Is this the worst tackle you’ve ever seen? Player in the Honduran top flight is sent off for a flying two-footed challenge – against the team he’s on loan from – that left TWO opponents injured
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A horror challenge in the Honduran top flight has gone viral after two opponents were injured.
Marathon’s Andre Orellana’s two-footed lunge came in the closing stages of his side’s 1-0 defeat to Liga Nacional leaders Olimpia.
The visitors had taken the lead moments beforehand and Orellana clearly allowed his frustration to get the better of him.
The defender flew into a tackle with opponents Carlos Pineda and Germany’s Mejia, leaving the ground before clattering into the pair with visible studs.
But perhaps the most shocking aspect of the incident was that Orellana is currently on loan from Olimpia to Marathon and shared a dressing room with Pineda and Mejia last season.
Andre Orellana is seen flying into a two-footed lunge in the closing stages of Marathon’s 1-0 defeat to Olimpia
The referee had little choice but to show the 21-year-old a red card, with the ferocity of the tackle undeniably dangerous.
Pineda and Mejia were left scattered on the grass as Orellana received his marching orders.
The commentators on Deportes TVC’s broadcast of the match were initially speechless before warning Orellana when they saw a replay of the incident.
The defender rammed into both Carlos Pineda and the German Mejia – with whom he played for Olimpia last season – and missed the ball completely.
The defender may now have some apologies to make when he returns to his parent club at the end of the year.
Orellana told DIEZ: ‘The truth is I was wrong and I apologize to everyone, you are human and you learn from mistakes.
“I think it was a game where the momentum and courage for the game overwhelmed me, that’s not right at all. Germán Mejía told me that there was nothing wrong, that he loves me and that I was part of the game, that I should not lose my DNA and that I had to keep working, that I still have a lot of growing to do.
‘This is part of football, all that remains for me is to correct and control every impulse. I need to know how to keep a balance. I’m telling you this won’t happen again.’