Freddy Rincón and the unpublished image of his mythical goal against Germany: he limped out!

Freddy Rincón and the unpublished image of his mythical goal against Germany: he limped off!

Photo:

Capture @FIFA, José Clopatofsky, TIME

The country had stayed with the celebration of the ‘Colossus’. Now they reveal new details of the moment.

Freddy Rincon He was the author of one of the most famous goals in the history of Colombian football, it was on June 19, 1990, in Milan, when the ‘Colossus of Buenaventura’ scored the expected 1-1 draw against Germany.

This Saturday, Fifa chose to remember Rincón’s entry on the occasion of the 93 days remaining for the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

In his commemorative publication, an unpublished image in the country: Rincón limped off after his goal.

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The new video of the goal

The celebration of the goal of Colombia vs. Germany during a match at the 1990 World Cup in Italy.

Freddy Rincón ran out of place, in his red Colombian jersey, with his arms waving. The photographers barely captured him in profile as they followed his goal cry, the one he had just scored against Germany in the 1990 World Cup in Italy. It was a historic 1-1 draw that made the country delirious, returning to a World Cup after 28 years.

That historic moment for the national sport was etched in the memory thanks to the photograph taken by José Clopatofsky, then Sports editor of EL TIEMPO and today director of Motor Magazine.

The Fifa footage shows what happened from a rear view.

The surprise for many: Rincon limped off.

Even so, he celebrated for history.