Preciado Leids Colombia; Colombia Tunisia.(Sports)

From: Sports Argus (Birmingham, England) | Date: June 27, 1998 | Copyright information

Substitute Leider Preciado boosted Colombia's hopes with a goal eight minutes from time in Montpellier.

Preciado, a lithe-limbed 25-year-old striker form Bogota, was thrown into the action by coach Hernan Gomez when veteran Freddy Rincon's legs looked to have gone in the 56th minute.

Colombian captain Carlos Valderrama, three years older than ...

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