{"id":1732,"date":"2011-11-15T11:23:04","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T16:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?p=1732"},"modified":"2016-05-13T11:42:48","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T16:42:48","slug":"remember-this-colombia-5-0-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2011\/11\/remember-this-colombia-5-0-argentina\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember this? Colombia 5 &#8211; 0 Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s one day that will forever stand out in the memories of Colombian football fans: 5th September, 1993. On that day the Colombian football team travelled to Buenos Aires is the final qualifying match of the campaign, with Colombia needing just a draw for qualification and Argentina needing to win.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_920\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-920\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/1878577947_3ea38fa1a3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-920\" title=\"Colombia 1994 football team\" src=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/1878577947_3ea38fa1a3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/1878577947_3ea38fa1a3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/1878577947_3ea38fa1a3-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Got, got, got, got, got, got&#8230; need.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Led by the mercurial, unmistakable figure of Carlos &#8216;El Pibe&#8217; Valderrama, Colombia massacred their opponents resulting in one of the most infamous footballing upsets of all time. Colombia eventually ran out 5-0 winners, a scoreline that included two sublime goals from Asprilla and Valencia respectively. The victory left critics dumbfounded and prompted Pele to pronounce Colombia favourites for World Cup USA &#8217;94.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m4X7QIPM9hQ\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see if today Colombia can pull off a similar result&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Paul<\/p>\n<h4><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s one day that will forever stand out in the memories of Colombian football fans: 5th September, 1993. On that day the Colombian football team travelled to Buenos Aires is the final qualifying match of the campaign, with Colombia needing just a draw for qualification and Argentina needing to win. 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