Colombia’s 1990 performance in the World Cup followed a 28-year absence and introduced the world to a legendary generation of players.
Colombia had suffered almost three decades of exile from the world’s most prestigious tournament, languishing down the ranks of successive South American qualifying campaigns.
The evolution of the Colombian team under Maturana had seen it make a major breakthrough in 1990, qualifying for the knock-out stages of the World Cup for the first time in its history.
