Jennifer Beautiful he scored two goals this Thursday, gave an assist and rescued a 3-3 draw for the Pachuca before him Guadalajara in the quarterfinals of the Women’s Soccer Clausura of Mexico. The former Barça player, with two goals, and Alice Soto scored for Tuzas, while Damaris Godínez, Gabriela Valenzuela and Carlina Jaramillo scored for Chivas.
Guadalajara came out to propose and already in minute 2 took the lead with a header from Godínez from a corner kick. Coach Juan Alfaro’s Chivas insisted against a bewildered Pachuca, who suffered another blow in minute 5, when Valenzuela rushed into the area and scored with his left foot, after goalkeeper Esthefanny Barrera came out.
Pachuca recovered. The championship’s leading scorer, Charlyn Corral, missed clear options on three occasions, two with balls to the post, but her team tied thanks to Jenni Hermoso, who put a ball to Soto, who scored with her left foot in the 20th minute, and scored the 2-2 in the launch of a penalty, in the 43.
In the second half, Barrera saved Pachuca in an arrival in the area with everything in favor of Jaramillo, at minute 50, after which Pachuca had the best attacking actions. Guadalajara’s goalkeeper, Blanca Félix, stopped Corral and Hermoso, who stepped into the area with everything in their favor at minute 79 and Barrera saved Pachuca with a save a minute later to dry up an attack by Alicia Cervantes.
Dramatic overtones in the final minutes
The match took dramatic overtones in replacement time; Hermoso converted an elegant goal with a touch from his right foot after a corner taken by Corral, in minute 91 and Chivas tied 3-3, with a left-footed shot from Jaramillo to a pass from Rubí Soto, in minute 93.
“The goals have not served to take us the victory, which is what we wanted; I have a bitter taste, but I have confidence in my team. We have shown that we know how to play with the greats,” Jenni said after the match.
The second leg of the series will be next Sunday in Guadalajara, home of Chivas. This Friday the champion Tigres will visit Atlas, América to Juárez and Monterrey to Tijuana in the other first legs of the best eight phase.
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