By Edgardo Avelar
The first goal of World Cup 2026noted by Julian Quiñoneswas not only the cause of millions of Mexican fans, but also crossed borders to Colombia, the country of birth of the Tricolor striker. who became the figure of the Tricolor at the start of the World Cup.
The effort and dedication of Quiñones in his best game for the Mexican team in his twenty-third match with the green shirt and for that reason it had an impact on the Colombian press, which highlighted the effort and scoring start of the forward who was born in Colombia, but with the passage of time decided to become Mexican for different reasons and one of them was to be able to play with the Tricolor in this World Cup dream.
Quiñones scored the first goal of the World Cup and of Mexico in the 9th minute to lead the Tricolor to an important 2-0 victory and immediately the effort of the colored striker captured the covers of the Mexican and Colombian media that assumed cAs his own the goal of the loyal forward of the Al-Qadisiya team.
Quiñones’ score was highlighted by the media such as El Deportico.com.co, Radio Caracol, Infobae and El Tiempo, who did not hesitate to highlight Quiñones’ goal, which they took advantage of to highlight that he is originally from the South American country.
“A Colombian scored the first goal of the 2026 World Cup,” was the title of the article published by El Deportivo on its website, a text in which it also mentioned the naturalization process. what the footballer did and for what he now represents El Tri.
For its part, El Tiempo published: With Colombian help, Mexico comfortably won the first game of the 2026 World Cup. Julián Quiñones from Nariño “He was the protagonist in the opening match of the World Cup.”
Quiñones’ career in Mexico
It is worth remembering that Quiñones arrived in Mexico at a very young age and that it was precisely in our country where he trained and established himself as a soccer player; in the MX League He played for Tigres, Lobos BUAP, Atlas and América.
Although the Colombian team tried to join him in their ranks, in the end he chose to represent the Aztec team, which was able to do thanks to the fact that in 2023 he became naturalized as Mexican, where with the World Cup goal he added three scores with the green shirt.
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