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Aldo De Nigris scores game-winner

(AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) Aldo De Nigris marked the passing of his brother Antonio by scoring the winner in the Mexican league playoff between Monterrey and America on Saturday.

Mexican international Antonio De Nigris, aged 31, died of a heart attack in Greece on Monday.

"I don't just dedicate this goal to him, I'm going to dedicate my whole life to him because he was an example to everyone," said Aldo after a capacity crowd of 35,000 in Monterreys Tecnologico stadium waved white handkerchiefs and chanted in his brother's memory.

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