Fanaticism in football: murder of Andres Escobar.

In the podcast we explain what happened to Andres Escobar, through reflection on

fanaticism in football and what can happen when we do not measure the consequences. We

also present other cases that are also worth remembering.

I chose this topic because it seems important to me to remember this fact, as an

element that expresses the lowest level of fanaticism and why we must consider more

elements than fanaticism before making a decision. I also wanted to present a perhaps

unknown facet of Andres Escobar that goes beyond the own goal and his death, his most

human side and how this affected the people who were by his side.

Furthermore, it is a current topic, given that there is still excessive fanaticism, we

want to make known a relevant case to invite reflection. and other not so well-known cases

to understand that violence can generalize to football. The initiative is not against football,

but rather for fans to take into consideration what happened to exercise their fanaticism

without harming others or themselves.

Questions

1. Who is Andres Escobar?

2. What happened for Andres Escobar to be murdered?

3. What was the murder of Andres Escobar like?

4. Who were the media that covered the murder and what discourse did

they use?

5. What was known about the murderer?

 6. What impact did the episode have on international society?

7. How did the event impact Colombian society?

8. How is it remembered?

9. What was the relationship between fanaticism and the fact?

10. How far can fanaticism go?

11. What other emblematic cases do we know?

Podcast Episode Sources

Mercer, P. (July de 3 de 1994). Colombian Who Made World Cup Error Is

Killed. Obtenido de The New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/03/world/colombian-who-made-world-cup-

error-is-killed.html

Murphy, C. (3 de July de 2014). World Cup: Colombia remembers

murdered Escobar ahead of Brazil test. Obtenido de CNN Sports:

https://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/02/sport/football/football-world-cup-colombia-

escobar/index.html

Phillips, B. (12 de October de 2022). Andrés Escobar, an Own Goal, and

Tragedy at the 1994 World Cup. Obtenido de The Ringer:

https://www.theringer.com/2022/10/12/23389188/22-goals-andres-escobar-1994-

world-cup-usa-colombia

Vecsey, G. (3 de July de 1994). Sports of The Times; Sick Minds Transcend

All Borders. Obtenido de The New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/03/sports/sports-of-the-times-sick-minds-

transcend-all-borders.html