Leon's Diego Novaretti had a Sunday to forget. Novaretti's side lost their Clausura semi-final match against Pachuca, 2-1, and that wasn't even the half of it. Look how Pachuca's first goal came about.
#YoElijoClaroSports ¡Autogol! de Diego Novaretti pone en ventaja al Pachuca a los 22 minutos. VIDEO https://t.co/A9IqqBJHY5
— Claro Sports (@ClaroSports) May 23, 2016
Yikes. That looked more like pin-ball than soccer. Luckily for Leon, Elias Hernandez was on hand to recoup some of their dignity.
El golazo de Elías Hernández con el que @clubleonfc logra el 1-1 ante los @Tuzos (Vía @LIGABancomerMX) pic.twitter.com/Niak54pWbJ
— CANCHA (@CANCHAELNORTE) May 23, 2016
Also luckily (maybe) for Novaretti, he probably doesn't remember his own-goal because later in the game Hirving Lozano kneed him in the face and knocked him out.
#LigaMXNBCDeportes ¡Que golpe! Diego Novaretti detiene a @HirvingLozano70 y se lleva la peor parte https://t.co/nECKhsrOYV
— NBC Deportes (@TelemundoSports) May 23, 2016
"Adding insult to injury" is a dumb phrase, we think, but Lozano did that after knocking Novaretti out when he scored Pachuca's winning goal.
#YoElijoClaroSports ¡Gol de Hirving Lozano! https://t.co/JlZVQzFHpw
— Claro Sports (@ClaroSports) May 23, 2016
Did we mention this was one of the biggest games of the year in Liga MX? God this league is fun.
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