🎥 Thirty years since that blessed madness: do you remember Higuita's goal?
With a free kick against River Plate, the goalkeeper for Atlético Nacional sent the ball to the corner, thus writing one of the most memorable pages of Colombian football.
With the audacity that characterized him, Higuita became the first goalkeeper to score from a free kick in the history of the tournament. The roar of the Atanasio Girardot was so loud that it still seems to be heard.
More than just a simple goal, it was a demonstration of not being afraid to break the rules of the script. That day, Higuita stopped being just "The Madman" to become a legend of national football.
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