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Soccer - Chicharito becomes Mexico's leading goalscorer

Published 28/05/2017, 04:49
Updated 28/05/2017, 05:00
© Reuters. Bayer Leverkusen's Chicharito kicks the ball during a training session on the eve of their Champions League group E soccer match against Barcelona in Barcelona

(Reuters) - Javier Hernandez passed Jared Borgetti as Mexico's all-time leading scorer on Saturday when his goal in their 2-1 defeat to Croatia took his tally to 47.

The Bayer (DE:BAYGN) Leverkusen striker rose to head home a free kick at the far post with four minutes left in the match. Duje Cop and Fran Tudor had put Croatia 2-0 by half time.

Hernandez, better known as 'Chicharito', got the goal after coming on as a substitute in the 66th minute of the friendly match played at Los Angeles' Memorial Coliseum.

© Reuters. Bayer Leverkusen's Chicharito kicks the ball during a training session on the eve of their Champions League group E soccer match against Barcelona in Barcelona

"I think Javier is one of the best finishers in the world," Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio said after the game, a warm-up for next month's Confederations Cup in Russia.

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