --> 00:26:52,235
And it hasn't been easy. It's not easy.

433
00:26:52,319 --> 00:26:54,863
I can say,

434
00:26:54,946 --> 00:26:56,072
"Ms. Magnolia,

435
00:26:56,656 --> 00:27:03,371
do you remember the day I asked you
to be the mother of my children?"

436
00:27:04,039 --> 00:27:05,749
"Well, I haven't failed you."

437
00:27:18,303 --> 00:27:21,556
Since his first appearance
in the Copa Libertadores de América,

438
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:25,393
Francisco Maturana is obsessed
with winning the coveted trophy.

439
00:27:25,477 --> 00:27:27,771
However, Maturana's biggest win in soccer

440
00:27:27,854 --> 00:27:30,106
is not as player, but as coach.

441
00:27:30,190 --> 00:27:32,859
He's known as the mastermind
behind the transformation

442
00:27:32,942 --> 00:27:34,861
Colombian soccer is undergoing.

443
00:27:34,944 --> 00:27:38,823
Pacho began to change

444
00:27:39,366 --> 00:27:45,872
many teams' tactical game
across the world.

445
00:27:45,955 --> 00:27:51,586
Before, they played
with four defenders and a sweeper.

446
00:27:52,379 --> 00:27:54,422
He took out that sweeper

447
00:27:55,090 --> 00:27:56,800
and left the sweep to me.

448
00:27:56,883 --> 00:27:58,551
So we won a player.

449
00:27:59,844 --> 00:28:02,931
I remember telling Pacho
that we played with 12 players.

450
00:28:03,014 --> 00:28:04,474
"René may be the goalie,

451
00:28:04,557 --> 00:28:07,560
but when we have the ball,
he's the 12th player."

452
00:28:08,311 --> 00:28:13,316
We found someone appropriate for our idea.

453
00:28:14,067 --> 00:28:18,071
I felt that I couldn't come in
as the owner of the absolute truth

454
00:28:18,154 --> 00:28:20,198
and say it's this or that way.

455
00:28:20,281 --> 00:28:21,825
I simply understood

456
00:28:22,325 --> 00:28:25,328
that to achieve something,
you need a group of friends,

457
00:28:25,412 --> 00:28:26,663
you need a family.

458
00:28:29,749 --> 00:28:32,669
Will this be the Nacional team
to end this curse?

459
00:28:33,169 --> 00:28:36,589
A Colombian team has never won
a Copa Libertadores.

460
00:28:36,673 --> 00:28:40,135
On top of the final
that Deportivo Cali lost in 1978,

461
00:28:40,218 --> 00:28:44,305
three consecutive finals
have been lost by America de Cali

462
00:28:44,389 --> 00:28:47,350
in '85, '86, and '87,

463
00:28:47,434 --> 00:28:51,104
in which they were seconds away
from winning the title,

464
00:28:51,187 --> 00:28:54,941
until Peñarol's agonizing goal
during extra time.

465
00:29:00,155 --> 00:29:04,117
When Nacional reaches the '89 Copa,

466
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:07,746
it was a great opportunity

467
00:29:07,829 --> 00:29:10,665
for us to show
the world we have good people.

468
00:29:10,749 --> 00:29:16,379
Go, green, go!

469
00:29:20,967 --> 00:29:23,219
QUARTER-FINALS

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00:29:23,303 --> 00:29:25,138
Nacional de Medellín is playing

471
00:29:25,221 --> 00:29:27,932
in the Copa Libertadores quarterfinals

472
00:29:28,016 --> 00:29:30,518
against Millonarios, of all teams.

473
00:29:32,479 --> 00:29:37,734
We defeated one of our biggest rivals,

474
00:29:37,817 --> 00:29:39,152
Millonarios.

475
00:29:39,235 --> 00:29:41,070
The ball's for J. J. Tréllez.

476
00:29:41,154 --> 00:29:43,948
He's gonna strike! He kicks!

477
00:29:44,032 --> 00:29:45,116
Goal!

478
00:29:45,742 --> 00:29:48,578
Nacional moves on to the semifinals.

479
00:29:48,661 --> 00:29:51,790
They'll face Uruguay's Danubio.

480
00:29:51,873 --> 00:29:54,667
In the Cup's semifinal,

481
00:29:54,751 --> 00:29:56,002
we defeated Danubio.

482
00:29:56,586 --> 00:29:58,963
And I served the ball

483
00:29:59,047 --> 00:30:00,507
where Palomo comes and…

484
00:30:00,590 --> 00:30:02,926
Palomo kicks right… He scores!

485
00:30:03,009 --> 00:30:06,638
Goal! Amazing! It's a goal!

486
00:30:07,639 --> 00:30:08,723
It was resounding.

487
00:30:09,432 --> 00:30:10,517
Six-zero.

488
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,436
A crushing result
for Nacional over Danubio

489
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:17,023
to qualify for the final
of the continental championship.

490
00:30:17,106 --> 00:30:20,193
Nacional has a team full of big names.

491
00:30:20,276 --> 00:30:23,196
We saw América de Cali
lose three finals in a row.

492
00:30:23,780 --> 00:30:25,657
We shouldn't get our hopes up.

493
00:30:30,578 --> 00:30:34,541
And so begins the grand finale
of Copa Libertadores de America.

494
00:30:34,624 --> 00:30:37,752
Yes, sirree, the match has begun.

495
00:30:38,336 --> 00:30:40,171
It's a match we played with Olimpia,

496
00:30:40,255 --> 00:30:42,966
who were champions already.
They were favorite over us.

497
00:30:43,049 --> 00:30:46,219
Fidel comes on to defend the right.
Come on, Trencito.

498
00:30:46,302 --> 00:30:47,804
I remember, for instance,

499
00:30:47,887 --> 00:30:52,225
the match we played
against the Paraguayans, Olimpia,

500
00:30:52,809 --> 00:30:57,021
was an away game,
hence a very hard and complicated game.

501
00:30:57,105 --> 00:30:59,107
Balls kept flying through the air.

502
00:30:59,190 --> 00:31:02,235
And we clung to René Higuita.

503
00:31:02,318 --> 00:31:04,320
Free kick… René!

504
00:31:04,404 --> 00:31:06,531
That's why he's on the Colombian Team.

505
00:31:06,614 --> 00:31:07,740
Gustavo to Rafael.

506
00:31:07,824 --> 00:31:09,492
A left-foot strike!

507
00:31:09,576 --> 00:31:11,411
René Higuita performs a miracle!

508
00:31:11,494 --> 00:31:14,539
Looks for Vicente Amarilla.
A header! Go, Rafael!

509
00:31:14,622 --> 00:31:17,375
Great work, great endurance
from goalie René Higuita,

510
00:31:17,458 --> 00:31:20,253
but even that didn't save
Atlético Nacional

511
00:31:20,336 --> 00:31:24,257
from this two-zero score
before Paraguayan Club Olimpia.

512
00:31:24,340 --> 00:31:27,218
Olimpia has won
the first half of this match.

513
00:31:27,302 --> 00:31:29,053
FINAL SCORE

514
00:31:29,137 --> 00:31:31,139
After that match against Olimpia,

515
00:31:32,140 --> 00:31:35,852
we returned to Medellín
to concentrate and train

516
00:31:35,935 --> 00:31:40,148
because we felt we were capable
of turning it around. That was clear.

517
00:31:40,231 --> 00:31:42,358
The first 5,000 fans came to Bogotá,

518
00:31:42,442 --> 00:31:44,152
while another 30,000 left Medellín

519
00:31:44,235 --> 00:31:46,738
in the caravan that was famous
before it started.

520
00:31:46,821 --> 00:31:50,158
Neighborhoods came out onto the highway,
like when the cyclists passed.

521
00:31:50,241 --> 00:31:51,659
It was a meeting point.

522
00:31:52,285 --> 00:31:55,038
We were strengthened
by all of Medellín going to Bogotá.

523
00:31:55,121 --> 00:31:58,666
And at that moment it wasn't Nacional.
It was Colombia around its team.

524
00:31:58,750 --> 00:32:02,795
Recovering after
such a rough score is hard.

525
00:32:15,350 --> 00:32:16,726
SECOND-LEG MATCH

526
00:32:16,809 --> 00:32:19,604
We can feel it! Atlético is here!

527
00:32:23,441 --> 00:32:25,985
The match is starting,
ladies and gentlemen.

528
00:32:26,569 --> 00:32:29,948
Nacional is two goals down.

529
00:32:30,740 --> 00:32:32,241
During the first half,

530
00:32:32,325 --> 00:32:35,328
three forwards looked for the tie,

531
00:32:35,411 --> 00:32:36,955
and we couldn't score.

532
00:32:37,038 --> 00:32:38,498
Nothing at all.

533
00:32:41,125 --> 00:32:43,252
Not a day for El Loco.

534
00:32:44,337 --> 00:32:46,130
Even in his plays,

535
00:32:46,214 --> 00:32:49,509
that were crazy, kind of off-beat,

536
00:32:49,592 --> 00:32:51,886
there was a very calm guy.

537
00:32:51,970 --> 00:32:54,764
And from the back,
he'd tell us to be calm.

538
00:32:54,847 --> 00:32:58,351
Nacional still hasn't been able
to score those two goals.

539
00:32:58,434 --> 00:33:03,022
In the second half, I decide not to have
many strikers and not to hog the ball.

540
00:33:03,106 --> 00:33:06,150
I took out a striker
and put in a midfielder to get the ball.

541
00:33:06,234 --> 00:33:07,902
Atlético Nacional runs the ball.

542
00:33:07,986 --> 00:33:10,571
Palomo from the right.

543
00:33:10,655 --> 00:33:11,489
Miño…

544
00:33:11,572 --> 00:33:14,951
Goal!

545
00:33:15,702 --> 00:33:18,579
We were creating and building up

546
00:33:18,663 --> 00:33:22,125
our self-confidence to score

547
00:33:22,208 --> 00:33:24,752
at the right time that we could

548
00:33:25,795 --> 00:33:27,005
tie the series.

549
00:33:27,088 --> 00:33:28,464
Alexis García has the ball.

550
00:33:28,548 --> 00:33:31,801
Header pass to the right.
Bendito with a header… Palomo!

551
00:33:31,884 --> 00:33:33,344
Goal!

552
00:33:36,055 --> 00:33:37,682
We tied the series two-two.

553
00:33:37,765 --> 00:33:39,559
GLOBAL SCORE

554
00:33:39,642 --> 00:33:42,520
Then we went to a penalty shoot-out.

555
00:33:42,603 --> 00:33:45,690
We made it to a penalty shoot-out.

556
00:33:45,773 --> 00:33:46,941
This will be madness!

557
00:33:47,025 --> 00:33:50,278
It all comes down to
five penalty kicks per team.

558
00:33:50,778 --> 00:33:53,614
The group itself
had a lot of confidence in him.

559
00:33:53,698 --> 00:33:58,077
We already knew
about his talent blocking penalties.

560
00:33:58,161 --> 00:33:59,829
We trusted him, not God.

561
00:34:02,457 --> 00:34:07,003
How does one feel with that vertigo?

562
00:34:07,503 --> 00:34:11,382
With contrasting emotions and fears.

563
00:34:12,300 --> 00:34:13,760
I had told René,

564
00:34:13,843 --> 00:34:16,554
"At the penalty round,
Almeida will be the first."

565
00:34:16,637 --> 00:34:17,972
"Jump to your right."

566
00:34:18,473 --> 00:34:19,515
"Sure, Pacho."

567
00:34:20,266 --> 00:34:22,518
"And the rest?"
I said, "They're your problem.

568
00:34:22,602 --> 00:34:24,145
That one's a gift for me."

569
00:34:24,228 --> 00:34:26,272
All of Colombia holds its breath.

570
00:34:26,355 --> 00:34:28,441
And when Almeida goes to kick…

571
00:34:30,526 --> 00:34:32,862
René blocks it.
I thought, "There, we've won."

572
00:34:32,945 --> 00:34:34,155
Andrés Escobar…

573
00:34:34,697 --> 00:34:36,032
He shoots. Goal!

574
00:34:36,115 --> 00:34:38,117
He kicks… Goal!

575
00:34:38,701 --> 00:34:40,661
Goal!

576
00:34:40,745 --> 00:34:42,538
Alexis shoots! It's blocked!

577
00:34:42,622 --> 00:34:45,041
Shoots… goal!

578
00:34:45,124 --> 00:34:46,709
We have to tie no matter what.

579
00:34:46,793 --> 00:34:50,004
Olimpia is winning four to three
in the penalty round…

580
00:34:50,088 --> 00:34:54,008
I shot the fifth penalty.
Ask me how I was feeling.

581
00:34:54,634 --> 00:34:57,678
If I miss that penalty,

582
00:34:57,762 --> 00:34:59,680
we are out.

583
00:35:00,223 --> 00:35:01,516
I was so scared

584
00:35:01,599 --> 00:35:04,310
that I didn't look
where I was going to kick.

585
00:35:04,393 --> 00:35:06,312
This one's for the title, René!

586
00:35:06,395 --> 00:35:08,106
René sets off…

587
00:35:08,189 --> 00:35:10,775
The greatest goal, René Higuita!

588
00:35:10,858 --> 00:35:13,736
When it was his turn to kick,
he did it masterfully,

589
00:35:13,820 --> 00:35:15,488
showing us and saying,

590
00:35:15,571 --> 00:35:17,657
"Brothers, this is hard,

591
00:35:17,740 --> 00:35:19,784
but, brothers, do it."

592
00:35:19,867 --> 00:35:21,702
He shoots… It's blocked!

593
00:35:23,955 --> 00:35:27,458
It was painful to see
everyone was missing the kicks.

594
00:35:27,542 --> 00:35:30,378
And René kept blocking and blocking them.

595
00:35:30,461 --> 00:35:33,131
He was doing the impossible
to block the shots,

596
00:35:33,214 --> 00:35:35,299
and we kept missing our strikes.

597
00:35:35,383 --> 00:35:39,053
It was stressful, even embarrassing,

598
00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:42,306
because how much longer
was he gonna stop them?

599
00:35:43,349 --> 00:35:45,726
You feel so nervous right there.

600
00:35:45,810 --> 00:35:48,396
It's Perea's turn.

601
00:35:48,896 --> 00:35:51,774
The title is in your hands, Perea.

602
00:35:51,858 --> 00:35:54,068
Man, I can't fail this.

603
00:35:54,652 --> 00:35:55,778
There goes Perea.

604
00:35:56,487 --> 00:35:57,864
We're in your hands.

605
00:35:57,947 --> 00:36:00,324
Perea sets off to the right.

606
00:36:00,408 --> 00:36:01,951
The goalkeeper!

607
00:36:04,328 --> 00:36:06,873
If I scored, that was
the end of the series.

608
00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:10,459
Since I missed, we kept going.

609
00:36:10,543 --> 00:36:11,919
He shoots and misses!

610
00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:16,007
Up in the air!

611
00:36:16,090 --> 00:36:17,758
When it was Leonel's turn…

612
00:36:17,842 --> 00:36:21,596
Leonel Álvarez at the gates of glory.

613
00:36:21,679 --> 00:36:23,347
Please, Leonel!

614
00:36:23,431 --> 00:36:24,765
Do it, Leonel!

615
00:36:24,849 --> 00:36:27,143
With his right. Leonel… Yes!

616
00:36:27,226 --> 00:36:29,020
Yeah!

617
00:36:29,103 --> 00:36:31,939
Yes, goal!

618
00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:33,232
Champions!

619
00:36:36,319 --> 00:36:39,280
Do you think you were
the key player today?

620
00:36:39,864 --> 00:36:42,950
No, I was one of the key players
because the team played well,

621
00:36:43,034 --> 00:36:45,077
and I can't win a match on my own.

622
00:36:45,161 --> 00:36:47,038
I had dreamed of that final.

623
00:36:47,121 --> 00:36:49,498
I had dreamed of being the hero.

624
00:36:49,582 --> 00:36:51,751
I had dreamed of being champions.

625
00:36:51,834 --> 00:36:54,962
He won Copa Libertadores for Nacional.
He blocked four penalties.

626
00:36:56,589 --> 00:37:01,010
This is a truly glorious night
for Colombian soccer.

627
00:37:01,093 --> 00:37:03,804
Nacional is South America's new champion.

628
00:37:06,474 --> 00:37:11,687
The first cup for our country,
a country that was in conflict.

629
00:37:18,819 --> 00:37:20,488
…was in a couch

630
00:37:20,571 --> 00:37:24,033
Scratching his balls, watching Nacional

631
00:37:29,372 --> 00:37:31,540
René was our Maradona.

632
00:37:31,624 --> 00:37:34,543
He was our icon.
René was everything to us.

633
00:37:36,587 --> 00:37:40,258
That's when I knew
what René was at that time,

634
00:37:40,341 --> 00:37:42,051
an idol to many people.

635
00:37:42,134 --> 00:37:45,388
Right then, Mr. René became more famous.

636
00:37:46,639 --> 00:37:51,018
He made a lot of people
see soccer as they see it now.

637
00:37:51,102 --> 00:37:54,105
A sport is a means for distraction,

638
00:37:54,188 --> 00:37:55,731
a means for hanging out,

639
00:37:55,815 --> 00:38:00,611
and a way to get kids out
of the clutches of crime,

640
00:38:00,695 --> 00:38:02,196
of not having a chance in life.

641
00:38:02,989 --> 00:38:06,867
He proved that he was a humble kid
from a working-class neighborhood

642
00:38:06,951 --> 00:38:08,327
and achieved greatness.

643
00:38:08,411 --> 00:38:12,248
So then another kid can say,
"If he did it, why can't I?"

644
00:38:13,332 --> 00:38:16,377
And that makes us proud of him.

645
00:38:16,460 --> 00:38:18,629
His children feel proud.

646
00:38:22,174 --> 00:38:24,760
He is full of love and tenderness.

647
00:38:25,511 --> 00:38:27,013
He is very understanding.

648
00:38:27,722 --> 00:38:29,640
He's loving, thoughtful.

649
00:38:30,266 --> 00:38:32,435
I mean, he's an excellent father.

650
00:38:33,519 --> 00:38:35,062
Come, sit here.

651
00:38:35,146 --> 00:38:37,231
Help me with this photo. Come.

652
00:38:40,401 --> 00:38:42,945
We've had two lives.

653
00:38:43,946 --> 00:38:47,199
The luxury life he offers us,
with the traveling,

654
00:38:47,283 --> 00:38:48,701
people recognizing us,

655
00:38:48,784 --> 00:38:51,662
and being "privileged" sometimes.

656
00:38:52,413 --> 00:38:54,332
And the other is my mom's.

657
00:38:54,415 --> 00:38:57,585
My mom is more into farms,
the country, animals.

658
00:38:59,712 --> 00:39:03,841
Do you know what it's like
living in the city with an icon like this?

659
00:39:03,924 --> 00:39:05,634
You don't have a life, no.

660
00:39:05,718 --> 00:39:08,471
I prefer peace and quiet.

661
00:39:08,554 --> 00:39:10,514
I always take him to isolated places.

662
00:39:14,101 --> 00:39:15,853
We were once in the neighborhood.

663
00:39:15,936 --> 00:39:17,146
It was December.

664
00:39:17,229 --> 00:39:18,773
Someone came and told him,

665
00:39:18,856 --> 00:39:22,193
"René, that girl
greeting you is your daughter."

666
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:29,450
Andrés was about eight.

667
00:39:29,533 --> 00:39:30,993
And Pame was about five.

668
00:39:31,077 --> 00:39:32,286
We were very little.

669
00:39:34,038 --> 00:39:35,289
I was single.

670
00:39:36,165 --> 00:39:38,959
Patricia, Cindy's mom,

671
00:39:39,043 --> 00:39:40,628
had separated.

672
00:39:40,711 --> 00:39:44,340
Then things worked out for us to go out.

673
00:39:44,423 --> 00:39:46,550
And on that date,

674
00:39:46,634 --> 00:39:49,178
she got pregnant with Cindy.

675
00:39:50,513 --> 00:39:54,225
But the mother never told me about it.

676
00:39:54,809 --> 00:39:56,977
Her mom passed away.

677
00:39:58,145 --> 00:40:00,773
When my mom got pregnant,
she called her friend,

678
00:40:00,856 --> 00:40:01,941
"Nancy, I'm pregnant."

679
00:40:02,024 --> 00:40:03,317
RENÉ'S DAUGHTER

680
00:40:03,401 --> 00:40:05,403
And it isn't Dario's. It's René's.

681
00:40:05,486 --> 00:40:08,697
That was a secret until I turned ten.

682
00:40:09,824 --> 00:40:11,575
When I was ten,

683
00:40:11,659 --> 00:40:14,620
my dad came by our house
to wish us a happy New Year.

684
00:40:14,703 --> 00:40:17,873
Right then, my mom's friend
who knew about it came and said,

685
00:40:17,957 --> 00:40:20,418
"René, wish your daughter
a happy New Year."

686
00:40:20,501 --> 00:40:21,961
He was shocked.

687
00:40:23,212 --> 00:40:26,298
The next day, he picks me up.
We're gonna get a blood test,

688
00:40:26,382 --> 00:40:27,466
and it's positive.

689
00:40:29,510 --> 00:40:33,305
They changed my last name.
Everything happened very fast.

690
00:40:34,682 --> 00:40:38,060
I immediately told Cindy I'd step up

691
00:40:38,144 --> 00:40:41,397
and introduce her to Magnolia,

692
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:44,942
I'd introduce her to her siblings,

693
00:40:45,025 --> 00:40:46,485
and that as long as I could,

694
00:40:46,569 --> 00:40:50,406
I'd fight for her in whatever she needed.

695
00:40:52,241 --> 00:40:56,078
I believe we must take responsibility
for our actions.

696
00:40:56,162 --> 00:40:59,331
And because of my love for Magnolia,

697
00:40:59,415 --> 00:41:02,835
regardless of her reaction,

698
00:41:02,918 --> 00:41:05,087
I had to tell her.

699
00:41:08,257 --> 00:41:11,385
It was obviously a surprise.

700
00:41:11,469 --> 00:41:14,263
Cindy is actually older than my children.

701
00:41:15,347 --> 00:41:18,601
And Magnolia took it in stride.

702
00:41:18,684 --> 00:41:20,394
She's like a mother to me.

703
00:41:34,575 --> 00:41:38,662
We ended up taking it in our carry-on.

704
00:41:38,746 --> 00:41:39,580
It was heavy.

705
00:41:40,331 --> 00:41:41,832
He was working in Arabia.

706
00:41:42,333 --> 00:41:44,251
There's no Christmas over there.

707
00:41:44,335 --> 00:41:46,086
There are no buñuelos or natilla.

708
00:41:46,170 --> 00:41:48,797
This man sends us with a suitcase

709
00:41:48,881 --> 00:41:53,135
full of flour for buñuelos and natilla.

710
00:41:53,761 --> 00:41:56,472
-They took us off the plane.
-Off every plane.

711
00:41:56,555 --> 00:41:58,641
They asked, "Is this your luggage?"

712
00:41:58,724 --> 00:42:01,852
We said, "Yes."
They asked us to open them, so we did.

713
00:42:02,436 --> 00:42:04,522
-That's what it was.
-Cornstarch.

714
00:42:04,605 --> 00:42:07,858
Imagine someone
with ten bags of this in their suitcase.

715
00:42:07,942 --> 00:42:12,238
Someone with this in their suitcase. No.

716
00:42:12,321 --> 00:42:13,531
And a Colombian.

717
00:42:13,614 --> 00:42:15,824
We have it hard, don't we?

718
00:42:15,908 --> 00:42:16,742
With the DEA.

719
00:42:16,825 --> 00:42:18,702
It was quite the experience.

720
00:42:22,623 --> 00:42:26,710
Good night, Loco.
Renato, you know I love you very much.

721
00:42:26,794 --> 00:42:29,171
I send you my love and hugs.

722
00:42:29,797 --> 00:42:31,674
Take care, stay close to your family.

723
00:42:31,757 --> 00:42:33,509
Say hi to Magnolia and the gang.

724
00:42:33,592 --> 00:42:34,802
I wish you the best.

725
00:42:35,469 --> 00:42:39,306
Sometimes, I think back
on my sports career,

726
00:42:39,390 --> 00:42:43,811
on teammates and friends
I've met along the way,

727
00:42:45,271 --> 00:42:46,981
brothers, love.

728
00:42:47,606 --> 00:42:49,441
And in the love category is El Loco.

729
00:42:50,150 --> 00:42:54,572
El Pibe is my friend
and an inspiration to me.

730
00:42:55,114 --> 00:43:00,536
Every conversation brings
that inspiration of love,

731
00:43:00,619 --> 00:43:05,249
of showing him that love and affection.

732
00:43:05,332 --> 00:43:07,668
Whatever El Pibe says, I agree.

733
00:43:08,544 --> 00:43:09,670
Why?

734
00:43:09,753 --> 00:43:12,047
Because when I say something,

735
00:43:12,131 --> 00:43:13,966
he also agrees.

736
00:43:15,301 --> 00:43:17,469
So we don't step on each other's toes.

737
00:43:18,387 --> 00:43:20,389
And if we have to say no to something,

738
00:43:20,472 --> 00:43:22,391
we say it back here.

739
00:43:23,017 --> 00:43:25,769
But never in public.

740
00:43:26,353 --> 00:43:27,271
Now,

741
00:43:27,938 --> 00:43:29,440
I'm not just saying this.

742
00:43:30,065 --> 00:43:33,027
It's not to look good.
He's my brother. I love him.

743
00:43:36,238 --> 00:43:38,490
El Pibe was criticized a lot

744
00:43:38,574 --> 00:43:41,076
because he was a slow player.

745
00:43:42,286 --> 00:43:43,954
But he was very fast over here.

746
00:43:44,538 --> 00:43:49,627
There's a reason
he's the best player of all time,

747
00:43:50,336 --> 00:43:52,630
to me, from Colombia.

748
00:43:53,505 --> 00:43:57,760
Having him there also gave me
some peace of mind and confidence.

749
00:43:57,843 --> 00:44:00,304
For it was no secret that,

750
00:44:00,387 --> 00:44:03,057
although there were
many playmakers in Colombian soccer,

751
00:44:03,140 --> 00:44:04,266
El Pibe was the best.

752
00:44:04,350 --> 00:44:06,685
He prevailed through hierarchy.

753
00:44:15,819 --> 00:44:16,945
Colombian soccer,

754
00:44:17,029 --> 00:44:19,114
and it's sad to say,

755
00:44:19,198 --> 00:44:20,699
had very good players,

756
00:44:20,783 --> 00:44:23,285
but it wasn't respected internationally.

757
00:44:23,369 --> 00:44:26,288
We spent 28 years
without playing in a World Cup.

758
00:44:26,372 --> 00:44:28,540
We didn't really understand why.

759
00:44:29,333 --> 00:44:31,502
We had talent. We had good players.

760
00:44:32,044 --> 00:44:35,923
But the qualifiers came along,
and something was missing.

761
00:44:36,006 --> 00:44:38,092
Many things need to change

762
00:44:38,175 --> 00:44:40,844
for us to dream
of going to a World Cup again.

763
00:44:42,429 --> 00:44:46,225
The Federation had the idea
that Pacho Maturana,

764
00:44:46,308 --> 00:44:50,229
as coach of a successful club
at that time,

765
00:44:50,312 --> 00:44:53,107
could coach the national team.

766
00:44:53,982 --> 00:44:55,693
Maturana said goodbye to Nacional.

767
00:44:55,776 --> 00:44:59,321
Now his challenge is to lead
the Colombian national team to Italy '90.

768
00:45:00,197 --> 00:45:02,157
Perhaps Pacho Maturana's arrival,

769
00:45:02,241 --> 00:45:05,411
with the Atlético Nacional team
as the core of its roster,

770
00:45:05,494 --> 00:45:07,454
will bring back hope.

771
00:45:07,538 --> 00:45:09,707
I hope it's a solid start

772
00:45:09,790 --> 00:45:12,584
for a lot of major things
in Colombian sports.

773
00:45:12,668 --> 00:45:14,128
They start playing well.

774
00:45:14,211 --> 00:45:16,338
Colombian soccer becomes organized

775
00:45:16,422 --> 00:45:18,382
in a way that it hadn't been before.

776
00:45:18,465 --> 00:45:21,009
And a very good working group
is put together.

777
00:45:21,093 --> 00:45:24,304
As with all big work groups
in all companies,

778
00:45:24,388 --> 00:45:27,307
results happen
when there is empathy between them.

779
00:45:29,059 --> 00:45:31,603
There was a national protest

780
00:45:31,687 --> 00:45:36,024
surrounding what Maturana
had decided with Nacional.

781
00:45:36,108 --> 00:45:38,026
It was called "la rosca paisa."

782
00:45:38,110 --> 00:45:41,613
It was almost like changing
their green jerseys for the yellow ones.

783
00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:45,784
I think that was
an historic and important decision,

784
00:45:45,868 --> 00:45:47,870
because from then on,

785
00:45:47,953 --> 00:45:50,164
Colombian soccer began taking shape.

786
00:45:51,039 --> 00:45:54,042
There were René and Chonto.

787
00:45:54,126 --> 00:45:56,003
There was Luis Carlos Perea.

788
00:45:56,086 --> 00:46:00,674
There were Andrés Escobar,
León Villa, Leonel, who played soccer.

789
00:46:00,758 --> 00:46:03,761
And not only did they play well,
they were good people.

790
00:46:04,344 --> 00:46:07,347
He'd add whichever players
he could call or wanted to call.

791
00:46:08,056 --> 00:46:10,768
Among them was Pibe Valderrama.

792
00:46:11,518 --> 00:46:14,855
Those kinds of players
added to our group.

793
00:46:15,689 --> 00:46:19,526
Maturana sent me a message
through Bolillo,

794
00:46:20,402 --> 00:46:21,737
"Look at your faces."

795
00:46:24,364 --> 00:46:26,867
"We'll change the history
of Colombian soccer."

796
00:46:32,039 --> 00:46:37,669
That's like the first time
we made an impact in the world.

797
00:46:38,337 --> 00:46:40,881
Here in Colombia,
there's also good soccer.

798
00:46:41,924 --> 00:46:45,302
And that was our great motivation.

799
00:46:46,345 --> 00:46:48,138
To carry that message,

800
00:46:48,222 --> 00:46:52,601
that there are things
other than drug trafficking,

801
00:46:53,393 --> 00:46:56,855
that makes us very excited.

802
00:47:01,652 --> 00:47:04,238
Finally, the work group is formed,

803
00:47:04,321 --> 00:47:07,699
and they get the chance
at a repechage against Israel.

804
00:47:09,368 --> 00:47:13,413
Since Chile '62,
Colombia hasn't been to a World Cup.

805
00:47:13,497 --> 00:47:15,624
That's many years of failures,

806
00:47:15,707 --> 00:47:17,626
many years of disappointment.

807
00:47:17,709 --> 00:47:21,713
We haven't shown ourselves overseas,
and this is a good opportunity to.

808
00:47:23,090 --> 00:47:25,300
The imminent and growing chance
for Colombia…

809
00:47:25,384 --> 00:47:26,593
QUALIFIERS
ITALY '90

810
00:47:26,677 --> 00:47:29,638
…to return to a World Cup
after 27 years of frustration

811
00:47:29,721 --> 00:47:32,724
is the trending topic all over Colombia.

812
00:47:32,808 --> 00:47:34,685
We're live

813
00:47:34,768 --> 00:47:37,271
from the Colombian
soccer team locker room.

814
00:47:37,354 --> 00:47:39,481
FIRST-LEG MATCH

815
00:47:39,565 --> 00:47:42,359
First came Israel's team, a solid team.

816
00:47:43,735 --> 00:47:47,656
And in one play,

817
00:47:47,739 --> 00:47:49,116
we defined the match.

818
00:47:49,199 --> 00:47:50,576
There goes Palomo Usuriaga,

819
00:47:50,659 --> 00:47:53,245
delivering the ball
with his right foot. Please!

820
00:47:53,328 --> 00:47:54,621
Bendito has it.

821
00:47:54,705 --> 00:47:55,622
Bendito to Palomo.

822
00:47:55,706 --> 00:47:58,417
Nutmeg! Goal!

823
00:48:00,544 --> 00:48:04,548
Against Israel, we had won
one-zero in the home game.

824
00:48:05,299 --> 00:48:07,843
And then we go to the Holy Land.

825
00:48:11,346 --> 00:48:13,807
There, we needed a tie.

826
00:48:13,891 --> 00:48:16,476
Colombia is playing
this afternoon here in Tel Aviv.

827
00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:17,394
SECOND-LEG MATCH

828
00:48:17,477 --> 00:48:19,730
Colombia-Israel, on Caracol Radio.

829
00:48:22,024 --> 00:48:25,068
The Israeli team
started off on the offensive.

830
00:48:30,908 --> 00:48:32,242
We needed to tie.

831
00:48:32,326 --> 00:48:37,331
There goes Higuita with his show
in an attempt to stall.

832
00:48:37,414 --> 00:48:39,917
Finally, we end up at 0-0.

833
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:41,877
OVERALL SCORE

834
00:48:41,960 --> 00:48:43,086
The match is over!

835
00:48:44,129 --> 00:48:46,757
Colombia makes it to Italy
and the World Cup!

836
00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:49,009
Twenty-seven years!

837
00:48:49,092 --> 00:48:52,346
The people of Colombia are happy.
They're celebrating in the streets.

838
00:48:52,429 --> 00:48:55,724
It's an immense joy for a people
who have been through a lot.

839
00:48:55,807 --> 00:48:59,186
It was definitely nothing but joy.

840
00:48:59,269 --> 00:49:02,022
Such happiness for a country

841
00:49:02,105 --> 00:49:07,527
that hadn't been
to a World Championship in 28 years.

842
00:49:07,611 --> 00:49:11,365
With Atlético Nacional
players at the core of its roster.

843
00:49:12,282 --> 00:49:15,827
The national team,
led by Professor Maturana,

844
00:49:15,911 --> 00:49:18,163
has managed to write a memorable page…

845
00:49:18,246 --> 00:49:20,666
PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA

846
00:49:20,749 --> 00:49:23,001
…in the history of sports of Colombia.

847
00:49:24,878 --> 00:49:28,131
What can Colombians
expect from you in Italy?

848
00:49:28,215 --> 00:49:29,049
Not much.

849
00:49:29,132 --> 00:49:30,801
In any case, we're getting prepared.

850
00:49:30,884 --> 00:49:33,720
We'll keep working
to please our people more.

851
00:49:53,573 --> 00:49:57,411
FIFA WORLD CUP
ITALY '90

852
00:50:00,247 --> 00:50:02,165
Italy didn't know what Colombia was.

853
00:50:02,249 --> 00:50:03,291
They had no idea.

854
00:50:03,375 --> 00:50:05,669
We were from the Fifth World.

855
00:50:05,752 --> 00:50:08,422
Not even the Third World
when it came to soccer.

856
00:50:08,505 --> 00:50:11,550
Twenty-eight years
is two or three generations

857
00:50:11,633 --> 00:50:14,261
without seeing Colombian soccer
at an international level.

858
00:50:17,139 --> 00:50:19,766
When we got to the World Cup,

859
00:50:19,850 --> 00:50:21,018
at a press conference

860
00:50:21,101 --> 00:50:24,771
they started asking me
about drug trafficking.

861
00:50:25,313 --> 00:50:27,232
They began talking about Pablo Escobar

862
00:50:27,315 --> 00:50:29,276
and the violence.

863
00:50:29,359 --> 00:50:32,446
So I told them
that Colombians did not invent drugs.

864
00:50:33,030 --> 00:50:35,866
"Drugs were invented
by Italians and Americans."

865
00:50:36,450 --> 00:50:38,118
"But you've gotten out of it now."

866
00:50:38,201 --> 00:50:41,204
"Help us get out of it
instead of talking nonsense."

867
00:50:41,288 --> 00:50:43,498
They never brought up drugs again.

868
00:50:44,708 --> 00:50:48,670
We played the United Arab Emirates
in a match we had to win.

869
00:50:48,754 --> 00:50:51,131
Colombia is at
a complete standstill right now.

870
00:50:52,424 --> 00:50:54,551
René Higuita started doing his thing

871
00:50:54,634 --> 00:50:56,762
by leaving the box with great personality

872
00:50:56,845 --> 00:50:58,055
to head the ball away.

873
00:50:58,138 --> 00:51:01,224
I always said,
"This team I have here is good."

874
00:51:01,308 --> 00:51:02,601
And we started playing.

875
00:51:02,684 --> 00:51:05,020
Álvarez crosses the ball. A header…

876
00:51:05,103 --> 00:51:09,232
Goal!

877
00:51:09,316 --> 00:51:11,401
René wants it. Camello down the center.

878
00:51:11,485 --> 00:51:13,320
Carlos is gonna strike… Goal!

879
00:51:14,529 --> 00:51:19,367
World Cup matches aren't easy.

880
00:51:19,451 --> 00:51:23,663
Beating the United Arab Emirates
wasn't easy.

881
00:51:23,747 --> 00:51:26,041
A well-deserved win

882
00:51:26,124 --> 00:51:28,460
in Colombia's debut in this World Cup.

883
00:51:28,543 --> 00:51:30,754
If we'd debuted with a defeat,

884
00:51:30,837 --> 00:51:34,132
without anyone knowing us,
it would've turned out differently.

885
00:51:34,216 --> 00:51:37,511
It made people set their eyes on Colombia

886
00:51:37,594 --> 00:51:40,889
and Colombians believe

887
00:51:40,972 --> 00:51:43,433
that ranking was feasible.

888
00:51:47,938 --> 00:51:52,484
Everything pointed to Colombia
qualifying for the second round.

889
00:51:53,068 --> 00:51:55,904
Yugoslavia was a tough match.

890
00:51:56,696 --> 00:51:57,531
Those guys…

891
00:51:57,614 --> 00:51:59,866
We'd never watched videos of them.

892
00:51:59,950 --> 00:52:01,952
We didn't know how they played.

893
00:52:02,035 --> 00:52:04,621
But when we met them on the field,

894
00:52:05,122 --> 00:52:07,916
we quickly learned their game.

895
00:52:07,999 --> 00:52:10,252
They played like us Latinos.

896
00:52:12,212 --> 00:52:15,090
Watch out for Jozić. He strikes… Goal!

897
00:52:15,173 --> 00:52:19,094
Clearly, we should consider
the inexperience

898
00:52:19,177 --> 00:52:23,056
most of our players had.

899
00:52:23,640 --> 00:52:26,059
Handball by Perea in the box.
Careful there.

900
00:52:26,143 --> 00:52:29,104
The referee calls a penalty kick
for Yugoslavia. What a shame.

901
00:52:29,187 --> 00:52:30,814
René will catch this, I know.

902
00:52:30,897 --> 00:52:32,399
René!

903
00:52:32,482 --> 00:52:35,402
René stopped the penalty kick exquisitely.

904
00:52:35,485 --> 00:52:37,946
I cheered as if it were a goal.
All of Colombia did.

905
00:52:38,029 --> 00:52:40,949
He's the only Colombian goalie
to block one in a World Cup.

906
00:52:42,659 --> 00:52:44,369
Higuita's penalty save wasn't enough.

907
00:52:45,537 --> 00:52:48,790
It's all or nothing
against the World Champion, Germany.

908
00:52:49,374 --> 00:52:53,587
When you're in a short championship,
you think, "What do we need to do?"

909
00:52:53,670 --> 00:52:55,755
"We need to win to advance."

910
00:52:55,839 --> 00:52:57,257
"We need to tie to advance."

911
00:52:57,340 --> 00:52:59,551
We still have another shot.

912
00:52:59,634 --> 00:53:02,679
Anything can happen in this World Cup.

913
00:53:06,725 --> 00:53:10,687
I remember we got to the stadium early

914
00:53:10,770 --> 00:53:13,356
and got off the bus and got to the field.

915
00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:16,818
The Germans were already there
checking things out too.

916
00:53:16,902 --> 00:53:20,530
We looked at them thinking,
"Jeez, those guys are huge!"

917
00:53:21,239 --> 00:53:24,868
We left the locker room
at the same time, both teams together.

918
00:53:25,368 --> 00:53:27,621
We play with short studs.

919
00:53:27,704 --> 00:53:30,999
Europeans are used to playing
with long studs.

920
00:53:32,876 --> 00:53:35,378
Those guys would walk making a loud noise…

921
00:53:38,798 --> 00:53:42,928
They were warming up, but they seemed
like horses with their studs.

922
00:53:43,011 --> 00:53:44,721
"Are they marching to war?"

923
00:53:45,388 --> 00:53:47,432
We got pretty nervous.

924
00:53:47,515 --> 00:53:49,142
Loco comes and says,

925
00:53:49,226 --> 00:53:50,227
"Don't be affected."

926
00:53:50,310 --> 00:53:54,189
"Let them make a fuss.
Let them march like horses. We'll win."

927
00:53:54,272 --> 00:53:55,565
And he was right.

928
00:53:56,858 --> 00:54:00,153
We won't be beat
by their noise or ruckus.

929
00:54:01,863 --> 00:54:05,951
They did a rather serious foul
against El Pibe.

930
00:54:06,826 --> 00:54:08,203
And he protested to Leonel,

931
00:54:08,286 --> 00:54:09,913
"You're gonna let them kill me?"

932
00:54:09,996 --> 00:54:11,248
"When will you hit them?"

933
00:54:12,457 --> 00:54:14,376
The next play, Leonel went for it.

934
00:54:14,459 --> 00:54:17,045
He lunged at Lothar Matthäus
and almost injured him.

935
00:54:17,128 --> 00:54:21,341
So the Germans went to the referee,
and we went over too.

936
00:54:21,424 --> 00:54:24,511
So that kind of ignited us.

937
00:54:25,303 --> 00:54:27,222
That's when we started playing.

938
00:54:27,305 --> 00:54:29,516
And René is inspiration.

939
00:54:29,599 --> 00:54:31,059
René is peace.

940
00:54:31,142 --> 00:54:33,979
He went out to free the ball a few times,
and we all watched.

941
00:54:34,062 --> 00:54:35,981
"We're doing our thing. Let's enjoy this."

942
00:54:36,648 --> 00:54:39,818
René went for it. He snatched a pass
to Klinsmann over the top.

943
00:54:39,901 --> 00:54:43,530
Klinsmann, who was much taller than him,
and he snatched it from him.

944
00:54:44,823 --> 00:54:46,741
He threw the ball over his head.

945
00:54:48,285 --> 00:54:51,746
I was laughing. It was quite the show.

946
00:54:52,455 --> 00:54:55,750
We thought,
"This guy is fearless, brother!"

947
00:54:55,834 --> 00:54:59,337
René leaving the goal was crazy,
but there was a reason.

948
00:54:59,421 --> 00:55:03,800
It was a message to the rest,
"Hey, if I'm supposed to be back there,

949
00:55:03,883 --> 00:55:05,635
why don't you all do the same?"

950
00:55:05,719 --> 00:55:08,888
Pibe would say, "I'd be ashamed
when René went upfield."

951
00:55:08,972 --> 00:55:11,474
He was letting me know, "Damn, go for it!"

952
00:55:11,558 --> 00:55:15,854
I'd think, "I should be attacking,
but this big-haired nut beats me to it!"

953
00:55:15,937 --> 00:55:19,274
"If Loco goes out there,
why don't I pull off a nutmeg?"

954
00:55:19,858 --> 00:55:21,401
That's the message he sent.

955
00:55:22,027 --> 00:55:25,780
We missed no fewer
than 15 chances to score.

956
00:55:25,864 --> 00:55:28,575
We had the best chances to score.

957
00:55:29,326 --> 00:55:31,619
And in one minute, everything changed.

958
00:55:33,246 --> 00:55:35,248
The German team has the ball.

959
00:55:40,462 --> 00:55:41,796
Goal!

960
00:55:43,965 --> 00:55:47,635
I can't believe they scored
with two minutes to go.

961
00:55:47,719 --> 00:55:51,056
We were losing
in an absolutely unfair way.

962
00:55:52,223 --> 00:55:54,517
Colombia moves it to the midfield.

963
00:55:54,601 --> 00:55:56,394
Bendito moves forward.

964
00:55:58,521 --> 00:56:01,358
And then, Valderrama takes the ball,

965
00:56:01,441 --> 00:56:03,443
and Valderrama passes to Rincón.

966
00:56:03,526 --> 00:56:05,236
With his right foot. Go, Colombia!

967
00:56:05,320 --> 00:56:10,408
The ball goes back to Rincón.
Bendito touches it. Pibe… Rincón wants it.

968
00:56:10,492 --> 00:56:13,036
Goal!

969
00:56:15,872 --> 00:56:18,208
We tied on the last play.

970
00:56:18,291 --> 00:56:19,793
It was one of those matches

971
00:56:19,876 --> 00:56:22,212
that you always want to play,

972
00:56:22,295 --> 00:56:23,338
Colombia-Germany.

973
00:56:23,421 --> 00:56:24,672
Rincón!

974
00:56:24,756 --> 00:56:26,257
Colombia, one…

975
00:56:26,341 --> 00:56:29,260
That was the most cheered goal
in the history of Colombia soccer.

976
00:56:29,344 --> 00:56:33,390
Colombia!

977
00:56:36,643 --> 00:56:39,687
It brought justice back to the match.

978
00:56:39,771 --> 00:56:41,064
And with that tie,

979
00:56:41,147 --> 00:56:45,068
for the first time, Colombia advanced
to a World Cup round of 16.

980
00:56:45,151 --> 00:56:48,154
There were moments
that no one thought possible.

981
00:56:48,238 --> 00:56:49,364
It was so exciting.

982
00:56:50,323 --> 00:56:54,452
It's the best Colombian national team game
I remember watching.

983
00:56:54,536 --> 00:56:56,663
And I've seen many soccer games.

984
00:56:57,247 --> 00:56:58,581
The way Colombia lived it,

985
00:56:58,665 --> 00:57:03,878
I think it's one of the best played,
if not the most exciting match in history.

986
00:57:04,421 --> 00:57:08,967
With the suffering from the last play,

987
00:57:09,050 --> 00:57:11,553
Colombia ties against Germany

988
00:57:11,636 --> 00:57:14,973
for a spot in the World Cup playoffs

989
00:57:15,056 --> 00:57:16,891
for the first time in history.

990
00:57:19,352 --> 00:57:22,647
We remember Higuita in this match
against Germany

991
00:57:22,730 --> 00:57:23,940
and in many others

992
00:57:24,524 --> 00:57:27,068
because his presence alone

993
00:57:27,777 --> 00:57:31,781
caused a number of things to happen
in the players themselves,

994
00:57:31,865 --> 00:57:34,117
the inner world of the match,

995
00:57:34,200 --> 00:57:36,536
the rivals, the public,

996
00:57:36,619 --> 00:57:38,580
the outside world, in everything.

997
00:57:43,626 --> 00:57:45,128
COLOMBIA, YOU'RE THE BEST

998
00:57:45,211 --> 00:57:47,797
Higuita!

999
00:57:47,881 --> 00:57:50,383
ALL FOR ONE, HIGUITA FOR ALL

1000
00:57:54,971 --> 00:57:59,851
We got there, and I remember
the guys from Cameroon looking at us

1001
00:58:00,518 --> 00:58:04,481
like when you look at someone you admire.

1002
00:58:06,399 --> 00:58:08,943
They were, like, watching the Colombians

1003
00:58:09,027 --> 00:58:12,197
because the Colombians
had just tied with Germany

1004
00:58:12,280 --> 00:58:15,617
and they made the headlines
for the way they did it.

1005
00:58:15,700 --> 00:58:19,496
The Cameroonians were almost
asking for those boys' autographs.

1006
00:58:21,664 --> 00:58:23,708
Cameroon also had its history.

1007
00:58:23,791 --> 00:58:26,252
They'd won their first game
against Argentina.

1008
00:58:26,336 --> 00:58:27,670
They had a great team.

1009
00:58:29,005 --> 00:58:31,633
They were more experienced than us.

1010
00:58:31,716 --> 00:58:34,469
What we had was that thrill

1011
00:58:34,552 --> 00:58:40,058
of playing on a field
that looked like a pool table.

1012
00:58:43,019 --> 00:58:44,521
We played a good match.

1013
00:58:44,604 --> 00:58:46,523
We were closing space a lot

1014
00:58:46,606 --> 00:58:49,901
and we'd come out by devising,
by holding the ball.

1015
00:58:51,194 --> 00:58:53,112
We played good soccer.

1016
00:58:53,196 --> 00:58:55,740
It was one
of those spectacular matches we played.

1017
00:58:55,823 --> 00:58:57,700
It turns out we went into extra time.

1018
00:58:58,493 --> 00:59:01,246
In the first 90 minutes,
we ended zero-zero.

1019
00:59:01,329 --> 00:59:04,832
Pacho said,
"Brother, we have to win this game."

1020
00:59:05,833 --> 00:59:08,127
At the Italy '90 World Cup,

1021
00:59:08,211 --> 00:59:12,465
I was becoming an icon,

1022
00:59:12,549 --> 00:59:14,217
until Milla came along.

1023
00:59:15,510 --> 00:59:18,638
Obviously, they'd been keeping
the lion well-hidden.

1024
00:59:18,721 --> 00:59:20,139
He was the oldest player,

1025
00:59:20,223 --> 00:59:22,308
not only on their team,
but in the World Cup.

1026
00:59:29,649 --> 00:59:32,068
Soccer is right now, not later.

1027
00:59:33,194 --> 00:59:35,655
We are losing one-zero.

1028
00:59:36,322 --> 00:59:38,783
And there's that saying,

1029
00:59:38,866 --> 00:59:41,869
"Either we tie or they score five on us."

1030
00:59:41,953 --> 00:59:44,914
"Let's all go for a tie."

1031
00:59:45,748 --> 00:59:50,336
And Higuita is quite far
from his position, confident as sweeper.

1032
00:59:50,420 --> 00:59:52,547
I am the team sweeper.

1033
00:59:52,630 --> 00:59:54,090
The ball comes to me,

1034
00:59:54,591 --> 00:59:56,551
and I give it to Luis Carlos Perea.

1035
00:59:57,427 --> 00:59:59,512
He touches it, passes to his right.

1036
01:00:01,264 --> 01:00:04,934
No, Higuita, no! Goal!

1037
01:00:10,356 --> 01:00:11,816
I'm on the right.

1038
01:00:11,899 --> 01:00:15,028
When Loco gives it to me,
I see Roger coming towards me.

1039
01:00:15,111 --> 01:00:18,448
I don't control it.
I just pass it to El Loco.

1040
01:00:18,531 --> 01:00:23,202
I didn't deliver correctly,
which would be on the ground.

1041
01:00:23,286 --> 01:00:25,705
I have no choice but to dribble.

1042
01:00:26,372 --> 01:00:29,959
El Loco tried to do a rabona,
a play that he always did,

1043
01:00:30,043 --> 01:00:31,836
passing the ball from behind.

1044
01:00:31,919 --> 01:00:34,505
But Roger was charging like a train.

1045
01:00:35,673 --> 01:00:39,218
I could've missed three or four
and it would've been fine.

1046
01:00:40,136 --> 01:00:41,679
But there comes Redín.

1047
01:00:42,639 --> 01:00:43,806
Four minutes left.

1048
01:00:43,890 --> 01:00:45,433
Valderrama could strike.

1049
01:00:45,516 --> 01:00:48,311
God help us. Goal!

1050
01:00:48,394 --> 01:00:52,482
Goal by Redín!

1051
01:01:10,583 --> 01:01:12,835
He played well,
and in one play, he risked it all.

1052
01:01:12,919 --> 01:01:14,921
-The World Cup was at stake.
-He risked--

1053
01:01:15,004 --> 01:01:18,132
He'd done everything right,
but he gave Colombia away. Too bad.

1054
01:01:20,885 --> 01:01:22,387
No one pointed their finger.

1055
01:01:22,887 --> 01:01:23,971
No one.

1056
01:01:24,055 --> 01:01:27,433
We would've reproached him
had he been a different player.

1057
01:01:28,476 --> 01:01:30,770
A goal is a product of structure.

1058
01:01:30,853 --> 01:01:33,523
We never saw it as an individual mistake.

1059
01:01:33,606 --> 01:01:35,066
The structure failed.

1060
01:01:39,153 --> 01:01:42,073
I remember the day after that match.

1061
01:01:42,156 --> 01:01:43,950
I was with René,

1062
01:01:44,742 --> 01:01:47,078
and we started talking about that play.

1063
01:01:47,161 --> 01:01:50,498
He said, "Lucho, I made the mistake."

1064
01:01:50,581 --> 01:01:53,751
And I said, "No, I was the one
who made the mistake."

1065
01:01:55,420 --> 01:01:58,256
When the press conference came around,
he went like this.

1066
01:01:58,339 --> 01:01:59,298
"I'll do it."

1067
01:01:59,382 --> 01:02:02,009
When that guy did well, he'd keep quiet.

1068
01:02:02,093 --> 01:02:05,430
But when he failed,
he'd show his face and say, "I'll do it."

1069
01:02:05,513 --> 01:02:07,223
What's next in Higuita's life?

1070
01:02:07,306 --> 01:02:10,309
For what you did against Cameroon
has been widely discussed.

1071
01:02:10,393 --> 01:02:12,520
People aren't too happy about it.

1072
01:02:12,603 --> 01:02:14,897
Yes, I made a mistake.

1073
01:02:14,981 --> 01:02:17,150
Making mistakes is only human.

1074
01:02:17,900 --> 01:02:20,820
Just as I accept praise,
I'll take criticism.

1075
01:02:20,903 --> 01:02:23,281
And he took all the blame.

1076
01:02:23,364 --> 01:02:26,701
That's what you do, face your mistakes.
That's what those idols did.

1077
01:02:26,784 --> 01:02:30,204
He never said, "It was us.
It was Luis Carlos's fault."

1078
01:02:32,290 --> 01:02:34,125
With the joy of playing soccer,

1079
01:02:34,625 --> 01:02:35,626
we die.

1080
01:02:43,259 --> 01:02:44,635
HIGUITA, YOU'LL ALWAYS BE NO.1

1081
01:02:44,719 --> 01:02:46,304
YOU'RE THE BEST
THANKS, BOYS

1082
01:02:48,848 --> 01:02:50,183
We love you!

1083
01:02:50,266 --> 01:02:51,726
We love you, Higuita!

1084
01:02:51,809 --> 01:02:55,396
We're proud of the Colombian team
and Higuita.

1085
01:03:00,943 --> 01:03:02,862
In those four games we played,

1086
01:03:02,945 --> 01:03:06,616
El Loco Higuita made FIFA think

1087
01:03:06,699 --> 01:03:08,117
they could make a change.

1088
01:03:08,910 --> 01:03:12,246
Because goalies used to pick up
the ball when they returned it,

1089
01:03:12,330 --> 01:03:16,083
René Higuita made
the international board come to its senses

1090
01:03:16,167 --> 01:03:18,169
and change a rule for the sake of soccer.

1091
01:03:19,003 --> 01:03:22,632
The Italy '90 World Cup

1092
01:03:23,216 --> 01:03:26,302
had the mot amount of time wasted.

1093
01:03:26,385 --> 01:03:29,472
And the biggest waste of time
was the constant return

1094
01:03:30,014 --> 01:03:32,099
from a player to his goalkeeper.

1095
01:03:32,683 --> 01:03:35,728
When they saw that I was playing,

1096
01:03:35,812 --> 01:03:39,357
they met and said the goalkeeper can play.

1097
01:03:39,440 --> 01:03:42,360
That's why they call it Higuita's Rule.

1098
01:03:42,443 --> 01:03:44,237
And that's what I gave this world.

1099
01:03:44,320 --> 01:03:50,117
And I feel happy and proud

1100
01:03:50,910 --> 01:03:54,539
to have left soccer that rule.

1101
01:03:56,290 --> 01:03:58,042
What did that lead to?

1102
01:03:58,125 --> 01:04:01,462
Today, a goalkeeper
who doesn't play with his feet is useless.

1103
01:04:03,130 --> 01:04:05,091
Colombia in Italy '90

1104
01:04:05,174 --> 01:04:07,301
was a team that made people talk.

1105
01:04:07,385 --> 01:04:10,805
It was the Argentina of '86,

1106
01:04:11,305 --> 01:04:13,432
or the famous Clockwork Orange.

1107
01:04:13,516 --> 01:04:17,019
I think even though
they didn't win Italy '90,

1108
01:04:17,103 --> 01:04:19,814
it was a relevant team
that showed a style.

1109
01:04:28,906 --> 01:04:32,159
ONE YEAR LATER

1110
01:04:39,250 --> 01:04:41,586
Finally, almost a month
after the announcement,

1111
01:04:41,669 --> 01:04:45,172
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria,
capo dei capi of the Medellin Cartel,

1112
01:04:45,256 --> 01:04:48,968
one of the most wanted men in the world,
surrendered to Colombian justice.

1113
01:04:49,051 --> 01:04:51,762
After his transfer to La Catedral Prison

1114
01:04:51,846 --> 01:04:55,641
and after ten days under arrest,
Pablo Escobar receives a surprise visit…

1115
01:04:55,725 --> 01:04:57,476
LA CATEDRAL PRISON

1116
01:04:57,560 --> 01:04:58,895
…from idol René Higuita.

1117
01:05:02,356 --> 01:05:06,110
I remember we passed the guard,

1118
01:05:06,193 --> 01:05:09,280
showed the required permits,

1119
01:05:09,864 --> 01:05:11,365
and I run

1120
01:05:11,449 --> 01:05:17,580
so as not to keep
the people in the car waiting.

1121
01:05:19,540 --> 01:05:21,542
And yes, I'm gonna visit La Catedral,

1122
01:05:21,626 --> 01:05:24,962
I'll visit La Modelo.
I'll visit Bellavista.

1123
01:05:25,046 --> 01:05:26,589
I've visited the church.

1124
01:05:26,672 --> 01:05:28,382
I've gone to nightclubs.

1125
01:05:28,466 --> 01:05:31,135
I've visited, well, many places.

1126
01:05:31,218 --> 01:05:32,595
Why? Because I'm an idol,

1127
01:05:32,678 --> 01:05:34,096
a well-known person.

1128
01:05:34,180 --> 01:05:37,183
If I'm invited somewhere, I can't say no.

1129
01:05:46,317 --> 01:05:48,527
As I was leaving La Catedral,

1130
01:05:48,611 --> 01:05:50,905
a journalist asks me

1131
01:05:51,572 --> 01:05:54,450
if I was friends with Pablo Escobar.

1132
01:05:56,452 --> 01:05:57,703
And I said yes.

1133
01:05:59,121 --> 01:06:02,833
That made his life very, very difficult.

1134
01:06:02,917 --> 01:06:06,587
I think there's nothing weird about it,
and I don't owe anyone anything.

1135
01:06:06,671 --> 01:06:08,756
You journalists create the headlines.

1136
01:06:08,839 --> 01:06:13,052
You're the ones
who fix or ruin our country's image.

1137
01:06:13,135 --> 01:06:14,679
How's Mr. Pablo?

1138
01:06:14,762 --> 01:06:16,389
Fortunately, very well.

1139
01:06:16,472 --> 01:06:22,186
The thing is, before Pablo Escobar
was known as the drug lord,

1140
01:06:22,269 --> 01:06:25,272
Pablo Escobar was a congressman.

1141
01:06:26,107 --> 01:06:27,525
He campaigned.

1142
01:06:27,608 --> 01:06:30,611
And during his campaigns, I met him.

1143
01:06:30,695 --> 01:06:34,490
When no one would admit it,
I said, "Yes, he's my friend."

1144
01:06:38,411 --> 01:06:41,789
The truth is many people
would approach my brother

1145
01:06:41,872 --> 01:06:44,291
out of interest.

1146
01:06:44,375 --> 01:06:49,088
But René was totally different
from all his friends.

1147
01:06:49,171 --> 01:06:51,382
René and Pablo's friendship
was very simple.

1148
01:06:51,465 --> 01:06:53,384
PABLO ESCOBAR'S BROTHER

1149
01:06:53,467 --> 01:06:54,969
It was nothing but friendship.

1150
01:06:55,553 --> 01:06:58,431
There was nothing strange
or weird about it.

1151
01:07:09,900 --> 01:07:13,821
The world's number one cocaine trafficker
remains a fugitive from prison.

1152
01:07:13,904 --> 01:07:15,990
Pablo Escobar is out on the run?

1153
01:07:16,073 --> 01:07:18,909
We're working very hard on it.

1154
01:07:19,410 --> 01:07:21,746
And we expect to have positive results.

1155
01:07:23,039 --> 01:07:26,542
When we escaped La Catedral Prison,

1156
01:07:27,293 --> 01:07:28,294
at that time,

1157
01:07:28,377 --> 01:07:32,214
René was a very special person.

1158
01:07:33,924 --> 01:07:37,386
All René did was help people.

1159
01:07:37,928 --> 01:07:41,390
So, sure, they turned to René
to mediate in that situation

1160
01:07:42,349 --> 01:07:43,184
with the girl.

1161
01:07:48,522 --> 01:07:53,152
30 DAYS AFTER THE KIDNAPPING

1162
01:07:59,200 --> 01:08:01,035
I left that meeting,

1163
01:08:01,869 --> 01:08:06,415
and if I'm not mistaken,
about a month later,

1164
01:08:07,166 --> 01:08:08,167
I get a call.

1165
01:08:09,001 --> 01:08:14,757
So I go see the worried father
whose daughter was kidnapped.

1166
01:08:15,674 --> 01:08:17,676
At that time, we used cassettes.

1167
01:08:18,302 --> 01:08:24,016
And they'd recorded the call
between the kidnappers and the family.

1168
01:08:25,476 --> 01:08:28,104
We need someone trustworthy,

1169
01:08:28,187 --> 01:08:30,314
because I don't really trust anyone.

1170
01:08:31,607 --> 01:08:35,569
So during that discussion, he says,
"I want nothing to do with you."

1171
01:08:35,653 --> 01:08:36,737
The father said,

1172
01:08:36,821 --> 01:08:42,827
"Higuita is the one
who's going to help us with this."

1173
01:08:44,411 --> 01:08:47,289
Starting today,
you'll put me on the line with the man.

1174
01:08:47,915 --> 01:08:49,959
He and I will figure this out.

1175
01:08:50,042 --> 01:08:52,962
If I see a cop over there near your house,

1176
01:08:53,045 --> 01:08:55,089
you know what will happen to the girl.

1177
01:08:56,090 --> 01:08:58,843
So it was gonna be easier
to fix things that way

1178
01:08:58,926 --> 01:09:03,556
without putting the girl at risk
than maybe…

1179
01:09:04,515 --> 01:09:08,144
them telling the authorities
and suffering retaliation.

1180
01:09:09,270 --> 01:09:11,939
So I think that's why he called me,

1181
01:09:12,022 --> 01:09:14,358
for things to be done very quietly.

1182
01:09:15,860 --> 01:09:19,780
With the guarantee
that they wouldn't use the police,

1183
01:09:19,864 --> 01:09:21,782
that they wouldn't tell anyone,

1184
01:09:21,866 --> 01:09:24,743
because he wanted to protect the girl.

1185
01:09:25,995 --> 01:09:29,790
He told me, "Honey, I'm gonna do this."

1186
01:09:29,874 --> 01:09:32,918
"I can't ignore this situation."

1187
01:09:33,752 --> 01:09:36,338
I put myself and my children
in that position.

1188
01:09:37,214 --> 01:09:38,883
I grabbed the money,

1189
01:09:39,592 --> 01:09:41,051
put it in the car,

1190
01:09:41,594 --> 01:09:43,095
and went home.

1191
01:09:43,179 --> 01:09:48,684
That day, I went with a guy
who worked with me,

1192
01:09:48,767 --> 01:09:50,269
driving a taxi for me.

1193
01:10:00,905 --> 01:10:03,449
I think it was in the city,
but I never knew for sure.

1194
01:10:05,201 --> 01:10:06,952
I didn't know where I was.

1195
01:10:07,036 --> 01:10:09,079
I had no idea what was around me.

1196
01:10:10,039 --> 01:10:11,707
I guess it was Medellín

1197
01:10:11,790 --> 01:10:15,836
because it was a barrio
and a modest house.

1198
01:10:19,798 --> 01:10:22,968
I never had the chance to communicate
with my family that month.

1199
01:10:25,054 --> 01:10:26,555
I listened to the radio a lot,

1200
01:10:26,639 --> 01:10:29,850
because maybe they'd talk about me
on the news or something.

1201
01:10:30,809 --> 01:10:34,813
The death toll in Colombia
in the fight against drug trafficking

1202
01:10:34,897 --> 01:10:36,148
has been very high.

1203
01:10:36,232 --> 01:10:37,691
Two ministers of justice,

1204
01:10:37,775 --> 01:10:39,818
three presidential candidates,

1205
01:10:39,902 --> 01:10:42,529
150 judges, two dozen journalists…

1206
01:10:42,613 --> 01:10:44,782
I had no idea how many of them there were,

1207
01:10:44,865 --> 01:10:47,993
what they were doing,
or if they were outside keeping watch.

1208
01:10:49,161 --> 01:10:52,248
Every day I was afraid
they'd do something to me,

1209
01:10:53,082 --> 01:10:54,583
that they would abuse me,

1210
01:10:55,084 --> 01:10:57,294
that I wouldn't live to tell the story.

1211
01:10:59,713 --> 01:11:01,465
Every day, I was afraid.

1212
01:11:05,678 --> 01:11:10,224
On Friday at about five o'clock,
after they gave me the money,

1213
01:11:10,307 --> 01:11:12,768
they start calling, "What's up, Loco?"

1214
01:11:13,310 --> 01:11:14,979
"Where's the girl?"

1215
01:11:15,062 --> 01:11:17,106
Until four or five in the morning.

1216
01:11:25,364 --> 01:11:27,741
When the four guys arrived

1217
01:11:27,825 --> 01:11:30,452
for the money that I had at home,

1218
01:11:30,536 --> 01:11:33,038
I ask for Marcela.

1219
01:11:33,622 --> 01:11:38,002
They tell me I have to trust them.

1220
01:11:38,085 --> 01:11:40,546
But Marcela was nowhere to be found.

1221
01:11:40,629 --> 01:11:44,425
So what went through my head was,

1222
01:11:44,508 --> 01:11:46,427
"How are we going to do this?"

1223
01:12:00,190 --> 01:12:02,192
The guy who stayed behind,

1224
01:12:02,276 --> 01:12:05,654
some time after 1:00 pm
on a Saturday…

1225
01:12:06,363 --> 01:12:09,199
He finally gets
the call and says, "Let's go."

1226
01:12:09,283 --> 01:12:13,037
When he left,
of course, I was very nervous.

1227
01:12:13,620 --> 01:12:15,080
I wondered what could happen.

1228
01:12:15,664 --> 01:12:18,292
At that time, you don't expect
anything bad to happen.

1229
01:12:44,610 --> 01:12:45,444
Come on, girl.

1230
01:12:45,986 --> 01:12:50,574
The last day, after one month,
on May 29, 1993,

1231
01:12:51,241 --> 01:12:54,286
they rushed me out to tell me to get out.

1232
01:12:54,870 --> 01:12:56,872
I left without ever taking a bath,

1233
01:12:56,955 --> 01:12:59,416
in ragged clothes.

1234
01:13:01,710 --> 01:13:02,920
I was put in a car.

1235
01:13:03,003 --> 01:13:04,338
Where are you taking me?

1236
01:13:05,422 --> 01:13:08,425
And after driving around Medellín
several times,

1237
01:13:08,509 --> 01:13:12,471
the moment I got out,
they said I had to go to another car

1238
01:13:12,554 --> 01:13:14,598
that was parked in front of us.

1239
01:13:15,641 --> 01:13:18,811
I didn't even have time to ask.
I just walked.

1240
01:13:18,894 --> 01:13:20,145
I walked and walked.

1241
01:13:23,107 --> 01:13:26,360
We stopped there,
in the middle of UPB University.

1242
01:13:26,902 --> 01:13:27,986
When I parked,

1243
01:13:28,070 --> 01:13:30,739
students started gathering around me

1244
01:13:30,823 --> 01:13:32,199
to ask me for an autograph.

1245
01:13:38,414 --> 01:13:41,792
He was signing autographs
for other kids at the time.

1246
01:13:41,875 --> 01:13:44,503
Marcela tells me, "René."

1247
01:13:44,586 --> 01:13:46,630
I tell her, "Girl, just a minute."

1248
01:13:46,713 --> 01:13:50,426
He looked at me and said,
"Sorry, I'm busy signing autographs."

1249
01:13:50,509 --> 01:13:51,927
It's me!

1250
01:13:52,010 --> 01:13:53,554
"René, I'm Marcela."

1251
01:13:54,513 --> 01:13:56,807
I thought she wanted an autograph,

1252
01:13:56,890 --> 01:13:58,392
and it was Marcela.

1253
01:13:58,475 --> 01:14:00,894
And when I said that, he went crazy.

1254
01:14:01,520 --> 01:14:03,480
Right away, he put me in the car.

1255
01:14:04,148 --> 01:14:05,482
He was also scared,

1256
01:14:05,566 --> 01:14:08,068
I'm sure we both were.

1257
01:14:08,610 --> 01:14:12,781
From there, he drove like a madman
to my house, to my parents' house.

1258
01:14:13,449 --> 01:14:16,910
He drove on sidewalks. He ran red lights.

1259
01:14:16,994 --> 01:14:19,872
He was utterly terrified and excited.

1260
01:14:20,581 --> 01:14:23,792
Little by little, on the way,
I asked him why him.

1261
01:14:24,501 --> 01:14:27,421
He explained
that he was doing us a big favor

1262
01:14:27,504 --> 01:14:30,174
and that his only goal at the time

1263
01:14:30,257 --> 01:14:31,884
was to get me home safely.

1264
01:14:32,551 --> 01:14:35,679
So much so, that on the way
we ran into a relative of mine,

1265
01:14:35,762 --> 01:14:37,598
and when I saw that family member,

1266
01:14:37,681 --> 01:14:39,892
I told him, "Stop, it's so-and-so."

1267
01:14:39,975 --> 01:14:41,810
And he said, "Stop?"

1268
01:14:41,894 --> 01:14:44,146
"Are you crazy?
I'm taking you straight home."

1269
01:15:00,496 --> 01:15:01,580
We made it home.

1270
01:15:01,663 --> 01:15:05,417
And from then on,
there was nothing but joy when he saw me.

1271
01:15:05,501 --> 01:15:07,002
He did that big favor for me.

1272
01:15:07,085 --> 01:15:10,130
He got me home safe and sound,
with my parents.

1273
01:15:10,214 --> 01:15:13,342
At their house, they had a huge party.

1274
01:15:13,425 --> 01:15:15,511
"We missed you, Marcela."

1275
01:15:17,846 --> 01:15:21,350
I remember, at the party,
they began talking

1276
01:15:22,226 --> 01:15:24,269
about the favor I'd done for them.

1277
01:15:25,187 --> 01:15:27,981
I told them, "I'm happy with the party."

1278
01:15:28,815 --> 01:15:31,068
I didn't come here for money.

1279
01:15:32,402 --> 01:15:37,491
"This is a token from the family.
This is a thank you."

1280
01:15:37,574 --> 01:15:38,742
"No."

1281
01:15:40,661 --> 01:15:42,496
The first thing they said was,

1282
01:15:43,163 --> 01:15:44,706
"Don't say no."

1283
01:15:46,750 --> 01:15:50,587
They gave me 50,000 dollars.

1284
01:15:54,049 --> 01:15:55,676
We saw it as something very normal

1285
01:15:55,759 --> 01:16:00,222
and that there could be no consequences.

1286
01:16:03,267 --> 01:16:05,477
Up to that point, everything was good.

1287
01:16:06,728 --> 01:16:10,315
But the same day I got a call
from the Prosecutor's Office.

1288
01:16:14,486 --> 01:16:15,904
They were looking for us.

1289
01:16:16,488 --> 01:16:18,574
What charge are you here for today?

1290
01:16:18,657 --> 01:16:20,367
René, what are the charges?

1291
01:16:20,450 --> 01:16:24,580
I don't know. Ask the prosecutor.
He'll be glad to let you know.

1292
01:16:24,663 --> 01:16:26,623
René, do you feel innocent?

1293
01:16:26,707 --> 01:16:28,709
Then we were worried.

1294
01:16:28,792 --> 01:16:34,590
He thought he was just going in,
giving his side of the story,

1295
01:16:34,673 --> 01:16:36,550
and that would be it.

1296
01:16:37,175 --> 01:16:41,346
If you mean the charges
and arrest of Higuita,

1297
01:16:41,430 --> 01:16:46,184
this was done in response to a court order

1298
01:16:46,268 --> 01:16:48,770
from the Prosecutor's Office issued today.

1299
01:16:52,190 --> 01:16:55,611
One day, we were out of town
for safety reasons,

1300
01:16:55,694 --> 01:16:58,488
and I watched what was going on
on the news.

1301
01:16:58,572 --> 01:16:59,656
He had been detained.

1302
01:17:00,240 --> 01:17:03,744
Like the worst criminal in the world,
they were taking him to jail.

1303
01:17:03,827 --> 01:17:08,040
The press didn't even understand
or know what was going on.

1304
01:17:08,123 --> 01:17:11,627
And I remember very well
that they said he kidnapped me.

1305
01:17:12,210 --> 01:17:15,297
They sent two helicopters
for me to go to Bogotá.

1306
01:17:15,380 --> 01:17:20,469
In Bogotá, I was welcomed
by 20-or-so-car escort.

1307
01:17:20,552 --> 01:17:24,598
And the news said
that I was practically the kidnapper,

1308
01:17:24,681 --> 01:17:26,266
not even the intermediary.

1309
01:17:26,350 --> 01:17:28,602
Their coverage of me

1310
01:17:28,685 --> 01:17:32,522
was bigger than their coverage
of Colombia's worst drug lord.

1311
01:17:35,275 --> 01:17:37,778
When I saw in the news

1312
01:17:38,737 --> 01:17:40,697
that he was being taken away in handcuffs,

1313
01:17:40,781 --> 01:17:42,824
it hurt a lot because

1314
01:17:44,368 --> 01:17:45,494
he wasn't a criminal.

1315
01:17:45,577 --> 01:17:48,080
HERE, THE MAN ENTERS, NOT THE CRIME

1316
01:17:48,163 --> 01:17:51,166
So it's not true that checks and documents

1317
01:17:51,249 --> 01:17:54,044
link him to drug trafficking?

1318
01:17:54,127 --> 01:17:57,297
Not in the police proceedings
carried out today.

1319
01:17:57,381 --> 01:18:00,801
I think it was mostly
to intimidate him into being a snitch

1320
01:18:00,884 --> 01:18:03,512
in case he knew
where Pablo Escobar was or something.

1321
01:18:03,595 --> 01:18:05,180
WANTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

1322
01:18:05,263 --> 01:18:08,934
Some senator at the time,

1323
01:18:09,017 --> 01:18:12,896
the one behind Law 40,

1324
01:18:12,979 --> 01:18:17,776
he said, "Investigate René Higuita."

1325
01:18:17,859 --> 01:18:19,903
"He knows where The Boss is."

1326
01:18:19,986 --> 01:18:21,279
WANTED

1327
01:18:26,034 --> 01:18:30,706
Law 40 established that whoever,

1328
01:18:30,789 --> 01:18:32,833
whether directly or indirectly,

1329
01:18:32,916 --> 01:18:36,670
benefited economically
from a kidnapping crime

1330
01:18:36,753 --> 01:18:38,463
would merit imprisonment.

1331
01:18:39,131 --> 01:18:40,924
The other misconduct consisted

1332
01:18:41,007 --> 01:18:45,929
of having knowledge of a kidnapping crime

1333
01:18:46,012 --> 01:18:49,683
and not reporting it to the authorities,
which was also considered a crime.

1334
01:18:50,308 --> 01:18:52,018
When respecting the law

1335
01:18:52,102 --> 01:18:57,149
implies putting life and freedom
at serious risk,

1336
01:18:57,232 --> 01:19:00,360
in that case, that conduct
of abiding the law is not enforceable.

1337
01:19:03,363 --> 01:19:06,825
Then they told me to hand in Pablo

1338
01:19:06,908 --> 01:19:08,702
and I wouldn't have to go to jail.

1339
01:19:09,661 --> 01:19:11,580
Then they started mistreating me,

1340
01:19:11,663 --> 01:19:14,082
calling me names like motherfucker
and son of a bitch,

1341
01:19:14,166 --> 01:19:15,834
saying I'd rot in jail.

1342
01:19:17,669 --> 01:19:21,631
They blackmailed him and perhaps
he didn't say he was also tortured.

1343
01:19:22,215 --> 01:19:25,886
Before taking him to Bogotá
in handcuffs, with TV cameras,

1344
01:19:25,969 --> 01:19:26,803
in a helicopter,

1345
01:19:26,887 --> 01:19:31,183
as if he was one of those criminals
that are captured once in a lifetime,

1346
01:19:31,266 --> 01:19:32,184
he was tortured

1347
01:19:32,267 --> 01:19:34,186
in a municipality near Medellín.

1348
01:19:34,269 --> 01:19:35,687
RENÉ'S FRIEND

1349
01:19:35,771 --> 01:19:36,813
They kept saying,

1350
01:19:36,897 --> 01:19:39,691
"Tell us where Pablo is
and we'll let you go."

1351
01:19:41,985 --> 01:19:43,570
Believe it or not,

1352
01:19:43,653 --> 01:19:46,072
they were negotiating with me.

1353
01:19:46,615 --> 01:19:50,952
And Pablo Escobar
was what they were bargaining for.

1354
01:19:51,036 --> 01:19:53,205
They practically proposed,

1355
01:19:53,288 --> 01:19:56,124
"Give me Pablo and you won't be charged."

1356
01:20:00,212 --> 01:20:03,173
At first, I took
the children once or twice.

1357
01:20:03,924 --> 01:20:05,467
The environment wasn't…

1358
01:20:06,426 --> 01:20:07,636
It was hard.

1359
01:20:07,719 --> 01:20:10,180
He told me, "Don't bring them again."

1360
01:20:10,263 --> 01:20:12,140
"I'll see them when I'm out of here."

1361
01:20:14,893 --> 01:20:17,229
I have vague memories

1362
01:20:17,312 --> 01:20:18,980
from the prison entrance.

1363
01:20:19,064 --> 01:20:23,401
Some officer carrying me,

1364
01:20:23,485 --> 01:20:26,029
and my mother walking in
through a different door.

1365
01:20:26,112 --> 01:20:28,365
I cried because
I was separated from my mom.

1366
01:20:28,448 --> 01:20:30,325
I thought the police would take me.

1367
01:20:30,408 --> 01:20:33,286
It was a pretty complicated nine months,

1368
01:20:33,829 --> 01:20:36,748
especially for my mother, for him,

1369
01:20:36,832 --> 01:20:37,958
for his grandmother,

1370
01:20:38,041 --> 01:20:42,003
the one who suffered
the most when she saw her son,

1371
01:20:42,754 --> 01:20:44,881
because she raised him as her son.

1372
01:20:44,965 --> 01:20:47,425
At the jail, I remember

1373
01:20:48,677 --> 01:20:51,596
his grandma went to visit him in prison,

1374
01:20:51,680 --> 01:20:54,933
and she collapsed.

1375
01:20:55,016 --> 01:20:58,019
She couldn't bear
to see her grandson in that situation.

1376
01:20:58,103 --> 01:21:00,272
I think it was very unfair.

1377
01:21:08,697 --> 01:21:11,366
When I went to the jail and saw him,
I started crying.

1378
01:21:11,867 --> 01:21:16,204
Before I left, he said,
"I'm gonna play a soccer match."

1379
01:21:16,288 --> 01:21:18,707
I said, "How can you, man?"

1380
01:21:18,790 --> 01:21:22,168
"He's played everywhere. He's played
international tournaments and cups."

1381
01:21:22,252 --> 01:21:25,881
He said, "I'm playing
with everyone in jail."

1382
01:21:26,923 --> 01:21:30,343
Everyone was badmouthing René,

1383
01:21:30,427 --> 01:21:33,013
saying he was into drug trafficking.

1384
01:21:33,096 --> 01:21:37,100
For us, as his friends,
it was a very difficult situation.

1385
01:21:38,143 --> 01:21:42,772
The people, all the Colombians,

1386
01:21:42,856 --> 01:21:44,274
demanded my freedom.

1387
01:21:45,358 --> 01:21:48,778
I remember that the union
was stronger in us,

1388
01:21:48,862 --> 01:21:53,158
both in Nacional
and players at the national level,

1389
01:21:53,241 --> 01:21:55,035
not to mention the national team,

1390
01:21:55,118 --> 01:21:56,745
because we kept asking for that

1391
01:21:56,828 --> 01:21:59,289
and we knew he was there unjustly.

1392
01:22:00,123 --> 01:22:01,541
He was a part of us.

1393
01:22:02,125 --> 01:22:04,377
He was a member of our body,

1394
01:22:05,337 --> 01:22:06,254
of our team.

1395
01:22:06,838 --> 01:22:08,465
There were other goalkeepers,

1396
01:22:08,548 --> 01:22:10,091
but that wasn't the thing.

1397
01:22:10,634 --> 01:22:13,428
The thing was that our goalie was René.

1398
01:22:14,346 --> 01:22:18,892
That deprived us of having René
at the qualifying rounds.

1399
01:22:20,477 --> 01:22:23,939
Colombia plays to qualify
for the '94 US World Cup.

1400
01:22:24,022 --> 01:22:26,942
A tie against Argentina
is enough to qualify.

1401
01:22:27,025 --> 01:22:28,193
ELIMINATION ROUND
US '94

1402
01:22:28,276 --> 01:22:29,736
Hugs to everyone in Colombia.

1403
01:22:29,819 --> 01:22:32,322
We imagine
the entire country is paralyzed.

1404
01:22:32,405 --> 01:22:34,658
The only absence this team still feels

1405
01:22:34,741 --> 01:22:36,993
is idol René Higuita, still in prison,

1406
01:22:37,077 --> 01:22:39,788
who will also miss this decisive match.

1407
01:22:39,871 --> 01:22:42,374
From the moment we arrived
in Buenos Aires,

1408
01:22:42,457 --> 01:22:46,378
we were convinced
that we weren't going to lose.

1409
01:22:46,461 --> 01:22:48,588
We were convinced that we would qualify,

1410
01:22:49,255 --> 01:22:51,091
because a tie would be enough.

1411
01:22:51,174 --> 01:22:53,843
Argentina could be left out
of the World Cup,

1412
01:22:53,927 --> 01:22:55,845
Maradona sat in the stands.

1413
01:22:55,929 --> 01:22:59,099
That match was especially tense.

1414
01:23:00,308 --> 01:23:03,561
The players have spoken out
against René's arrest,

1415
01:23:03,645 --> 01:23:04,980
and they demand his release.

1416
01:23:05,063 --> 01:23:06,690
They're not playing for Colombia,

1417
01:23:06,773 --> 01:23:09,234
but for their friend,
their teammate, their idol.

1418
01:23:09,317 --> 01:23:10,485
Colombia!

1419
01:23:10,568 --> 01:23:12,529
Yes! Colombia! Goal!

1420
01:23:12,612 --> 01:23:15,115
Goal!

1421
01:23:17,242 --> 01:23:19,202
Amazing!

1422
01:23:19,285 --> 01:23:20,370
Goal!

1423
01:23:20,453 --> 01:23:23,748
Yes, goal!

1424
01:23:23,832 --> 01:23:27,085
Colombia five, Argentina zero.

1425
01:23:27,168 --> 01:23:30,630
The Colombians are called again.

1426
01:23:30,714 --> 01:23:35,135
The public wants them to join in applause.

1427
01:23:35,218 --> 01:23:37,012
Applause of excitement,

1428
01:23:37,095 --> 01:23:39,431
applause of greatness

1429
01:23:39,514 --> 01:23:41,766
in this dramatic elimination round.

1430
01:23:41,850 --> 01:23:45,937
Gentlemen, Colombia is going
to the United States!

1431
01:23:46,021 --> 01:23:50,483
I would like to congratulate
the Colombian national team

1432
01:23:50,567 --> 01:23:52,485
for what they've done for this nation.

1433
01:23:52,569 --> 01:23:56,406
This is the biggest sports triumph
in all of Colombia's history.

1434
01:23:56,990 --> 01:23:59,617
Then Luis Carlos comes my way,
gives me a big hug.

1435
01:23:59,701 --> 01:24:01,619
He knocks off my headphones on live radio.

1436
01:24:01,703 --> 01:24:04,748
All Colombian radio and TV stations,

1437
01:24:04,831 --> 01:24:07,500
all over the world,
people stuck with our broadcast.

1438
01:24:07,584 --> 01:24:10,795
And in all the matches we won
in the qualifiers,

1439
01:24:10,879 --> 01:24:12,422
we asked for Loco's release.

1440
01:24:12,922 --> 01:24:13,798
We did it.

1441
01:24:13,882 --> 01:24:15,133
For our families,

1442
01:24:15,884 --> 01:24:17,135
for René Higuita.

1443
01:24:17,218 --> 01:24:18,386
René!

1444
01:24:19,512 --> 01:24:23,141
And the first thing the guys did
when they walked into the locker room

1445
01:24:23,224 --> 01:24:24,768
was hug each other

1446
01:24:24,851 --> 01:24:27,270
and shout, "Freedom for Higuita!"

1447
01:24:27,353 --> 01:24:31,066
Higuita!

1448
01:24:31,149 --> 01:24:33,777
That's the first thing we did,

1449
01:24:33,860 --> 01:24:35,278
ask for René's release.

1450
01:24:35,361 --> 01:24:38,490
We chanted it,
shouting at the top of our lungs.

1451
01:24:38,573 --> 01:24:40,033
LIVE FROM "EL CAMPÍN" STADIUM

1452
01:24:40,116 --> 01:24:41,993
A grand ovation

1453
01:24:42,660 --> 01:24:44,537
to René Higuita.

1454
01:24:45,330 --> 01:24:49,417
Freedom!

1455
01:24:49,501 --> 01:24:52,587
They didn't listen,
but their ears were burning.

1456
01:24:52,670 --> 01:24:56,049
And while we were at it,
we also paid him homage.

1457
01:24:56,132 --> 01:24:57,592
He deserved to be there,

1458
01:24:58,218 --> 01:24:59,594
because he was that group.

1459
01:25:00,887 --> 01:25:05,683
Higuita!

1460
01:25:05,767 --> 01:25:10,146
Freedom!

1461
01:25:10,230 --> 01:25:11,815
LIVE
"EL CAMPÍN" STADIUM

1462
01:25:12,398 --> 01:25:18,363
TWO MONTHS LATER

1463
01:25:18,446 --> 01:25:19,322
Colombians,

1464
01:25:20,573 --> 01:25:21,825
a few hours ago,

1465
01:25:21,908 --> 01:25:26,287
I received confirmation
from the Ministry of Defense

1466
01:25:26,830 --> 01:25:30,667
of the death
of narco-terrorist Pablo Escobar

1467
01:25:31,334 --> 01:25:33,837
at the hands of the Search Bloc.

1468
01:25:33,920 --> 01:25:36,673
COLOMBIAN POLICE
KILL PABLO ESOBAR GAVIRIA

1469
01:25:36,756 --> 01:25:41,219
HEAD OF MEDELLÍN CARTEL SHOT DOWN
16 MONTHS AFTER ESCAPING PRISON

1470
01:25:52,605 --> 01:25:56,734
All the headlines are talking about
the eventual release of René Higuita.

1471
01:25:56,818 --> 01:26:00,989
It seems the pleas of the idol
and the Colombian people have been heard.

1472
01:26:01,072 --> 01:26:02,740
Every media…

1473
01:26:02,824 --> 01:26:06,494
The idol René Higuita
could be released next Monday.

1474
01:26:06,578 --> 01:26:10,665
Is it finally confirmed that René Higuita
will be freed next Monday?

1475
01:26:10,748 --> 01:26:13,710
After paying bail which, as I said,

1476
01:26:13,793 --> 01:26:16,337
tops out at 100 salaries, a high sum.

1477
01:26:18,256 --> 01:26:21,718
On Monday, in Medellín,
we will be raising that amount,

1478
01:26:21,801 --> 01:26:24,053
and we hope that about

1479
01:26:24,929 --> 01:26:27,891
probably Monday afternoon
or Tuesday at the latest,

1480
01:26:27,974 --> 01:26:30,226
René will back in the city of Medellín.

1481
01:26:32,604 --> 01:26:35,565
Prosecutor De Greiff
didn't want to let me out.

1482
01:26:36,524 --> 01:26:38,234
In the end,

1483
01:26:38,318 --> 01:26:40,612
I was being released,
I think, on the 29th.

1484
01:26:40,695 --> 01:26:43,865
And to prove he was in charge,

1485
01:26:43,948 --> 01:26:46,159
he kept me locked up until the first.

1486
01:26:52,165 --> 01:26:54,667
Long live freedom, René!

1487
01:26:59,547 --> 01:27:01,341
It's an unconstitutional law.

1488
01:27:01,424 --> 01:27:04,928
The constitution
cannot be violated this way.

1489
01:27:05,011 --> 01:27:07,722
So this is to give a little more clarity

1490
01:27:07,805 --> 01:27:10,350
to the legal issue and the existing law.

1491
01:27:10,892 --> 01:27:14,354
Do you think your international image
has deteriorated?

1492
01:27:14,437 --> 01:27:16,189
No, it makes it even better.

1493
01:27:16,272 --> 01:27:17,732
Because giving your life

1494
01:27:17,815 --> 01:27:20,777
and being in jail
for doing a humanitarian deed

1495
01:27:20,860 --> 01:27:22,570
isn't something just anyone would do.

1496
01:27:22,654 --> 01:27:24,197
It was a year we lost,

1497
01:27:24,280 --> 01:27:27,283
a year the kids missed out
on sharing with their dad.

1498
01:27:27,367 --> 01:27:28,743
But he got out.

1499
01:27:28,826 --> 01:27:32,038
It's impossible to explain.
We are truly very happy

1500
01:27:32,121 --> 01:27:34,999
to receive from the Colombian people,
who really love him.

1501
01:27:36,918 --> 01:27:38,878
The trial continued

1502
01:27:39,629 --> 01:27:44,509
and now I'm no longer
in trouble with the law.

1503
01:27:44,592 --> 01:27:47,637
I came out innocent of the charges.

1504
01:27:56,854 --> 01:28:00,900
He says he's a perfectly imperfect being.

1505
01:28:00,984 --> 01:28:04,362
Everything that has led him to be
what he is today

1506
01:28:04,445 --> 01:28:06,781
has been a chain of mistakes.

1507
01:28:09,117 --> 01:28:12,954
I put myself in his shoes
and what he went to prison for,

1508
01:28:13,037 --> 01:28:14,998
and I say, "That's my dad."

1509
01:28:15,081 --> 01:28:18,793
I don't think he'd change
that part of his life, of his story,

1510
01:28:19,377 --> 01:28:23,631
because that gesture
really makes him who he is.

1511
01:28:24,507 --> 01:28:28,344
And I know it's something
that he would do again.

1512
01:28:28,428 --> 01:28:30,179
Now that you know about this law,

1513
01:28:30,263 --> 01:28:33,224
if they told you,
"Higuita, I need your help

1514
01:28:33,308 --> 01:28:36,686
because a relative of mine was kidnapped,"
would you do it again?

1515
01:28:36,769 --> 01:28:39,355
Now that I know that law, I'd do it again.

1516
01:28:39,439 --> 01:28:41,524
I think if it's to save a life,

1517
01:28:41,607 --> 01:28:43,318
to bring joy to a home,

1518
01:28:43,401 --> 01:28:44,986
I believe I wouldn't hesitate.

1519
01:28:46,070 --> 01:28:49,157
He went to jail as one person

1520
01:28:49,824 --> 01:28:53,745
and came out of jail
as the same person.

1521
01:28:53,828 --> 01:28:55,788
Regardless of people's comments,

1522
01:28:55,872 --> 01:29:00,126
a downcast René Higuita carries on
on the training field.

1523
01:29:00,209 --> 01:29:04,464
He returned to soccer
as the same great player, no insecurities.

1524
01:29:04,547 --> 01:29:07,258
And yes, they insulted him
and said things,

1525
01:29:07,842 --> 01:29:11,095
but he didn't react. He never reacted.

1526
01:29:12,388 --> 01:29:16,684
All the variables had to come together
for René not to go to the '94 World Cup.

1527
01:29:17,310 --> 01:29:20,396
First, it was physically impossible
for him to reach the level

1528
01:29:20,480 --> 01:29:22,440
after nine months in jail.

1529
01:29:22,523 --> 01:29:24,942
He had no way to train or compete.

1530
01:29:25,026 --> 01:29:28,738
The food was obviously
not a high-performance athlete's diet.

1531
01:29:28,821 --> 01:29:29,655
Look how life is.

1532
01:29:29,739 --> 01:29:32,658
He doesn't go
to the '94 World Cup, but that year,

1533
01:29:32,742 --> 01:29:36,120
he ends up winning the Colombian
tournament with Nacional Atlético.

1534
01:29:36,204 --> 01:29:39,332
COLOMBIAN CHAMPIONSHIP
1994 FINAL

1535
01:29:41,751 --> 01:29:45,797
I came out with a chip on my shoulder.

1536
01:29:45,880 --> 01:29:50,676
That gave me a lot more courage,
and I expressed that courage on the field.

1537
01:29:52,178 --> 01:29:54,639
He leaves it to Alexis. Score, Alexis!

1538
01:29:54,722 --> 01:29:55,765
He gets in the box.

1539
01:29:55,848 --> 01:29:58,351
Juan Carlos!

1540
01:29:58,976 --> 01:30:03,398
And on that field
I won a tournament, which was in '94.

1541
01:30:07,944 --> 01:30:10,363
To me, it's a big reward.

1542
01:30:10,446 --> 01:30:13,533
It's a gift I want to share
with all of my friends,

1543
01:30:13,616 --> 01:30:15,368
with my family, who's suffered a lot.

1544
01:30:16,077 --> 01:30:19,330
1994 was an excellent year
for René Higuita,

1545
01:30:19,414 --> 01:30:20,790
especially in sports.

1546
01:30:20,873 --> 01:30:24,001
Remember that was
his first title with Atlético Nacional

1547
01:30:24,085 --> 01:30:25,336
in the Colombian league.

1548
01:30:25,420 --> 01:30:29,257
1995 starts off a lot more positive

1549
01:30:29,340 --> 01:30:32,009
for Colombian goalkeeper René Higuita.

1550
01:30:32,093 --> 01:30:35,430
What's your opinion on René Higuita's
return to the national team?

1551
01:30:35,513 --> 01:30:36,722
I think it's normal.

1552
01:30:36,806 --> 01:30:40,184
He's a good player, a goalkeeper
who's shown, with Atlético Nacional,

1553
01:30:40,268 --> 01:30:42,520
that he's back in good shape
to play soccer.

1554
01:30:43,187 --> 01:30:44,230
How do you feel?

1555
01:30:44,313 --> 01:30:45,148
Really good.

1556
01:30:45,231 --> 01:30:49,485
It's like arriving to an unknown place,
somewhere new,

1557
01:30:49,569 --> 01:30:54,115
but we have the mentality
that they're paths we've travelled before.

1558
01:30:54,198 --> 01:30:56,534
René has had opportunities,

1559
01:30:56,617 --> 01:31:00,288
but not by chance,
but because many times he's created them.

1560
01:31:03,249 --> 01:31:05,960
I'm shooting an advertisement for a soda.

1561
01:31:06,043 --> 01:31:09,255
There was a part
where I was playing with some kids.

1562
01:31:09,338 --> 01:31:10,965
I'm in the goal,

1563
01:31:11,048 --> 01:31:13,634
and this kid hits the ball with his chest

1564
01:31:13,718 --> 01:31:15,511
and does a bicycle kick.

1565
01:31:15,595 --> 01:31:19,390
And I just did,
like, a backwards bicycle kick.

1566
01:31:19,474 --> 01:31:21,225
It was godsend.

1567
01:31:21,309 --> 01:31:23,269
And as I stood in the goal,

1568
01:31:23,352 --> 01:31:27,148
before the match,
the boys would strike at me.

1569
01:31:27,231 --> 01:31:29,233
And I'd do the scorpion.

1570
01:31:31,527 --> 01:31:33,654
Two years later, it was ready.

1571
01:31:33,738 --> 01:31:35,072
That's when I decided,

1572
01:31:36,199 --> 01:31:37,533
"I'm gonna do it."

1573
01:31:37,617 --> 01:31:39,035
Where?

1574
01:31:39,118 --> 01:31:41,204
Wherever they shoot the ball at me.

1575
01:31:42,330 --> 01:31:43,581
Whether in Castilla…

1576
01:31:46,626 --> 01:31:47,793
or in Wembley.

1577
01:31:48,252 --> 01:31:49,754
LONDON
ENGLAND

1578
01:31:50,546 --> 01:31:52,632
For the Colombian national team,

1579
01:31:52,715 --> 01:31:55,927
it's an important international showcase

1580
01:31:56,010 --> 01:31:57,845
for each of its players.

1581
01:31:57,929 --> 01:32:00,306
FRIENDLY INTERNATIONAL

1582
01:32:00,389 --> 01:32:02,141
ENGLAND VS COLOMBIA

1583
01:32:08,564 --> 01:32:09,941
As fate would have it,

1584
01:32:10,024 --> 01:32:13,236
in the world's temple of soccer,
with his Colombian national team,

1585
01:32:13,319 --> 01:32:16,113
this English boy
shoots the ball he needed.

1586
01:32:16,197 --> 01:32:17,198
That was the one.

1587
01:32:18,074 --> 01:32:19,283
And the ball is perfect.

1588
01:32:24,997 --> 01:32:26,332
Higuita repels it!

1589
01:32:26,415 --> 01:32:27,542
It's madness!

1590
01:32:27,625 --> 01:32:28,459
Unreal!

1591
01:32:30,461 --> 01:32:31,921
Goodness me!

1592
01:32:32,004 --> 01:32:33,589
An incredible maneuver.

1593
01:32:33,673 --> 01:32:34,924
It could be a foul…

1594
01:32:35,007 --> 01:32:36,342
I thought I blew it.

1595
01:32:36,425 --> 01:32:38,094
They've always called me a clown.

1596
01:32:38,177 --> 01:32:41,389
And here's me proving them right.

1597
01:32:41,472 --> 01:32:45,059
El Pibe was also worried I'd get told off.

1598
01:32:45,142 --> 01:32:49,105
The first half ends, and I said,
"This is gonna get ugly."

1599
01:32:49,772 --> 01:32:52,733
I was waiting for Bolillo,
the coach, to come.

1600
01:32:53,317 --> 01:32:54,527
When Bolillo comes in…

1601
01:32:54,610 --> 01:32:56,612
I get to the locker room, and say,

1602
01:32:56,696 --> 01:33:01,534
"Hey, don't you ever do that to me again
because I had my heart in my mouth!"

1603
01:33:01,617 --> 01:33:03,494
"You're gonna kill me one day."

1604
01:33:03,578 --> 01:33:06,497
I don't know if he laughed.
He said, "I won't do it again."

1605
01:33:06,581 --> 01:33:07,832
Something like that.

1606
01:33:07,915 --> 01:33:08,916
It was spectacular.

1607
01:33:09,000 --> 01:33:12,920
Afterwards,
I enjoyed watching it over and over.

1608
01:33:14,672 --> 01:33:16,674
They shoot the ball
straight down the middle.

1609
01:33:16,757 --> 01:33:18,634
I thought, "No problem."

1610
01:33:18,718 --> 01:33:20,595
The linesman lifted his flag.

1611
01:33:20,678 --> 01:33:23,264
When I do the scorpion
and the ball leaves the area,

1612
01:33:23,347 --> 01:33:25,099
the linesman lowers the flag.

1613
01:33:25,182 --> 01:33:28,477
It gave brilliance to the play.

1614
01:33:28,561 --> 01:33:29,604
"Go play!"

1615
01:33:29,687 --> 01:33:32,148
The play was invalidated, but anyways,

1616
01:33:32,231 --> 01:33:34,650
what René Higuita just did…

1617
01:33:34,734 --> 01:33:37,945
I say this was God's work,
because it came out perfect.

1618
01:33:39,447 --> 01:33:42,742
He who leaves a mark in life,

1619
01:33:42,825 --> 01:33:44,994
but especially in that sport,

1620
01:33:45,828 --> 01:33:47,830
isn't necessarily the best player,

1621
01:33:48,331 --> 01:33:50,625
doesn't necessarily block the most balls,

1622
01:33:50,708 --> 01:33:52,835
doesn't necessarily score the most goals.

1623
01:33:52,918 --> 01:33:56,005
It's whoever does majestic things

1624
01:33:56,088 --> 01:33:57,131
that no one expects.

1625
01:33:57,840 --> 01:34:00,009
And that was René Higuita.

1626
01:34:03,596 --> 01:34:08,225
In 2009, after playing for 14 teams
over 23 years, scoring 43 goals

1627
01:34:08,309 --> 01:34:13,314
and representing his country for 12 years,
Higuita retires from professional soccer.

1628
01:34:16,942 --> 01:34:19,362
He ended up playing for his beloved team.

1629
01:34:19,445 --> 01:34:21,739
Not playing professionally,

1630
01:34:21,822 --> 01:34:24,700
but he did retire from soccer
with the Nacional jersey.

1631
01:34:24,784 --> 01:34:29,121
And for some years now, he's been part
of Atlético Nacional's technical staff.

1632
01:34:30,081 --> 01:34:31,957
I see all the good in René.

1633
01:34:32,041 --> 01:34:33,918
He may have things people don't like,

1634
01:34:34,001 --> 01:34:35,920
but I like everything about him,

1635
01:34:36,003 --> 01:34:39,215
because René
is like the happiness adults feel

1636
01:34:39,298 --> 01:34:41,092
when their kids are okay.

1637
01:34:41,175 --> 01:34:42,551
And René is doing fine.

1638
01:34:42,635 --> 01:34:44,095
No one can take away from René

1639
01:34:44,178 --> 01:34:46,555
his love for his neighborhood,
for his friends.

1640
01:34:46,639 --> 01:34:47,640
Youngsters.

1641
01:34:48,182 --> 01:34:50,101
-Good evening.
-Good evening.

1642
01:34:51,018 --> 01:34:52,728
What's up, kid? How are you?

1643
01:34:52,812 --> 01:34:56,816
René never ever leaves that barrio.

1644
01:34:56,899 --> 01:34:58,943
The most important thing is friendship,

1645
01:34:59,026 --> 01:35:02,988
and he taught us to be loyal friends.

1646
01:35:03,072 --> 01:35:05,157
-You'll make me cry.
-Right?

1647
01:35:05,241 --> 01:35:08,869
I have many anecdotes like that,
"Come, let's go somewhere."

1648
01:35:08,953 --> 01:35:12,873
But if René goes,
they give us great support.

1649
01:35:12,957 --> 01:35:16,419
He cancels appointments to go with us.

1650
01:35:19,630 --> 01:35:22,967
Most of my friends are from my barrio.

1651
01:35:23,467 --> 01:35:26,846
It's quality people and humane people,
people who love me.

1652
01:35:26,929 --> 01:35:31,642
Forgetting where you're from,
I think that would be ingratitude.

1653
01:35:33,728 --> 01:35:37,523
Being an authentic person
makes him even greater.

1654
01:35:38,149 --> 01:35:41,986
René Higuita is a role model.

1655
01:35:42,069 --> 01:35:44,572
I'm not just saying that
because I'm his son,

1656
01:35:44,655 --> 01:35:46,949
I also say it as a Colombian.

1657
01:35:47,032 --> 01:35:51,120
He's focused on looking after his family.
Family is his priority.

1658
01:35:51,203 --> 01:35:54,081
There's nothing above his family.

1659
01:35:55,750 --> 01:35:59,837
Andrés says he looks a lot
like my dad on his first communion.

1660
01:35:59,920 --> 01:36:04,800
He watches lots of Dad's videos.
He goes, "Look at Grandpa!"

1661
01:36:06,510 --> 01:36:08,471
I love my duckling very much.

1662
01:36:08,554 --> 01:36:10,306
I love René,

1663
01:36:10,389 --> 01:36:14,351
because of who he is as a human being.
I wouldn't change that essence.

1664
01:36:16,353 --> 01:36:17,188
His humility.

1665
01:36:17,813 --> 01:36:21,275
I think we all take that from him.

1666
01:36:21,358 --> 01:36:23,986
And that human part for which he's known.

1667
01:36:24,069 --> 01:36:27,490
We try to enjoy every day to the fullest.

1668
01:36:29,533 --> 01:36:32,870
He doesn't know what he did
for me and my family.

1669
01:36:32,953 --> 01:36:34,622
He can't see how big it was.

1670
01:36:34,705 --> 01:36:36,415
We share the same birthday.

1671
01:36:36,999 --> 01:36:40,419
It's one of life's coincidences,
having him so close.

1672
01:36:41,378 --> 01:36:43,047
I have a 10-year-old son

1673
01:36:43,130 --> 01:36:44,215
who loves soccer.

1674
01:36:44,298 --> 01:36:48,177
He knows this story better than anyone.
He just doesn't know who the hero is.

1675
01:36:48,260 --> 01:36:51,096
When he's old enough,
I will tell him, of course.

1676
01:37:10,366 --> 01:37:16,914
Very few people in the world have managed
to become so easily recognizable.

1677
01:37:17,623 --> 01:37:19,458
I think he's left a legacy,

1678
01:37:19,542 --> 01:37:21,585
not just for our country,

1679
01:37:21,669 --> 01:37:23,420
not only for his family,

1680
01:37:23,921 --> 01:37:25,464
but for all of society.

1681
01:37:25,548 --> 01:37:27,132
Higuita keeps the ball!

1682
01:37:28,676 --> 01:37:30,010
When we played soccer,

1683
01:37:30,094 --> 01:37:33,264
the worst player or the chubby one
got sent to the goal.

1684
01:37:33,347 --> 01:37:36,976
René Higuita gave
the goalkeeper position pride and status.

1685
01:37:37,059 --> 01:37:39,228
René is one of the biggest legends

1686
01:37:39,311 --> 01:37:40,896
of world soccer,

1687
01:37:40,980 --> 01:37:43,065
if not the greatest of Colombian soccer.