{"id":344345,"date":"2023-11-05T19:38:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T20:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=344345"},"modified":"2023-11-06T00:02:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T00:02:56","slug":"premier-league-stars-tribute-to-kidnapped-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=344345","title":{"rendered":"Premier League star's tribute to kidnapped father"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luis Diaz lifted his jersey to reveal a T-shirt with the words \u201cLibertad Para Papa\u201d (\u201cFreedom for Papa\u201d) after scoring a late equaliser in his first appearance for Liverpool<\/a> since his parents were kidnapped<\/a> in his native Colombia.<\/p>\n

Diaz bundled home a goal in the fifth minute of stoppage time to earn Liverpool a 1-1 draw at Luton in the Premier League<\/a> and immediately sent a message for his father, who is still missing after the kidnapping by a guerrilla group, National Liberation Army, known as ELN.<\/p>\n

Both of Diaz\u2019s parents were taken in the small Colombian town of Barrancas last weekend, though his mother was rescued within hours by police.<\/p>\n

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Diaz returned to training on Thursday after missing two Liverpool games and said he was ready to play against Luton, with manager Jurgen Klopp selecting him on the bench.<\/p>\n

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He came on in the 83rd minute and spared Liverpool from embarrassment with a goal off Harvey Elliott\u2019s cross.<\/p>\n

Klopp said before the game that \u201cpositive\u201d negotiations were taking place about the release of Diaz's father.<\/p>\n

Tahith Chong looked like being the match-winner for Luton, converting a finish at the end of an 80th-minute counterattack that came after a Liverpool corner.<\/p>\n

It would have been Luton's statement win in its first ever season in the Premier League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Luis Diaz lifted his jersey to reveal a T-shirt with the words \u201cLibertad Para Papa\u201d (\u201cFreedom for Papa\u201d) after scoring a late equaliser in his […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":344347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344345"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=344345"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344348,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344345\/revisions\/344348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/344347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=344345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=344345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=344345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}