The echoes continue after the death of the former Colombian soccer player Freddy Rincón, last Wednesday in Cali, after a traffic accident.
From all over the world there have been expressions of solidarity with Freddy’s family. But testimonies, anecdotes and curiosities of Rincón’s successful career have also been known.
After his death, social networks have remembered how their relationship was with Diego Maradona, the Argentine star.
First, there was talk of the day Rincón spoke out for Diego’s death, on November 25, 2020, Rincón was shocked by the news and wrote a premonitory message. “Until our next meeting in heaven, Maradona.”
Maradona wanted Rincón’s shirt
But another of the episodes between the two came to light in recent days. Jhon Jairo Restrepo, who in 1993 worked as a kinesiologist in the Colombian National Team, and was present in the famous 5-0 in Buenos Aires against Argentina, recalled that Diego Maradona himself, who was in the stands, asked for Rincón’s shirt.
“(Maradona) He called me and told me why I didn’t give him a shirt and hopefully it was Freddy Rincón’s, the number 19 he used. I told him I was going to pass on the message and let’s see what he says. When the game ended, I told Freddy. In the middle of the hubbub, that got a little crazy. I told him and he told me now, now, now. Fortunately he didn’t give it to me, but he was going to send it to him, he I was going to give it away,” Restrepo told Win Sports.
Rincón was a great figure for the National Team in that historic match, and scored two great goals that remained in the memory among his most famous annotations.
“I told the prop man to give me a shirt to give to Diego. I don’t know what shirt he gave me and I went to give it to him in the stands, because he was waiting. You must remember that he applauded us at the end, he congratulated us “, he added.
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