The last time he spoke to ‘the Colossus’ was a few days before the accident that killed him. Lozano regrets that this meeting was over the phone and not in person, as they always did when Freddy traveled to Cali, where he lives.Bitumen‘.
“Fredy lived in Bogotá, but came by every week Cali. He called me, told me what he was doing and sometimes we saw each other. Everyone was into their own thing but we always took the time to see each other, even if only for a moment. Of course we talked a lot on the phone. The last time I spoke to him was a few days before the accident. We can’t see each other, something that still hurts me,” he said.
Rincón has left a big impression, translated into titles, goals, moments. But one that scored and inspired Lozano was that goal against Germany in the 1990 World Cup in Italy.
“Something that all Colombians will remember was the goal against Germany in 1990. That was my inspiration to go to the 1994 World Cup. All Colombians thank Fredy for that goal, for what it meant, for the way he sang it, for the way we unite. No one will forget him for that great goal. It is clear to me, to him and to many players of that generation that this was the goal that marked the extraordinary career of the ‘Colossus’”.
Lozano wants to remember his friend with the joy that always marked him.
“I have always said that Fredy was characterized by his joy, and I stand by that, by that enthusiasm, by that joy. Now I’m here, and I close my eyes, and his smile enters my mind (…), he always stopped laughing. That is the greatest legacy one of the greatest players has given Colombian football”, he concluded.
Source: El heraldo

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