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Emotional moment at funeral after dead footballer ‘scores’ a goal from inside a coffin

Video of the final winning "goal" by Martinez has gone viral on Mexican social media

Emotions ran high a city in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca on Thursday, as family members and football fans bade farewell to a teen who was shot in the head by the police.

Before he met his death, Alexander Martínez Gómez relocated from the United States to Mexico to follow his dream of developing into a soccer star and played for Tierra Blanca Rayados, a third division affiliate of Liga MX's Monterrey. 

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