“Rene has walked away. And like the empty sidewalks in the old Four Tops hit, football is not the same. The game will miss Rene Higuita. The eccentric Colombian keeper bid farewell with an exhibition match last week. Of course, he had to produce the famous ‘scorpion’ save one last time. But for all its novelty value, the ‘scorpion’ is not the reason for Higuita’s importance. Nor, in the final analysis, are the goals he scored. His free-kicks and penalties were no circus act, and they inspired a line of goalscoring South American goalkeepers.” (BBC – Tim Vickery)