How A Keeper Became So OVERPOWERED, FIFA Had To Change The Rules Of Football

[@rockaway0beach]

When he tested positive for cocaine in 2005, Higuita was asked about it by the press. His defense: "It was my birthday"

[@fidgeysrii4888]

gigachad

[@JOOCHIANTING]

RESPECT

[@paisastic]

🤣🤣

[@Desire4Sound]

fair enough lol

[@kozmosius]

He really was the rick james of soccer

[@thundermota1158]

I am colombian, and back in the 2000 my mom saw higuita, she asked him for an autogaph on a recept, he said hell nah and ended up giving her a picture of him in cowboy gear signed by him

[@charbird20]

What a legend

[@jackryan444]

He knew a receipt would degrad. A photo lasts WAY longer.

[@Faude18]

@@jackryan444 people that like to interact with fans have autograph cards in their cars and so on. I don't think he thought about degradation.

[@_HaSSaaN_]

@@jackryan444 only video is better than photo. That time photo was the best thing someone can get

[@Ron-78]

wow

[@firecross625]

Normally, when a dominant player in a sport causes a rule change it's because they're able to exploit something in a way that breaks the game or makes it unfair or unfun, but Higuita changed the rules because the way he played was just so much cooler. That's sick as hell

[@edithkramer7689]

Dude had too much swag for FIFA

[@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914]

He is the Dominik Hasek of Football/soccer. Nobody beats Dominik Hasek as a goalie in ANY sport. The Dominik Hasek rule in the NHL : a goalie cannot willfully let go of his stick during play.

[@barongerhardt]

More of they had a bad rule that was easily exploited to slow play and give an advantage to a defensive team. Lots of ways they could have addressed it. The shot clock in the NBA; or play clock, intentional downing in the NFL. If the change was to chill his awesomeness the rule would have been something like goalie cannot leave the box or kick the ball past the half line or the ball must be touch by two other players before a goal or team in possession only has X seconds to get the ball out of their half.

[@johndinner4418]

@@barongerhardt That's what he said. Higuita changed the rules because the way he played was just so much cooler (and FIFA wanted it to be as cool so they changed the *lame* rule).

[@danielabetts]

Higuita is Colombia made into a person. The courage, the mess, the showmanship, the lost opportunities, the influence of drugs and poverty, the rise to greatness no matter what.

[@julianfull280]

I'm Colombian and I agree 100%, to all of it.

[@Wearywastrel]

That's the deepest description and highest praise I've ever seen for any athlete.

[@huyxiun2085]

"The rise to greatness no matter what" All Colombians nod. Meanwhile, the rest of the world: "Where is Columbia?"

[@julianfull280]

@@huyxiun2085 it's better to rise keeping a low profile. That way nobody sees you coming....

[@louiehunter6490]

​@@huyxiun2085Columbia is in the United States. I believe the world is aware of this

[@DidYaServe]

In Super Soccer on the SNES, the Colombian goalkeeper can dribble past everyone and the only way to stop him is to foul. 🤣

[@rahman9749]

the Super Shot Soccer? Where the Paraguay goalkeeper can punch the ball from his position to score at the opponent's goal? the one where Saudi Arabia can call a sandstorm?

[@arcticphoenix2789]

He was almost like the Bo Jackson of that game.

[@alphaamigo9688]

​@@rahman9749 lmao football games really regressed after the snes era cause that shit sounds awesome.

[@Wearywastrel]

I remember playing against my dad in that game. On my own I never was able to beat any of the South American teams. 😅

[@yakuviolin]

I am Colombian and I didn't know this... This is great

[@MuaadElSharif]

I used to see clips of him and think he is a mad man. After watching this video. I have nothing but mad respect for him! A true pioneer.

[@power279]

He was the first overlapping keeper sweeper..but wilder

[@yusufpolatkesen8468]

I know man wtf just amazing

[@noelnoni7310]

@@power279the only one. No other keeper overlaps. Not even Neuer

[@henrydickerson9776]

@@MuaadElSharif they're not mutually exclusive. He rode the line between genius and insanity.

[@gustavopena7300]

He is a mad man it's his nickname

[@TheHuskyFamily]

"i changed the rules of football" is a bad ass achievement.

[@marcelotononBR]

Pelé did change the rules (they introduced yellow and red cards because of how much people butchered him)

[@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914]

He is the Dominik Hasek of Football/soccer. Nobody beats Dominik Hasek as a goalie in ANY sport. The Dominik Hasek rule in the NHL : a goalie cannot willfully let go of his stick during play.

[@nightstorm5914]

Oliver Kahn did it once too (atleast in the Bundesliga i think), where he touched the ball with his hands after a corner in the enemy half (his reason was: "Since he was a goalkeeper, he could use his hands in the box, doesn't matter which one.") Another german "legend" who forced a rule change was Walter Frosch (a player from germanys 2nd Division), which had once 18/19 yellow cards in one season (since it hadn’t a limit at 70/80s). After that season a rule was written that after the 4th (nowadays after the 5th) yellow card, a players will miss the next game.

[@houtenhekje8375]

Never knew who he was but the fact that he is actually such a unit to not only do the reverse bicycle kick but to do it twice and score so many goals. What a legend

[@Joe-u3r]

It's called a scorpion kick, and he invented it. Put some respect on it

[@miguelonkeys-musicfortheso5221]

@@Joe-u3r Scorpion with uppercase 'S' at that too. Totally endorsing your objection.

[@redpillbulgaria-v2.063]

I watched that game vs England live on TV ... and when he did the scorpion kick everyone was like ... "What the hell just happened" ??? I remember the commentator using the word "outrageous"

[@richardgoddard37]

He'd actually done it many times that week in practice apparently...

[@who9387]

I also watched it live on TV and noticed as the free-kick came in he glances to thr lino who has FLAGGED FOR OFFSIDE so he was quite safe

[@miike2]

i reckon it must be tiring for brits to find out that ANYONE in the world plays their sport better than them

[@who9387]

@@miike2 We focus on Darts & Snooker now

[@richardgoddard37]

@@miike2 England are currently ranked 4th in the world. I'm not sure where you're from, but we'd probably thrash you.

[@psicologiajoseh]

He's is the maximum example of “He's loco, but in a good way”.

[@phdpirate4917]

He is Edwardo loco, not Carlito loco, LOL

[@viltautasYT]

as a goalie, this mans a fking legend, I would never have the courage he had, truly a madman, truly the goat of goalkeeping

[@Ebani]

Truly the goal of goalkeeping*

[@tipigi3570]

FAR from the goat of keepers. He's ranked #8 out of the South American keepers all-time, and that's not even the world's best. One of the best goal-scoring keepers, sure.. but preventing goals, nah, far from the best.

[@jeshelmer4166]

The reason why i started being a gk when i was 9

[@lt_johnmcclane]

@@tipigi3570no one asked you

[@tipigi3570]

@@lt_johnmcclane No one asked the orignal poster to comment either, dolt. Are you new to social media? Did anyone ask you to comment? Sorry if FACTS hurt your itty bitty feelings. Need a tissue?

[@滋榎本]

René Higuita was a pioneer when it came to his skill with the ball at his feet and in his willingness to take responsibility for situations 40 metres from goal. Before the change in the back pass rule obliged keepers to develop these abilities, he was already showing that a team is made up of 11 footballers, not of 10 players and a goalkeeper. This had important tactical ramifications, helping forge the style of the Colombia team of the late '80s and early '90s. If Lev Yashín was recognized for his ability to anticipate and cut plays, René Higuita takes that ability to the extreme. He also adds control, ball driving and field vision, he looks like a libero. Higuita was not a clown, he was a professional and he knew what he was doing.

[@genin69]

Lol. The narrator's voice.. "Every single sentence is superbly important and has immense value"

[@MelancholyZeitgeist]

I honestly thought bros gonna bust lmao

[@SANT14GO]

And how he distorts the spanish "s" sound making it sound like a "sh", iconic

[@genin69]

@@SANT14GO very bad

[@niescitatsce]

​@@SANT14GO s into sh? sound like someone from portugal🤔

[@SANT14GO]

@@niescitatsce oh, is that it? I found it weird bc he can def pronounce the s properly, he just changes it when pronouncing spanish names

[@Johan-og4ru]

Around the same time Johan Cruyff as coach wanted to implement the tactic of putting a field player at the GK position, and play with 11 players as he thought that if you had full ball domination a GK was unnecessary. Directly or indirect Higuita proved that Cruyff idea was unrealistic because as soon as you would suffer ball loss the other team would be able to score from far distances with long distance shots.

[@renansilveira2013]

Long balls

[@lukaswalter3783]

@@renansilveira2013xD

[@Megaalith]

Higuita is a bad example because he burned outfielders outside of international play

[@AK-27gmd]

He is Rene higuita creator of the scorpion kick

[@Popmycherryyo]

Hell, even a "trick" within skiing and sometimes snowboard

[@joshuaatehortua7352]

🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴

[@жирнаякурица]

i really find these comments lowkey weird and cringe. like bro, the video addressed that scorpion kick moment in the first 10 seconds and then proceeded to tell his entire story and career moments but you choose to say this in the comments, lowkey indian ass comment.

[@JOOCHIANTING]

SHOULD BE CALLED ----- HIGUITA-KICK

[@darrellsaewhat50]

And apparently the “higuita law” lol

[@Baltr]

17:07 bro the smile on his face when he pulled it off... how can you not love him

[@bunnybreaker]

I don't even like football, but this was fascinating. Also, the Colombians hair game was nearly as strong as the football skills on display.

[@misaeljudaa.pattiruhu5845]

They truly go hard with their hairstyles

[@AllistarDreemurr]

@@misaeljudaa.pattiruhu5845 i can't get over how much he looks like Kirk Hammett from Metallica he looks like in some shots :D

[@Clazzyfied]

i grew up in colombia in the 90's. i became a goalkeeper because of him. great video

[@depekthegreat359]

Rene Higuita sir was such a fantastic Colombian legend to be one of the world's all time goalscoring goalkeepers and I have watched some of his videos which totally impressed me,good friends!!!LONG LIVE RENE HIGUITA SIR!!!🏋️‍♂️

[@axel3689]

saar rene higuita saar i india respect saar

[@depekthegreat359]

@@axel3689 Good friend,actually,my races through my ancestries are English,Sri Lankan and Indian,meaning,I am an Interracial child!!!The term "sir" which I have described is for the respect towards a man who is older than me for many years and I hope you are not offended and for your information,based ancestrial nations,England and Sri Lanka are my favourite countries ever,good friend!!!🏋️‍♂️

[@AnonW]

It only took 1 scorpion kick for me to know that this dude is something else.

[@baquithemonkey5330]

I worked at Miami international airport, and got the chance to meet and take a picture with him. Pretty humble guy

[@alexsf4248]

He will be remembered for ever as one of the greats in football memorialized with a FIFA goalkeeper rule named after him. 🙏⚽️

[@ydiotboi]

i dont really watch football, thats the story of the players that hooks me. Glad to find your channel.

[@itzeberg]

It is year 2024 and I still show my 9 year old son videos of him 🥰. My son is a great dribbler and technician who also likes to play as a keeper now and then. I also have 3 more kids similar to him in my team (I am also the coach). So this season, we will focus on "Higuita goalkeeping" and always use, in possession, the keeper as a deep number 6 constantly 😅.

[@Walkeranz]

Don’t forget the scorpion kick

[@dylanjones7485]

I feel the 442oons song about him reverberating throughout my body

[@trevkay.]

🎶I am... Rene, Rene, Rene Higuita Creator of the Scorpion Kick (Goodness me!) I am... Rene, Rene, Rene Higuita If only other goalies knew my trick!🎶

[@bafoonbafoon3000]

realest comment

[@Torero2901]

Absolutely heroic player, muchas gracias por este video desde Colombia!

[@privateagent]

He's part of my childhood watching him play with Valderrama and Rincon

[@DerAltruist]

The way the narrater is talking, I’m just waiting for him to climax.

[@sadssddsd2926]

yep,,he was rly taking pleasure

[@Demonaire]

Erratum: 1. The Copa Libertadores 1989 second leg Final was played in Bogotá because CONMEBOL didn't authorize Medellin as venue for the match because of stadium attendance rule. 2. Colombia beated United Arab Emirates (not Saudi Arabia) in its first match in Italy 90. 3. Not truly an Errata because it's very controversial, but it's not proven Pablo Escobar financed Atlético Nacional. Even today, it's not clear the relationship between the mafia kingpin and the team, or even if there was a relationship at all.

[@privateagent]

But but but, no one thinks of the drama?

[@Demonaire]

@@privateagent Dude, believe me: the stadium was totally full. And I'm not mentioning the preview: lines and lines of cars stuck throughout all the Medellin-Bogota "Highway" just to arrive to El Campin. Yes, It was very dramatic, that 1989 Libertadores Final.

[@Ethan-Entah]

Well if Wales never win a major tournament, at least Higuita wore our crest. & I don't blame him that jacket looks cool.

[@HanleiHess]

You're smashing it, keep it coming!

[@Trapohoncho]

Get lost bot

[@ritikpatel7858]

How higuita doesn't have an icon card is mad.

[@SkepticNL]

As much as I hate fifa nowadays, I fully agree

[@gerboog]

@@SkepticNL lol you literally said you hate FIFA nowadays, so obviously you’d agree with any criticism thrown its way. You’re not even being objective here. It’s like you’ve already made up your mind, so whether the point makes sense or not, you’ll just co-sign it. How can you ‘fully agree’ when you’re already biased? Kinda dumb to act like you’re being fair when your judgment’s already clouded.

[@SkepticNL]

@gerboog the fifa games have become a joke. However I can still say I feel this man deserved an icon card can't I? Who pissed in your cereal mate, get over it.

[@gerboog]

@@SkepticNL Sure, you can say he deserves an icon card, but the point is that your original comment made it seem like you weren’t judging it fairly. You’re letting your frustration with FIFA influence your take rather than looking at it objectively. Unless you don’t know how to articulate yourself properly in English.

[@SkepticNL]

@@gerboog you need to talk to someone mate.

[@martinsk9013]

Please do more videos about retired footballers. It's way better than about those who are barelly 20. Good job with this.

[@rodrigodiaz5003]

Great video! Higuita gave us hope, and pride...love from Colombia ❤

[@milwaukeerican5]

0:37 my man looks like the rick james of soccer/futbol

[@beezer370]

Maybe/possibly

[@MustardBallsLenny]

😂

[@goateditz1241]

when this dude says "so.. listen to this", you already know this video is going to be a banger, I just know it.

[@D00M3R-SK8]

I remember after that own goal, all the coke cans had columbia on them, for the rest of the tournament. They were in my country for ages. All you could find was Columbia ones. Columbia was one of my favourite teams though, so I enjoyed it. I was never into football that much, but I always liked their national colours. When I was really young I used to pick favourite teams based on the jerseys.

[@unAgorist]

higuita vs roger milla is legendary. that cameroon colombia game at the world cup was one of the greatest football game ever, they were by far the 2 most entertaining teams & players of that wc.

[@MrRiskMgmt]

I got to meet him in Dec.2023 in Medellín and had a convo with him. He offered me a glass of rare whisky and even shared his last cigarette with me. When i told him the loss vs Cameroon made me cry endlessly as a kid, he told me it was one of the biggest regrets in his life and only imagined how that WC could’ve been for Colombia had that error not occurred. His wife Magnolia at one point chimed in and mentioned how he was tortured while imprisoned and he told me the gov’t locked him up because he wouldn’t give up Pablo’s location which he was unaware of and felt that the gov’t could’ve treated him with more dignity as this caused him to not be in form for WC ‘94. He signed and gifted me an Atletico Nacional polo and some sweaters i bought at his store and was really a genuine person, Don René is a class act and certainly deserves to be remembered as GK pioneer while also serving as an example on certain things to avoid as a pro footballer ❤🇨🇴

[@netking767]

Man...what you do is nothing short of art! Utterly captivating

[@kami-3353]

What a journey this has been. Netflix needs to hire you as a narrator

[@aridddle]

Ok i didn't know he did the famous scorpion save not in his prime, but even still this guy was a beast. Lets be really he's one of the athletes that made their sport look way to easy.

[@damchoetshering5966]

I love you man your content is just 🔥

[@paulhayles1619]

The real intro is back! Love your videos. Absolute top tier! I really like the old footage you get of the players when they are starting on their journey.

[@Alfresk]

I don't know how this video got recommended to me, I know next to nothing of football, i don't like It, but man this was very interesting! Good video!

[@Jillking45]

That first scorpion kick, you see smiling like a kid at his birthday.

[@omarel-begawy7397]

What an incredible story! And the narration is so good! Thank you!

[@Krishausen]

Bro... your voice is so soothing i stg... instant sub so relaxing and quite informative. Good stuff!

[@Praetje1982]

Thank you for this fantastic video! It gave me goose bumps.

[@andrejpossible3650]

The whisper voice helps with retention if its used enery now and again for a line or 2. But got madafakin damn its like naild on a chock board when used like this

[@VoiryRE]

If i had 1 dollar for each time a rule was changed because a goalkeeper i would had 3 dollars, its not a lot but it is weird it happened 3 times.

[@Testruecast]

Higuita was a monster, as a soccer player and as a person. Nothing but respect.

[@sidikitraore7746]

that scorpion kick at wembley: the goal wouldn't have counted if it went in, the whistle was blown right before redknapp kicked the ball

[@JoyBagle]

HOW DID I MISS THIS. MY WHOLE GOAL KEEPING GOAT

[@gurururuwarararara8164]

This is the guy I channel when I'm playing FIFA with a friend and I'm up 5-1

[@urmero67]

very well done congrats. great footage ive never seen before. I grew up w him and saw him do the escorpion in a copa libertadores match but in the field warmup right before the game.. he hit it so perfectly the ball landed near the center circle...you can tell he practiced it for years before doing it in a real game

[@MetalMonkey]

His Scorpion Kick against England made him a household name Worldwide especially when KZbin came along. However, the ref blew his whistle before the scorpion kick (I don't know why) so it wouldn't have been a goal if he missed the kick..

[@vasilebandila2502]

Scored three goals as a goalkeeper in the same tournament. That's more than most current strikers. And affording to save with that back flip, when plenty goalkeepers missed the ball passed back to them by their own teammates...

[@leegarnier9396]

I'm not really into football, but seeing people like this is awesome. The way you presented it is awesome. I am now really into football.

[@MajorMumwett]

Brilliant video, i was laughing all the way through that. Higuita... what a crazy bastard lol

[@kevtlee08]

I’ve heard stories of this man. Seeing this just makes his stories even better.

[@sudstahgaming]

How has this guy not gotten his own film

[@PerfectOxygen]

Happy 500k subscribers pal, road to 600k and until 1 million, happy to have been here for a long time

[@dmitrychirkov4206]

there are regular people there are greats there are GOATs there are the ones, who define greatness

[@cherryb0ng]

I don't even watch football, but these videos are history. And I loved every bit of it.

[@KHID-JR]

IT WAS SIMPLY SHOCKING.🤯.

[@ayoNan2311]

Bro you got so much better. You make everything exciting please keep doing watchu doing. Your meant for this.

[@TheTyke]

Great video but bro, your videos really need epilepsy warnings. 2:21 made me have to look away and I don't even have epilepsy. Should be careful putting flashing lights that rapid and bright in videos because it can induce it even in people not photosensitive.

[@alexstevsens8537]

You are the best football KZbinr around. All of your content is amazing!

[@RostiArt]

this made me cry of emotion...

[@Velereonics]

when he blocks penalties he seems to know what they're going to do like long before cuz he's already moving before they're even close to the ball so he's discerned what they're going to do based on their body basically the second they start moving and that's crazy. or maybe he's doing an Agassi type thing where he's looking at what they're doing before they even start the kick.

[@LeadPen]

You should do a video on Roger Milla! what a player he was for Cameroon during that 1990 world cup, a lot of his club career has been forgotten and overshadowed by his insane international performances.

[@HISasha-Dee]

This really

[@paulshort1027]

A great video that was well really put together with a narrator who i could listen to reading my washing machine instruction manual. Subbed and looking forward to more.

[@Booyak.]

Congrats on 500k!!!

[@darkin1484]

This guy is a legend. He's everything columbia is... in one person.

[@JackPaul-vs3bq]

Higuita was one hell of a goalie! 🤣🤣

[@felipevelasquez1807]

As a native from Medellin it hurts whenever I hear it pronounced like that but it’s always a good laugh Great video!

[@Suri-bm4fe]

Dava para entender a kilometros que eras Portugues... grande video bro este canal merece crescer!

[@Deadgye]

That pure smile on his face as he was falling to the ground after successfully pulling off that first scorpion kick.

[@ageldenb]

The most eccentric and entertaining goalkeeper ever. I loved that guy!!!

[@Supersonic]

good LORD your storytelling is amazing!

[@D-Treaso]

I really love this channel, I love football wish nothing but the best for you

[@EskiltheWanderer]

You could see the joy in his face when he saw he had done the scorpion kick.

[@Bingbong._.]

Great video! But I think the audio cound've been better. It feels like you are so close to the mic, and idk but it just feels a little uncomfortable, at least for me. Still, love the way you covered the story, and I enjoyed it a lot :)

[@DevonRyeTheDragonfly]

I’m convinced. Give this man an icon already.

[@WilgansTV]

Yo This was Insane!!!!

[@JosiahPlett]

This man's life was more of a movie than every biographical movie I've ever seen

[@SivuyileHendrickRala-rala]

A true complete footballer, the real goat of the maradona era that nobody mentions in goat conversation...

[@ikku4321]

The seat edge the narrator keeps us on is expected to be endless. The voice over makes me move to the edge of my seat but I run out of my chair 4 minutes into video.

[@Woad_Brah]

This deserves a hollywood movie to be made about his life. What a legend.

[@JavaNesiaJW]

LEGEND, you had my respect sir

[@Just_Donn]

what a guy, he was an alter boy like myself...he served God while he was young and he blessed him for real🙏

[@erickperez8770]

Serving God and snorting cocaine.

[@johncolvin2754]

Sweeper keeper😂 what a blast from the past. Tysm 😃

[@LeadPen]

You should do a video on Roger Milla! what a player he was for Cameroon during that 1990 world cup, a lot of his club career has been forgotten and overshadowed by his insane international performances.

[@denilsonthomas]

This man is the New Gen 11 goalkeeper that we need In Bluelock

[@TheSoleDweller]

He is one of my childhood heroes and will ever be. Long live Higuita!

[@waxseawan]

Inventor of the scorpion kick. So badass!

[@anthonydelange4128]

Man thats super inspiring what a legend 😢

[@007parce]

I was born in Castilla. His grandmother lived 3 houses down from mine. Higuita will come by to visit sometimes. He is a normal very likeble guy in person

[@lyricalmelody2011]

Never seen a player carry every time he played like higuita

[@UhohitsRenaudV4]

Wild video 🔥🔥🔥🔥