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"When we heard Andres Escobar had been killed, everyone kept silent for the whole morning" How the Colombia star's murder was felt back home

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June 22, 1994. A total of 93,689 fans were watching Colombia take on World Cup hosts the USA in their second group game of the tournament, packed inside the enormous Rose Bowl in LA. Unbeaten in a qualifying campaign that culminated in a stunning 5-0 win over Argentina in Buenos Aires, Colombia had their fans dreaming of becoming world champions, but a 3-1 defeat to Romania had already badly dented hopes of reaching the second phase. The pressur…
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FourFourTwo broke the news in United Kingdom on Sunday, August 2, 2026.
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