Luis Diaz celebrating with James Rodrigues after securing the 2-1 win. (Credit: AFP)
Diaz’s match-successful brace left his father Luis Manuel Diaz — watching within the stands carrying a Colombia shirt — overcome with emotion.
Luis Diaz scored a fairytale second-half double to fireside Colombia to a 2-1 upset over Brazil on Thursday, capping a curler coaster month that noticed his father kidnapped by guerrillas for 12 days.
Amid unimaginable scenes at Barranquilla’s Estadio Metropolitano, Liverpool ahead Diaz headed house within the seventy fifth and 79th minutes as Colombia claimed an important win of their bid to qualify for the 2026 World Cup.
Diaz’s objectives cancelled out Brazil’s opener from Arsenal ahead Gabriel Martinelli. A foul night time for Brazil was compounded by an harm to Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr, who exited with a thigh harm after 27 minutes.
Diaz’s match-successful brace left his father Luis Manuel Diaz — watching within the stands carrying a Colombia shirt — overcome with emotion.
INCREDIBLE SCENES IN COLOMBIA. LUIS DIAZ SCORES AGAINST BRAZIL WITH FATHER IN THE STANDS, JUST 2 DAYS AFTER THE TWO WERE REUNITED POST-KIDNAPPING. ❤️pic.twitter.com/idyOZdupbo— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) November 17, 2023
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Diaz had solely been reunited together with his father on Tuesday after his mum or dad was freed final week after being held by Colombia’s ELN guerrilla group for 12 days.
The Premier League star’s father and his spouse Cilenis Marulanda had been kidnapped by armed males on bikes on October 28.
Marulanda was rescued a number of hours after the kidnapping as an enormous search operation by floor and air was launched for her husband.
.Look on the response of Luis Diaz’s father a man that suffered these previous days after being kidnapped, now with tears of pleasure as his son scored the TWO objectives that for Colombia that beat Brazil tonight ♥️pic.twitter.com/YGhUW2NrW1
— LFC Transfer Room (@LFCTransferRoom) November 17, 2023
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Diaz Sr was finally launched by the rebels final week after being handed over to humanitarian employees.
The 56-yr-previous was instrumental in serving to his son forge a profitable soccer profession at membership and worldwide degree.
He was the founder and novice coach of the one soccer academy in Barrancas, the place his son confirmed promise from a really younger age.
Diaz Sr is credited with aiding the meteoric rise of his son, who has performed for his nation 43 instances and is the primary Indigenous Colombian to make it to world soccer’s prime echelons.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – AFP)
