The day that Colombia was Brazil: 20 years of the great rout

Last update 6 September, 2013 por Julio Muñoz

He 5 de septiembre de 1993 there was one of the biggest thrashings of football history. Not so much the result itself, but its meaning: el 0-5 from Colombia to Argentina at the Monumental de River during the qualifying World Cup 1994. A demonstration of superiority, efficacy, talent and collective game of a group of men who that day seemed to be the Brazil of the 70.

Colombia went to Buenos Aires with the need to win or draw to keep the first position and avoid the play-off. To Argentina, he was only worth winning. On the grass, the best of both teams: Simeone, Ruggeri, Redondo, Batistuta, Goycoechea formed an eleven albiceleste of guarantees to receive a group of players who had amazed with their game and who responded to the name of Asprilla, Valderrama, Corner, Córdoba, Perea, etc..

A full field, 75 passionate souls was the witness of one of the great exhibitions that are remembered. Maturana and Basile on the benches and Maradona in the stands. And suddenly, the exhibition. The unexpected. Despite going out eager to score, Argentina goes to rest with an unfair 0-1 thanks to a goal from Freddy Rincón.

A preview of what's to come in the second half. A current of football that ends with four more goals, an outraged public and a team cheered by a combination football of association and touch. A football from this era in another era. Guardiola's Barcelona, el Brasil de Pelé, Cruyff's Holland in the hands of Maturana.

Beyond a soccer game it meant many things: the biggest win in history at home received by Argentina who remained after 19 years undefeated at home, the return of Maradona to the albiceleste and the recognition that Colombia and the coffee growers had entered the football legend.

Argentina 0 (0)	Colombia 5 (1)
5 de septiembre de 1993, 19:00 UTC-3 Liberti Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio, Buenos Aires 75.000 viewers approx. (Lap Final)
1 BY Sergio Goycochea 20 DEF Julio Saldaña 15 DEF Jorge Borelli 6 DEF Oscar Ruggeri 3 DEF Ricardo Altamirano 17 WITH Gustavo Zapata 5 WITH Fernando Redondo 69′ 10 WITH Diego Simeone 21 WITH Leonardo Rodriguez 54′ 18 DEL Ramon Medina Bello 9 DEL Gabriel Batistuta DT Alfio Basile	1 BY Oscar Cordoba 4 DEF Luis Fernando Herrera placeholder image 15 DEF Luis Carlos Perea 3 DEF Alexis Mendoza 20 DEF Wilson perez 14 WITH Leonel Alvarez 8 WITH Gabriel Jaime Gomez 19 WITH Freddy Rincon 10 WITH Carlos Valderrama 11 DEL Faustino Asprilla 13 DEL Adolfo Valencia DT Francisco Maturana
Substitutions
DEL Claudio Garcia 54′ DEL Alberto Acosta placeholder image 69′
Goals
	41′ Freddy Rincon 0-1 49′ Faustino Asprilla 0-2 72′ Freddy Rincon 0-3 74′ Faustino Asprilla 0-4 84′ Adolfo Valencia 0-5
Referee Ernesto Filippi Assistant referees Pedro Risso Juan Kerekes Fourth official Saul Feldman Observers referees Guido Loayza