A video clip of teenagers scoring a goal after the ball bounced off a coffin placed on the ground lit social networking sites in Latin America, so what is the story of this coffin?
A group of teenagers escorted the coffin of their 16-year-old football teammate Alexander Martinez to the place where they used to play with him and made him score his last goal after his funeral by hitting the ball in the casket before entering the goal as a kind of honor to him according to their beliefs.
#Oaxaca | #Cuenca 🎥 Compañeros de Alexander lo despiden, mete su último gol. pic.twitter.com/dJ9hY2DaTW
- Noticias de Oaxaca | TVBUS (@tvbus) June 11, 2020
Martinez was killed in Mexico on Tuesday by police bullets after they were suspected of walking with two of his colleagues. His funeral was held on Thursday.
RIP ❤️⚽
Alexander Martinez, a 16-year-old Mexican boy, was murdered in southern Mexico.
To pay tribute to him, his teammates allowed him to score one last goal.pic.twitter.com/Sag8mSqzdZ
- LIGI ™ (at 🏡) (@OfficialLIGI) June 13, 2020
It is mentioned that it is not the first time that fans from South America honor their friend through football. Last year, Ultras carried the Colombian team Cucuta Deportivo to the coffin of their friend who died while participating in a football match for 17 years, and they went to the stadium to watch the team’s match against The Infigado team.
Last week we saw the Racing fan taking his granddad's skull to the celebrations around Buenos Aires.
Today, we're off to Cúcuta in Columbia where 17 year old Christopher Jácome, murdered the previous day, was taken from his home and to the match. In his coffin. pic.twitter.com/8DiAIezmDJ
- John Milton ✊ (@Geordioca) April 7, 2019
It is strange that their team was late with a goal before entering its coffin on the field, and after its arrival, Cucuta drew and the match ended 1-1.