Mateus Uribe and Carlos Bacca, two Colombian football players who missed penalty kicks in the match against England on Tuesday, have become targets of criticism from Colombian fans, including several who threatened them with death.

The match went to a penalty shootout after the game ended 1-1 and, in the end, Columbia was knocked out. Uribe's shot hit the crossbar and Bacca’s shot was saved by England’s goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.

After the match, the two players became targets of blame and insults from Colombia’s fans. Bacca received the most, with many referring to him as “dead”, telling him to kill himself and warning him (as well as Uribe) not to return to the country.

Bacca and Uribe were not the only victims of online abuse. After Colombia lost their first Group H match to Japan, Carlos Sanchez - who was given a red card and ejected in the third minute of the game due to a handball in the box, which gave Japan a penalty kick - has also received death threats. Colombian police have even launched investigations into the threats.

On July 2, one day before the Columbia vs. Japan match, was the 24th anniversary of the murder of Andres Escobar. Escobar was a defender for Columbia at the 1994 FIFA World Cup and scored an own goal during the team’s second match in Group A against the US, leading to the team's elimination. After returning from the World Cup, Escobar went to a nightclub and was shot six times in the parking lot. At the time, there were reports of the shooters yelling “goal” every time they pulled the trigger.

Not all Colombian fans are acting in this manner, however. “Don't wish for the death of Bacca and Uribe. Do we wish to repeat what happened to Andres Escobar? Is this Colombia? Games are won and lost, we are a real country,” wrote Brayan Sanchez.

“The anniversary of the death of Andres Escobar and you are calling for the death of Bacca. I'm sorry, I can't stand such shit people. Get out of my timeline,” posted a user going by the name of Lois Lane.

Before the Colombia vs. England match, Andres Escobar's brother expressed his concerns about players getting murdered if their country fails to make it into the next round.

When asked about the death threats against Carlos Sanchez, Sachi said: “The fact that people are still allowed to say these things on social network sites, even to threaten him with death... shows me that nothing good came out of Andres' death, nothing was learned. These people are just lowlifes, who are not real Colombian football fans, who should be arrested and thrown into jail.”