Nacroball: Love, Death and Football in Escobar's Columbia

Nacroball: Love, Death and Football in Escobar's Columbia

By David Arrowsmith

Genre:-Memoirs/History/History of sport/Sport & outdoor recreation/Ball games/True crime/Classic crime/Street crime/Gun Crime

Pages:-304

Publisher:-Cassell/Octopus

Blurb:-A detailed eyewitness account into the chaotic period of Colombian football where cartels dictated results and players and referees died for drug lords' sporting obsessions.

 Pablo Escobar had one obsession. Not drugs, not money, not power...football.

Narcoball uncovers the incredible story of Colombian football during the early 1990s- shaped by drug lords, rivalries, and ambition. With untold insights from the players and politicians, it uncovers a football empire backed by cartels- where victory was a currency of its own, and defeat, a matter of life and death.

 This is a different story of Pablo Escobar and his rival. A tale of clandestine deals that reshaped Medellin's football clubs, where fortunes were won and lost. It unveils the extraordinary bonds that Escobar forged with football's luminaries and why his influence reached unprecedented heights, leading to the astonishing 5-0 victory over Argentina in Buenos Aires, the murder of referees, and the ruthless coercion of offcials culminating in the killing of Andres Escobar- the Colombian defender who paid the ultimate price for an own goal in the 1994 World Cup. It is also an examination of a people's relationship with both the sport and the nefarious leaders that brought both pride and terror to their communities.

 Set against the U>S War on Drugs, international threats, and government clampdowns, this is a gripping exploration of Colombian club football under Escobar's rise and fall

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My Review:-Narcoball uncovers the incredible story of Colombian football during the ealy 1990s. Pablo Escobar wasn't just Colombian drug lord, he also had a obsession for football. There has always been deals and money involved in football, but Pablo Escobar also brought another thing a long 'Death'. The book goes into the length that Pablo Escobar would go to to get the results he wanted and nobody or anything would stand in his way. The book tells us about murder of referees. as well as the murder of Colombian defender Andres Escobar who scored an own goal in 1994 World Cup. I found this a very interesting read, even though I'm not a football fan.