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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00:00 How does one feel with that vertigo of entering a field with emotions and fears?
00:09 The one who leaves a mark in life is the one who is capable of doing majestic things that no one expects.
00:17 It's a beautiful football. It's an art.
00:22 René is a kind of those touched by God like Diego Maradona, like Pelé, like Messi.
00:29 (Crowd cheering)
00:33 He would pass by the middle of the field and he would guide himself and go crazy.
00:37 His name is "El Loco". René revolutionized the world.
00:40 He has achieved 40 new scores and is the highest scorer in the world.
00:44 We love you, Higuita!
00:46 We are going to change the history of Colombian football.
00:49 To make the René Higuita sport, we had to fight with many dragons, as they say.
00:57 Anyone can find us, and many more powerful people.
01:00 A journalist asked me if I was a friend of Pablo Escobar, and I said yes.
01:07 Everything that has led him to be what he is today has been a chain of mistakes.
01:15 He says he is a perfectly imperfect being.
01:19 The Metropolitan Police have already sent him to the city of Bogotá.
01:24 Football is like life. You have your good times and your bad times.
01:29 René is one of the greatest legends of world football, and if not the greatest of Colombian football.
01:38 The René Higuita story
01:41 Coming soon
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01:48 Thanks for watching!