Higuita: The Way of the Scorpion | Official Trailer | Netflix

From poverty to soccer legend, this documentary captures the rise of Colombia's René Higuita, his revolutionary career and the birth of "The Scorpion."
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[@thatgeekdad]

I was at Wembley for that England Columbia game. After that, no one cared about the game much. Even after it was a nil nil draw. All anyone could talk about in the stands and in the tube going home was that kick.

[@krauterbaron360]

im german and born 84 italia 90 i was 6 years old the years later i rewatched the colombian and germany wc 90 games so many times(cause my father recorded on tape) , higuita and el pibe r the reason i carry the colombian nationalteam in my heart since i was 6-8 years old .420 peace

[@bocha2311]

I was watching that England game live as a kid. To this day, I could not believe what I saw it was truly amazing. He played with a smile on his face and entertained the world at the same time. What a legend!

[@moreblack]

he could've just stood still and caught it

[@leftmono1016]

Yeah I remember this too. Sitting with my family as a kid, couldn’t believe it.

[@iiRodeoclownii]

@@leftmono1016 so youd remember the offside flag was already up, which is why he chose to do the crazy save lol

[@MrRobm81]

Ppl seem to forget when jamie Redknapp chipped back to higuta he was doing so cus the game was to be restarted from a goal kick . Everyone in the ground knew it. So higuta doing that knew if he messed up it wouldnt of counted as goal ... watch the minute run up to the scorpion kick .

[@MrRobm81]

​@@iiRodeoclowniithank god some else remembers jamie Redknapp was chipping it back to restart the game

[@G-hg2im]

Grew in Africa watching this legend...everyone wanted to be him! Let him know he's extremely popular in Africa within my generation. RIP Escobar who got murdered after than own goal.

[@Londol1]

that ENTIRE squad is historic!! love higuita!!🙏🏼🇨🇴🇨🇴

[@babatundeojerinde]

The craziest goal keeper to ever live... This guy was a legend!

[@FredMazo]

He's a legend ;)

[@1983Dave1983]

Is 😊

[@babatundeojerinde]

@@dgc5249 😂😂😂😂 Onana... What's my name...

[@mynegroacademia7516]

​@@dgc5249Onaga is a deceiver!

[@osvaldoluna2020]

This man truly was an innovative athlete. When they talk about taking chances in life, Rene Higuita took it to the extreme, and in return, became an Icon.

[@anthtan]

The whole story of the Colombian team of that era should be made into a series. Not just Higuita. Valderama, Asprilla, Rincon, Valencia.... and of course Andrés Escobar. A story of brilliance, beauty, but also tragedy.

[@BlueSkyCrystals]

ESPN did a really good doc for their 30 for 30 series named The Two Escobars.

[@nicolapowell7730]

I learned something new today. I didn't know Asprilla was the era as Higuita. Thanks!

[@nicholaskimberroldan2436]

There is actually a Colombian series precisely about this, showing all the stories of Asprilla, Valderrama, Higuita, Rincon, etc, from their humble beginnings to playing world cups. It is called "La Seleccion" produced by Caracol. Definitely recommend watching if you can find it 👍

[@elvinjenkinsii8109]

Netflix actually has a show dedicated to just that.

[@anthtan]

@@elvinjenkinsii8109 Really? What's it called? May not be available where I am (Singapore).

[@stephenreggio42]

My favorite goalkeeper growing up in Ghana 🇬🇭🥰

[@Ghanaba23]

What about Olele 😅

[@bitterbold]

When style, skill and art join together, it's called Higuita. Great goalkeeper, great guy.

[@elitealice]

Definitely deserves a Netflix special. What a player he was

[@robinloxley3955]

Wrong. This should be in ESPN+ special kid

[@elitealice]

@@robinloxley3955 hell up

[@Lyralikesit]

Now this is a true Netflix Football documentary!

[@neoreign]

He's adored in his country and he's adored in Africa and abroad. Long live HIguita.

[@willwrite3675]

Africa and abroad? That's REALLY strange phrasing

[@nicolapowell7730]

@@willwrite3675 I kind of like it. Like Africa's the centre and everywhere else is everywhere else. 😊

[@ledernierutopiste]

@@willwrite3675 If he is african it's logical, he knows that people love him there, because he experienced it.

[@gordoncomstock3006]

as an American-Colombian, that looks incredible

[@tommymorgan73]

The documentary I didn't know I needed! Looks brilliant

[@roberto_ik5640]

but not as brilliant as your ass

[@conradcodfish8638]

Thanks to this legend every football kid in world attemped the heel safe once, also thanks to this Goat i have a chin scar.

[@bearcb]

The scorpion defense was one of the top magic moments in football, like Pelé dribbling Mazurkievsky without touching the ball.

[@arturrizzato1034]

A well deserved recognition. Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷

[@shubhojitghosh69]

The one who introduced the sweeper keeper role in football.

[@shouryapathania6575]

Nope that was yashin

[@Fafifon]

@@shouryapathania6575 Nope that was Amadeo Carrizo

[@henryk7636]

That was Yashin

[@joker6-6]

​@@FafifonThat was Yasin

[@Fafifon]

@@joker6-6 Bro Amadeo Carrizo did it in 1945. Yashin did it later on

[@6ch6ris6]

even when compared to modern football and modern interpretations of goalkeeping this guy is still ahead of its time. like wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ahead. so much so that you just had to call him "loco". no one was ready for that stuff. maybe it's not him who is loco, but us.

[@spookybizzle]

When he bust that scorpion kick in "whatever game it was in the 90s", everyone was in the playground or the park trying to replicate it the next day. Legend.

[@basquat76]

It wasn't a world cup game. It was a friendly.

[@dnakatomiuk]

Ha I remember that at my school a lot of kids had busted up chins trying to do it. Parents thought they'd been in a fight

[@simeonegattuso]

Not in the world cup

[@RevoyonsMovies]

This documentary is fantastic. René Higuita was a legend!

[@Bamboodonutz]

I think it is impossible to identify another moment in sports when an athlete performed a skill successfully that was so outrageous and so risky in their respective sport. In Higuita's case it was a skill that nobody else in the history of the game did!

[@joaovinicius3403]

It was a friendly. Zero stakes for Colombia.

[@daviebananas1735]

It was also blown for a foul before this, so play had already stopped, so zero risk.

[@Bamboodonutz]

@@joaovinicius3403 risk of conceding a goal as a professional, risk of embarrassment, is still risk.

[@azzurriblue65]

@@Bamboodonutz I'm pretty sure the whistle had blown; there were zero stakes. Still entertaining nonetheless.

[@thisguyrighthere3]

@@joaovinicius3403 it was at a world cup. i was watching it on tv as it happened

[@rishabprakash9686]

The fact that Higuita would have still been a beast in the modern game!

[@fuhlertier1grp148]

He will make modern Goalkeeper look like amateur. This guy will go for the ball without thinking twice, nothing can stop him in the pitch when he dribbles the ball. True Legend.

[@casperskestrel]

From an era when footballers had personalities, unlike many of today's money hungry robots.

[@thisguyrighthere3]

i couldnt agree more

[@AlpaguAltan]

We were lucky generation. We watched Maradona, Higuita, Campos, Chilavert, Valderama, Batistuta, Romario, Fenomen Ronaldo, Baggio, Roberto Carlos, Matthaus, Zidane and more. Higuita always been crazy and different goal keeper. Big respect crazy man 🔥👊

[@LuciTulcea]

Higuita and Jorge Campos were a joy to watch! 😀

[@elflakeador09]

That scorpion kick was insame, balls of steel

[@essj3334]

This keeper would be perfect in the modern game where they want the teams to play from the back.

[@chillmisty1736]

Stfu you don’t know anything dumb mf 😂😂😂

[@chillmisty1736]

Hey Faginho you sound clueless as fk 😂😂😂😂

[@PraiseRap]

Wow, long overdue. What a legend in the game, most entertaining keeper ever. Even supporters of the opposing team look forward to see what he will do

[@josegregoriomartinez7222]

! Excelente serie sobre el gran arquero colombiano René Higuita 👏👏👏!

[@freddyboygames9666]

I love these football documentaries

[@nasdelanoche5727]

1990 world cup .. Cameroon-Columbia !!! the legend Higuita showed off that Scorpio move !! i remember this legend since that day

[@user-eq8uj8rs8n]

Love this man. I am happy they made a doc for him

[@Johnny-Utah-91]

Thanks to Higuita FIFA had to change the back pass to the goalie rule... LEGEND

[@ManoleitorArg]

Siempre me parecio un personaje entrañable y un buen arquero... Saludos desde Argentina!

[@isaacpinto8785]

LEYENDA MUNDIAL 🇨🇴⚽

[@adele_tg]

👍👍👍👍

[@RTM-Sports]

René’s scorpion kick is almost up there with Bruce Grobbelaar’s crazy legs routine!

[@darylsherif4148]

Man getting his flowers at last, beautiful ✨

[@buatkitatermenung9224]

Best docu ever....tis legend is amzing man....he is truly a legend....

[@tobiaslarsen3861]

Higuita is a legend of football

[@trevorwebster9190]

One of the best keeper i ever seen 👏 👏👏

[@Desire123ification]

Exceptional Athlete! (Legend)

[@rrojas0630]

He's the 🐐 of goalkeeping

[@buatkitatermenung9224]

i love rene ...he has heart...what a man....i wud recommend everuone who loves footvall to watch tia series

[@sarfarazhussain5411]

No doubt he revolutionized the GK position whose impact is long lasting. I will always be grateful for the moments he gave in the field.

[@marcosrivas5622]

Jajajaja ni que fuera liev yashin el drogadicto ese

[@greenamogus]

@@marcosrivas5622 por que respondes en espaniol un comentario en ingles? Tienes problemas mentales?

[@valesverga9]

​@@marcosrivas5622liev yashin nunca metio goles, higuita si... saco a river plate de la semi final de la copa Libertadores con un tiro libre... ningun otro equipo le diera la confianza a su portero de hacer tal cosa...

[@marcosrivas5622]

gran cosa jajaja, metio goles. wao. Higuita nunca gano un balon de oro. xq no hablas de la que se mando en el 94 contra camerun jajajaj. un merquero. eso era higuita@@valesverga9

[@marcosrivas5622]

ningun otro equipo?? jajaja rogerio ceni marco 132 goles. se pasa a higuita entre las nalgas. merquero. eso es higuita@@valesverga9

[@JUST_OBEY]

Higuita, que personaje!🤘🏻

[@xALKENx]

Legend

[@dorcia]

He is the reason I fell in love with Colombian soccer. He was so smooth and fun....

[@samsabruskongen]

Legend.

[@nwananka]

LEGEND

[@nazreenmonash4372]

the scorpion kick is amazing

[@malinikugan6076]

Remembering the legendary moment by the LEGEND.RENE HIGUITA UNPREDICTABLE GK IN HISTORY.👍🙏❤️

[@jocakenyeres5298]

Higuita=God (for me)

[@jr032582]

thank you Netflix. been waiting for you to feautre El Loco

[@motionstudio77]

One of the legendary goalkeeper in the history of football...

[@ivano8391]

I feel that Latin American Goalkeepers have been underrated. Everyone is quick to talk about the likes of Kahn or Casillas but I seldom hear about the likes of Higuita, Campos, Chilavert, etc. I feel those keepers also played a huge role in the development of Goalkeepers period.

[@zacatak619]

not really, ederson and allison have been the best goalies in the world these past few years. ochoa is always talked about every world cup and navas has won countless accolades

[@messoussiahmed9910]

fan of football never forget this goalkeeper you can ad thomas nkono joseph antoine bell african great and special oscar for tony meola he was fun too !

[@oltrepeccato]

You really forgot the Brazilians man, there was a dozen and more of great goalkeepers since the old times in 🇧🇷

[@alanmorrison633]

No, Brazilian keepers have been highly rated forever and as cool as this is, it has not revolutionised goalkeeping, "sweeper keeper" and attacking goalkeepers has never become a popular style outside of a few eccentric goalies.

[@AthenaTheSlayer]

I'm Colombian, but Chilavert was something special

[@nelsonvalverde4073]

Este " loco " hizo que te dieran verdaderos deseos de ver y Hacer fútbol....... Pura Magia lo que hizo en Wembley..... EN WEMBLEY !

[@furkanayas3339]

not joking he is my favourite player for 10 years. football is night international fighting, it's making people happy and fun, it's a show

[@christianrichardson5413]

The GOAT of Goalkeeping 🐐

[@Alex-kv1fh]

Best goalkeaper of all time!

[@romanriquelme3139]

Goalkeeper with personality !

[@Flipper1974nz]

They just don't make GK's like Rene Higuita anymore...Legend !

[@AvengerKnight-vv1tg]

Manuel Nuer

[@Cluez31]

@@AvengerKnight-vv1tg I've never seen Neuer dribble the length of the field after making a save in the midst of players

[@AvengerKnight-vv1tg]

@@Cluez31 he did

[@Cluez31]

@@AvengerKnight-vv1tg Okay I went back and looked at some highlights and yeah he has some dribbling skills but he's no "El Loco"...It takes a special kind of crazy to pull off the things Rene did. Neuer was getting the ball out of danger...Rene was looking like Ronaldinho before Ronaldinho

[@AvengerKnight-vv1tg]

@@Cluez31 pep thought Neuer was a midfielder and also asked him to play in that row

[@yengkysiregar7099]

The legend😇

[@Joslin-bo5lv]

legend is the word

[@gorillabang79]

My wife has telenovelas and I have football. The flare and madness with which Higuita played made my father and tios cure at the top of their lungs. I loved it.

[@igkgigoh]

I remember seeing that crazy clip of him as a kid, I never found it again and wondered who it was. Incredible timing Netflix, I thought about him last week.

[@amjh4lah809]

Looks good!

[@danydx1984]

Siempre serás mi idolo 🤪❤️💯 saludos desde Ecuador 🇪🇨

[@Arsenal4Ever876]

Thank u

[@RaphaelGuerrawarsoul]

higuita é uma lenda

[@neilstevens9796]

After that scorpion kick the next day everyone was out on the school field trying to replicate it.

[@nicka113]

Can’t wait for this!

[@adele_tg]

👍👍👍👍

[@nothingbeatsawoodie]

yo lo vi jugando en veracruz. era espectacular

[@Koekoek24447]

Cool keeper ⚽⚽❤️❤️

[@anderscarlberg8367]

About 50 !!!! goals as a goalkeeper Higuita is a Legend

[@alpha13sierra]

Don't forget about Chilavert!

[@withnail29]

​@@alpha13sierraDoesnt he have over 100 goals?

[@TimCidy]

Wow I must watch it

[@gastonlee1935]

Grandeeeeee🧤🧤🧤🦄🦄🦄

[@LibertyAndJustice417]

un capo higuita

[@Arsenal4Ever876]

Beautiful game ❤

[@MrKernkraft4000]

can't wait

[@ortzy2580]

Geniooooooo

[@RandomnessTube.]

The first modern-day GK superstar some of the things he pulled off on the pitch was amazing and unnecessary at the same time but still amazing and as a kid I will never forget that save never seen anything like it he changed the GK narrative of being uncool.

[@dejabu24]

Iconic player from the 80&90

[@santodomingodevia]

Un genio

[@storywala88]

Very intriguing

[@starproenglish]

The best goal keeper! Le meilleur gardien!

[@andypitkin9051]

Yes please!!!

[@user-hd8ej8yx9p]

definitely unforgettable

[@gump5ter01]

I remember sitting with my dad watching that World Cup match live when he did that scorpion thing. I’m sure it was a World Cup match anyway. Don’t slam me if I’m wrong. I was a child and I remember my dad’s reaction and him explaining what just happened and how wild it was. It’s one of those child memories that stuck with me.

[@AndresRojas-gq2fw]

It was a friendly match against England in Wembley. I too remember it

[@tonythetyger99]

I remember him doing it against England in, I think, a friendly... English players were like 'what just happened?'

[@gump5ter01]

@@AndresRojas-gq2fw yeah I wasn’t 100 percent. My dad lost his mind lol.

[@AndresRojas-gq2fw]

@@gump5ter01 we all did mate. Hahah

[@bazid389]

This man so different and special

[@AaronFerraz]

iguita era pika, respeito máximo. Impunha respeito. Inacreditável o que ele fazia no gol

[@Louwarrior2026]

and Netflix released this on my birthday!? Im definitely changing back into a goalkeeper now

[@MrRobm81]

Fun fact when renee higuta did the scorpion kick 10 seconds b4 there was break in play for where ball was thrown back into play .the ball from Jamie Redknapp chipped the ball back to the Colombian keeper. Everyone in the ground knew play wouldnt be effected . Higuita knew if he messed up a goal wouldn't count . But yeh in world cup he cost his country. One name must haunt him .. Rodger Miller.

[@Cripalani]

all the comments here are praising him like he was a new Jesus but in reality he was a very mediocre gk with connection to the most evil men in Colombia. Also failed in Europe where Escobar couldnt buy him opponents lmao

[@main1146]

legendary player

[@74Bagas]

fckin' ridicoulous, fckin' legend. vamosss

[@Oxymoron-ENE]

Legendary El Loco

[@deqalb]

Funny back in the day Higuita playstyle is called El Loco. In modern football, he'll be a standard Pep Guardiola GK.

[@oscarvilla6207]

Mi arquero favorito

[@cipoygaming]

Legeeeeeeeeend. ❤️❤️❤️