What you are watching are events that will lead to the murder of one of these men.
It is the 1994 World Cup, Andrés Escobar scores an own goal - he will pay for it with
his life.
Andrés Escobar was 27-years-old when he played for Columbia in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
He was a defender throughout his career, playing for Columbian club Atlético Nacional before
making his debut on the national team in 1988.
He had the reputation of being decent and kind and earned a nickname as "the Gentleman"
for his clean play style and his calm and collected demeanor on the pitch.
The 1994 World Cup was hosted in the United States.
Columbia was placed in Group A, alongside Romania, Switzerland and the host country,
the US.
At the time there were rumours that Columbia's team had become entangled with drug cartels
and betting syndicates, who are alleged to have used death threats to influence team
selection.
In their first game on June 18th, Columbia played Romania and suffered a shock loss of
one goal to three.
On the 22nd of June, Columbia faced the United States.
Columbia were the favourites to win, but the US team resisted them for a scoreless half
hour.
Then, in the 35th minute, American midfielder John Harkes crosses a ball into the Columbian
penalty box.
Andrés Escobar reaches out to intercept it, but inadvertently deflects the ball into his
own goal, giving the US a one-nill lead.
The US goes on to win the game 2-1.
After losing their first two games, Columbia faced elimination.
To progress to the next round they would have to win their upcoming game against Switzerland,
and Romania would have to lose in their match against the US.
Columbia beat Switzerland two-nill, but Romania won.
The Columbian team was headed home.
Obviously unhappy with Columbia's poor performance and his contribution to it, Andrés Escobar
still maintained a positive outlook in an interview about the World Cup; "It’s been
a most amazing and rare experience.
We’ll see each other again soon because life does not end here."
Tragically, his words would prove untrue.
Five days after Columbia's match with Switzerland, on July 1st Escobar was joined by friends
on a night out in Medellín city.
Escobar had been advised by friends and family to keep a low profile in the wake of his own
goal, fearing he may catch the ire of his countrymen.
But Escobar was undettered, he had made an honest mistake and was probably embarrassed
by it, but he wasn't going to hide away in shame.
As he said, life moves on.
As the night progressed Escobar and his friends found themselves in a nightclub, where the
friends split up.
At around 3am, Escobar was alone in his car in the parking lot outside the club, when
three men approached.
They began arguing with Escobar, produced handguns and opened fire with a .38 calibre
pistol, striking Escobar six times.
It was reported that the killer shouted "Goal!"
with every shot, mocking the football player as he murdered him.
After the three men escaped in a pick-up truck, Andrés Escobar made it to hospital, but he
died of his injuries less than an hour later.
Later that day, police arrested Humberto Castro Muñoz and charged him with the murder of
Andrés Escobar.
Muñoz was known to work for the Gallón brothers, who ran a drug trafficking criminal gang.
Prosecutors believed that the brothers had a substantial sum of money bet on Columbia,
and perhaps blamed its loss on Escobar and his own goal.
They believed Muñoz and his accomplices who were never convicted, were ordered to kill
Escobar in retaliation for losing the cartel their betting money.
Although the prosecution couldn't prove the Gallón brothers had ordered the execution,
Muñoz was found guilty of murder in June 1995, and sentenced to 43 years in prison.
He was released in 2005 for good behaviour.
Andrés Escobar left behind a fiancé, who he was due to marry just months after his
death, as well as many fans of Columbian football who still hold "the Gentleman" in high regard
even to this day, particularly fans of his club, Atlético Nacional.
Internationally, the incident tarnished Columbia's reputation and cemented in the minds of many
that the country was a dangerous place - a place where the high crime of making a mistake
in a football match, could leave a man spending his last moments riddled with bullets.