The classic between América de Cali and Deportivo Cali on Sunday, April 17, will be the first match played at Pascual Guerrero, after the tragic and sad news of the passing of Freddy Rincón. An extraordinary Colombian flyer who knew very well what it is like to play this type of match. In his sports career he stepped on the lawn of the San Fernando Olympic, 176 times dressed in scarlet.
The Colossus of Bonaventure was a man who gave the country many joys through his profession. One goal against Germany at the 1990 World Cup in Italy and two against Argentina in Buenos Aires in 1993, are marked in gold in the history of Colombian and South American football.
Within a brilliant generation of national players, Freddy Eusebio, was one of the chosen ones. He was born with a special talent for playing this sport and exploited it all over the world. Since his death was known, the tributes have not stopped. Both in their homeland, and throughout the country, their fans do not stop crying.
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And one of those commemorative events will be held at Pascual Guerrero, prior to the duel of the two Caleño teams. “The idea is that both teams will come out wearing the Colombia team jersey, with the name of Freddy Rincón and the number he wore, and that Teófilo Gutiérrez and Adrián Ramos (team captains) play with number 19, in tribute to him,” confirmed the Secretary of Sports of Cali, Carlos Diago, in an interview with As Colombia.
From the morning hours of this Saturday, April 16, the mayor's office of Cali, will set up the sports scene to bid farewell to the former player from Santa Fe and Atlético Buenaventura, in Colombia.
“We are coordinating the entire logistics issue in El Pascual Guerrero, where it would be transferred this Saturday morning. From 10 to 12 of the day there will be a eucharist, in the South Tribune, with the family and companions of the Colombian National Team. Then, the public will be able to enter, until 4 in the afternoon, to say goodbye to the idol. Then, he will be transferred to the Metropolitan Cemetery of the South”, explained the official in the interview with the sports media.
Diago said that his last communication with Freddy Rincón was 12 hours before the accident that ended the 55-year-old athlete's life. “I called him to guide me on the route, because I had planned to go to the Corinthians vs Deportivo Cali match,” which was played on the same night of the match. “He told me that the flight Cali - Bogotá - Sao Pablo took about 6 hours,” he told As.
But on the call they also arranged an appointment for next Tuesday. “Since last year, we have been coordinating the creation of a mural in the Oriental sector of the Pascual Guerrero stadium, where Adolfo 'el Tren' Valencia, Faustino Asprilla and Freddy Rincón, who had left to go to the Sports Secretariat, would be there. We are coordinating these initiatives with the Peace Secretariat of the Mayor's Office of Cali, with the support of the popular bar of America,” concluded the Cali official.
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