Julián Quiñones and a World Cup goal with a Colombian flavor that highlights the coffee press
The Colombian media highlighted that Julián Quiñones' goal was a coffee-made goal
The first goal of the 2026 World Cup, scored by Julián Quiñones, was 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 that 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 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 black striker's effort monopolized the covers of the Mexican and Colombian media who assumed the goal of the current forward of the Al-Qadisiya team as their own.
The Colombian press
Quiñones' score was highlighted by the media such as El Deportico.com.co, Radio Caracol, Infobae and El Tiempo, which 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 carried out by the footballer and why 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 was the protagonist in the opening game 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 Liga MX 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 he was able to do thanks to the fact that in 2023 he naturalized as a Mexican, where with the World Cup goal he added three goals with the green shirt.

