:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/X5SPEDEJ35FU3NHKSH2P3AYZ2M.jpg "“Don’t tell me that”, Freddy Rincón’s response when asked if he was a fan of America")
In 1990 Freddy Eusebio Rincón was presented as a new player of América de Cali. The young soccer player from Buenaventura stood out after his time in Santa Fe, where he managed to lift the 1989 Colombia Cup title. Gabriel Ochoa Uribe, who was coach of the ‘Red Devils’ at the time, was happy with his incorporation and quickly He became one of the team’s starters.
In the America of Cali he played 176 games and scored 54 goals. He became champion with the team in 1990 and 1992, his good performances allowed him to make the leap to football abroad, signing with Palmeiras. At that time, Freddy Rincón’s career took off, coming to play for clubs like Napoli and Real Madrid: since 993, ‘El Coloso’ did not wear a Colombian team shirt as a player again.
In 2019 he had the opportunity to relive Colombian Professional Soccer first-hand, when he was chosen by Jorge Luis Pinto, a coach who gave him his first opportunity in Santa Fe, to be a technical assistant to the rival in the ‘Cardenales’ yard. , Millionaires.
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The former Buenaventura player left a huge mark on América de Cali, where many fans remember him with great affection. Something that was proven over the years. However, a video was recently released in which Freddy Rincón stated that, despite the fact that he played for the “Red Devils” for so long, he was always a fan of Deportivo Cali.
In the recording you can hear that they ask Rincón. “Are you a fan of América de Cali?”to which El Coloso’ replied: “Do not tell me that” and later a voice is heard in the background that says: “He already said he was from Cali.” In the video where the former player of the Colombia Selection was seen with a bottle of whiskey in his hand, he added “and with ‘Pachito Eché’ aired”. This is one of the songs that was taken as one of the ‘hymns’ of the green Valle del Cauca.
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América de Cali will receive this Sunday, April 17, Deportivo Cali at the Pascual Guerrero, match for date 16 of the BetPlay League. In this match, a heartfelt tribute will be paid to Freddy Rincón. According to information provided by the Secretary of Recreation and Sports of the city of Cali to Diario AS Colombia, the idea is that the two teams wear the shirts of the Colombian National Team for protocol acts. These garments will have the name of Rincón and his characteristic number.
In addition, the two team captains, in this case Adrián Ramos (América de Cali) and Teófilo Gutiérrez (Deportivo Cali) will play with the number 19 on their shirts, as a tribute to that number that ‘El Coloso’ used so much throughout throughout his career and with which he scored the emblematic goal against Germany in the 1990 World Cup in Italy.
Regarding the match, it is important to point out that the two teams do not arrive in their best moment to the game. The ‘Red Devils’ are in box 13 of the classification with 18 points, five behind Alianza Petrolera, which is eighth. while Deportivo Cali is penultimate with 13 points and this season has already accumulated eight defeats in the local competition.
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