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Series
30 for 30 volume no. 16
Publisher
ESPN Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Español
Description
While rival drug cartels warred in the streets, the Columbian national soccer team took a rapid rise to glory, with Andres Escobar its inspirational captain. Meanwhile the infamous drug baron, Pablo Escobar, pioneered "Narco-soccer". After a mistake by Andres led to a loss at the 1994 World Cup, less than ten days later he was gunned down outside a bar, a tragedy documented in this thriller about the intersection of crime and sport.
Series
30 for 30 volume no. 16-17
Publisher
ESPN Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The two Escobars: "[A movie about] the intersection of crime, sports and nationalism in 1990's Columbia. At a time when drug money fueled the sport known in the underworld as 'Narco-soccer', the fates of Andrés Escobar, the inspirational captain of Nacional and Pablo Escobar, the notorious leader of the Medellin cartel, were permanently linked. When Andrés was murdered 10 days after scoring an 'own goal' against the US in the first round of the...
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