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Forza Napoli Sempre!
Jeg vil lytte til den podcast om Colombia senere idag eller imorgen Deportivo FAS. De havde et stærkt hold og der var kæmpe forventninger til dem. Især i forhold til i første omgang at gå videre fra gruppen. Jeg læste på et tidspunkt at Colombia efterhånden som de spillede i kvalifikationen og efterfølgende da VM nærmede sig, var steget i forventninger hos bookmakerne. De lå på linje med Argentina som vandt i 1986 og var i finalen i 1990, samt Holland. De var kun overgået af Brasilien, Italien og Tyskland. Rumæniens gyldne generation undervurderede de nok lidt og nederlaget til USA sendte dem helt ud. Sejren imod Schweiz i den sidste kamp var derfor ret ligegyldigt. Men interessant hold de havde på det tidspunkt.
Out of the 22 players who went to the USA, 6 were from Atletico Nacional, 5 from America Cali, and one from Millonarios. More than half the side had narco-traffickers betting money on them and their contributions. When calls from the government pepping them up would be in order, they were dealing with death threats.
Right after the Romania match, Chonto Herrera got a message from his family: his brother had been killed. He decided to soldier on in service of his nation. The narcos weren’t done. Prior to the match, coach Francisco Maturana had received “phone-calls” demanding Gabriel Gomez be dropped. Gabriel, or Barrabas as he was commonly known, was a key cog in the Colombian wheel which had rolled so smoothly over the last 36 months. Would you be a rebel or would you rather see your family dead?