The Spanish Sabine Merino scored his first goal in Mexican soccer on Wednesday in a 1-1 draw as a visitor to his team, the saint Louisbefore him Juarez FC in an early duel of the sixteenth day of the Apertura 2022 tournament.
The other goal of the game got it Allan Medina.
with the match Juarez Y saint Louis added seven points each, maintain the twelfth and thirteenth position, respectively, in the tournament.
Juarez put the saint Louis against their ground in the first 20 minutes. He attacked from the ends with arrivals from Jesús Dueñas from the right and Mauro Lainez from the left.
He managed to move the Argentine Marcelo Barovero at minute three, Owners He escaped through his sector and as soon as he entered the area, he shot a ball at the first post that was contained by the South American goalkeeper.
saint Louis the pressure was shaken off with the speed of Sabin Merino, the native of Vizcaya broke the local defensive block on a counterattack from the right, Lainez he chased him and knocked him down inside the area before he shot on goal; The referee signaled a penalty.
The Spanish charged him to the right of Alfredo Talavera in the 21st to give his team the lead, it was his first goal in the tournament.
The goal did not change the role of the contenders. The local maintained depth thanks to the ability of Lainez, who was not fine in the search for the Argentine Gabriel Fernandez on the attack.
The closest option Juarez He arrived in the 39th minute in a low service from the left that the Uruguayan Maxi Silvera He controlled in the area and resolved in a half-turn with a shot that crashed into the post.
In the second half Juarez maintained dominance. He came close to scoring in the 55th when Fernandez He shot a few meters from the goal line, but the ball reached Barovero’s position.
A minute later the siege on the goal had its reward with the tie that he achieved with a forceful volley shot Allan Medinawho had just entered the game.
The local team launched for the victory, but as the minutes passed, San Luis managed to neutralize it.
With Juarez the Spanish Alexander Ribas, who performed well in central defense, played all 90 minutes. His compatriot Merino from San Luis came out in 81.
This Tuesday, in another early duel of the sixteenth day, the penultimate of the regular phase of the Apertura, the Colombian Andrés Mosquera gave the tie 1-1 to Toluca against Puebla.
Both games were played earlier so as not to interfere with the date FIFA September in which the Mexican team will face Peru and Colombia.
The Apertura will resume this Thursday with the visit of the Queretaro the two-time champion Atlas, a match with which the seventh day of the tournament will begin.
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