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BOBBY’S BOGOTA ARREST, A BECKS BENDER... AND THAT SCORPION KICK

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THEY may have met just five times but it’s always been eventful when England have faced Colombia...

ENGLAND WIN 4-0, 1970

CAPTAIN Bobby Moore was accused of stealing a bracelet and arrested after this World Cup warm-up in Bogota. He was never prosecuted.

1-1 DRAW, 1988

ANDRES ESCOBAR, who was murdered after the 1994 World Cup, scored his only Colombia goal at Wembley.

0-0 DRAW, 1995

COLOMBIA keeper Rene Higuita stunned Wembley with his scorpion kick save from Jamie Redknapp’s shot.

ENGLAND WIN 2-0, 1998

DAVID BECKHAM curled in his first England free-kick in Lens to fire England to the knockout stages at France 98.

ENGLAND WIN 3-2, 2005

MICHAEL OWEN grabbed a hat-trick — his second for England — to seal a thrilling friendly in New Jersey.

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