Andres Escobar the sequel

Dead man walking - Carlos Sanchez sees red

No doubt many of you will recall the sad tale of Andres Escobar (no relation to Pablo), the Colombian defender, who unfortunately scored an own goal in USA 1994 that resulted in an early bath with a horse's head. There is a documentary on Netflix where Escobar gets the blame for Colombia's premature exit from the competition. No doubt that Snr.Sanchez is now in hiding and sticking needles in a referee dolly if such a thing exists, because he does not want to be the subject of another Netflix documentary. I hope Colombia can progress (they could play England in the last 16), if only to see some old footage of Carlos Valderama and/or Rene Higuita's scorpion kick. In fact, here it is:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0bSvDkXqhw


And

Carlos Valderama - The Colombian Fuzz

Yesterday was not a big scoring day. The average points scored was 0.34. Martina Kennedy was the only player to get the Russian result correct while Sean Hughes got his first 3 points with Senegal. Brenda McGuigan was the only 3 pointer in the top 10 and consequently moves into second place.


Leaders


1  Rasta Paul (21)
2  Brenda (19)
3  Roisin (18)
3  Aidan Coleman (18)
3  Sara Deazley's dad (18)
6  Marie Louise (17)
6  Paul Lavery (17)
8  Dan Taggart (16)
9  Liam Lavery (15)
9  Sam McGuigan (15)


Feargal O'Keefe has joined the chasing group on 14 which keeps the Monday night team represented. Cruncher hasn't reached double figures yet so Feargal might be on the receiving end of an illegal tackle next week!


I am making my return next Monday so please be gentle or I will berate you on this forum.