TRIBUTE TO A PRICE PAYER- ANDRES ESCOBAR

Have you ever heard of another chance? This guy did not get any glimpse of it, he passed on at 27 and that's the mildest way to represent the 'cold' blood murder of a very soft man but tough tackler who no doubt was one of the best players for his country during his playing years. Fondly remembered by his alias 'the gentle-man' of football. Many children in the part of the world where I grew up would not find out that scoring an 'own-goal' during a football game is not called escobar and that escobar is just the name of the football player who has paid the highest price for scoring an own goal (OG). So while I was confused on whether to call this write-up 'players who payed cheaper prices' or 'these ones were lucky because they escobar went ahead' or 'players escobar's life paid ransom for', I said to myself why not make it a tribute to Andres Escobar himself.

Andres Escobar

It was said that he was murdered because of the own goal he scored against his nation Columbia while representing them against USA, this own goal was believed to have caused financial losses to some powerful drug-lords, so they sadly took his life to draw even.

This write up compiles a list of players who despite scoring many own-goals during their career, they stay alive and sometimes still get the support of the very club they self destruct against.

1. Pascal Cygan: If you find an Arsenal fan who absolutely loves Cygan, +1 this article on google plus. On a real though after taking the lead through Thierry Henry's 16th minute penalty, Arsenal seemed content with this narrowest of advantages and paid the price when the perennially hapless Pascal Cygan diverted Loukas Vintra's long-ranger into his own net with 16 minutes remaining. The game ended in a draw and nearly cost Arsenal in the Champions League that year but the magic of another chance would mean that Cygan went on to be a part of the 'Invincibles' squad, covering up in left back position due to injuries to the left backs of the day. He later moved on to Villarreal and is still alive today.

2. Jamie Carragher: Gerrard was Mr Captain Fantastic and this man was Mr consistent. Carragher was almost always available for selection during his playing days, despite scoring aa number of telling own goals wearing the red colors of Liverpool. Being allowed to live on even after so many errors made him go on to achieve a lot with Liverpool and England including going on to becoming the holder of the club's second highest appearance record.

3.  Jérôme Boateng: scored an own goal in a Bundesliga match against Bayer Leverkusen. This was the winning goal, and had it not occurred Bayern Munich would have ended the season undefeated in the Bundesliga. He still rises to applaud from many Bayern fans and he scored the winning goal for them in a champions league game against Manchester City later on.

This list can go on and on but the idea is to remember Escobar while letting everyone remember that if given the chance, someone who absolutely makes a mess of everything can go on to be extremely useful.