Andrés Escobar’s family evaluates suing Netflix for the series “Goals against”

Netflix premiered last Wednesday, November 2, the series “Goals against” that recreates passages from the life of Andrés Escobar who was assassinated after his participation in the 1994 World Cup in the United States. However, the broadcast of audiovisual content has upset the family of the former defender.

Santiago Escobar, brother of “Caballero”, expressed his indignation against the streaming platform, as he mentioned that the members of the former player’s close circle were not aware of the recording of the chapters. In addition, he indicated that they were not consulted either.

“On behalf of the family, I want to express that I am extremely outraged, just like my whole family, because the people of Netflix did not have the delicacy to count on us or at least ask us or tell us that they were going to make a series about Andrés”he pointed out in an audio recorded by Time.

In the same way, he pointed out that the content only wants to “sell and market the image” his brother’s. “This is a lack of respect that both Andrés and all of them who were so great have been put into such a disgusting and perverse series “he added.

On the other hand, Santiago explained that he is evaluating legal action against the streaming platform. “I’m talking to a lawyer and on behalf of the family we want to sue the Netflix people”he explained.

Who was Andres Escobar?

Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga, known in the world of football as the ‘Caballero’, was born in 1967, in Medellín, and from school he gave clues that his passion was football. He made his professional debut in 1986, playing for Atlético Nacional, and from 1988 he was part of the Colombian team, with which he participated in the qualifying rounds for the 1990 World Cup in Italy.

Considered one of the great defenders of the time, Escobar was summoned by Colombia to go to the 1994 World Cup in the United States, where he would play as a starter the three games of the ‘Cafeteros’. Unfortunately, the ‘Knight’ would score an own goal that would sentence the future of his country in the group stage and, with it, his life.

Upon returning to Colombia, the soccer player continued with his normal life until he had a verbal encounter with two men linked to paramilitarism and drug trafficking who ordered his death. Several journalism programs have talked about this unfortunate event that marked the country in the 90s.