Nahuel Guzmán missed Saturday’s derby match against Monterrey due to injury, but the Tigres goalkeeper still did all he could to help his side win during the game.
Unfortunately for Guzmán, his efforts were both extremely illegal and caught on camera.
Guzmán was shown in the VIP box at the Estadio BBVA shining a laser pointer at Monterrey players during a match that would finish level at 3-3. Monterrey goalkeeper Esteban Andrada and midfielder Sergio Canales appeared to be targeted.
Unable to plausibly claim his innocence, the Guzmán instead took to social media on Sunday to apologize.
“As I already did privately and in coherence with the values of the institution that I represent, I want to take advantage of the reach of social media to publicly offer my apologies to Esteban for what occurred last night during first half of the Clásico Regio,” Guzmán wrote in a post on X.
¡Lo que no se vio del #Clásico Regio!
Nahuel Guzmán apuntando desde un palco con un laser a Andrada, el portero de Rayados pic.twitter.com/DCvmYonF3x
— MedioTiempo (@mediotiempo) April 14, 2024
According to ESPN, Monterrey will file an official complaint with the Mexican federation’s disciplinary committee.
Seeing Guzmán get into mischief is hardly a surprise. In just one of many examples of his penchant for the theatrical, the Argentine hid under a tarp in last year’s Liga MX final after he was red carded.
There was also this moment in the Leagues Cup last year, in which Guzmán did a magic trick during a penalty shootout that wouldn’t have been out of place at a child’s birthday party.
🧞♂️ No trates de entender el Nahuelismo, solo disfrútalo. pic.twitter.com/OLChhwt2jI
— Club Tigres 🐯 (@TigresOficial) August 5, 2023
“Do not try to understand Nahuelism,” read a post on Tigres’ social media, “just enjoy it.”
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