He Puebla of the Spanish coach Alberto Espigares, who played 27 minutes with one man less, achieved a goalless draw with the champions this Friday Toluca and prevented him from taking the lead in the Mexican Clausura. At the beginning of the fourth day, the Red Devils led by Argentine Antonio Mohamed had possession of the ball, but Puebla maintained order.
After 45 minutes of fighting, in stoppage time, Toluca had the chance to take advantage by taking a penalty; They wasted it because goalkeeper Ricardo Gutiérrez stopped Sebastián Córdova’s shot. In the second half, the home team was about to take advantage, but the Colombian Edgar Guerra scored badly with his left foot with everything in his favor. Four minutes later, Chilean Nicolás Díaz was sent off for violent play and left Puebla with one man less.
Alberto Espigares, satisfied with the draw of his team, Puebla
Toluca advanced lines in search of victory, stepped into the area, but lacked forcefulness and went two games without scoring goals. The team continued in second place, with two wins, two draws and eight points, one less than the leader Guadalajara; With four units, Puebla is thirteenth.
Later this Friday, Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas’ Pumas UNAM will host Santos Laguna and Cruz Azul will visit Juárez FC. Tomorrow the Chivas de Guadalajara of Argentine strategist Gabriel Milito will enter the San Luis stadium in search of maintaining their perfect performance, in a duel between two of the three scoring leaders of the last Apertura, Armando González, for the Chivas and the Italian Joao Pedro, for San Luis.
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In addition, the Tigres of Argentine world champion Ángel Correa will visit León; Tijuana to Monterrey of the Spanish midfielder Sergio Canales, Necaxa to América and Mazatlán to Atlas. The day will conclude on Sunday when Venezuelan scorer Salomón Rondón’s Pachuca will play at the Querétaro stadium.
