Iván Zamorano arrived at Colo Colo for the 2003 season. The scorer fulfilled his dream of playing in the greatest and the promise to his father. Bam Bam was the great name that Popular had that reached the final of the 2003 Opening Tournament.
In the final, the Cacique came to play Calama on July 6, 2003, after matching 0-0 at the Monumental Stadium. The history of the return is known: the Cacique fell 4-0 with Iván Zamorano sanctioned for attacking and insulting the referee, Carlos Chandía.
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The ‘9’ was caught with 11 suspension dates, after the expletives, which ended up triggering his retirement from football, as we all know, but Miguel Riffo denied this version and revealed an unpublished conversation with the attacker prior to the final in Calama .
Iván Zamorano played a semester at Colo Colo
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“People do not know and I am going to tell it for the first time: Iván had already decided that he was going to retire even though we had won the title. It was not for the punishment.” The night before the game against Cobreloa, he brought us all together. the players in his room and he told us that he had made that decision, that he hadn’t even told his family, ” The former defender said in conversation with Las Últimas Noticias.
“He asked us for all the effort. He told us that for him, who had won everything at Real Madrid, playing in Colo Colo and being champion was his and his dad’s dream. I remembered that after the game and that’s why I I started crying. The funny thing is that it was Ivan himself who ended up consoling me “he added.
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