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Watch: Pumas' Nicolas Castillo jump-starts comeback with angry scissor kick

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Nicolas Castillo may be the future of Chile, but the genuine centre-forward is Pumas' present.

On Sunday, in the 72nd minute of Pumas' Liga MX game versus Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente, Castillo helped Francisco Palencia's side erase a three-goal deficit, throwing himself into the thin air of Mexico's capital in order to manufacture a furious scissor kick and cut Xolos' lead to 3-1.

Castillo's goal sparked a comeback in which Pumas scored three goals in 16 minutes to tally a well-deserved point from a 3-3 draw.

Here's the goal from another angle:

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