Ferretti’s men beat Juárez 1-0 and Paunokiv’s men beat Tigres UANL 1-2
Atlas and América tied 2-2 in another match of the Mexican day
Uruguayan Brian Lozano confirmed himself this Saturday as one of the most virtuous players in Mexican soccer, converting two elegant long-distance goals to give the Atlas a tie 2-2 against him America in it closing tournament. In the continuation of the ninth day, Lozano scored twice for the Rojinegros, while the Uruguayan Jonathan Rodríguez and the Mexican Henry Martín scored for América.
América started better and reflected it on the scoreboard, taking the lead with 0-2. at minute 31 Rodriguez he scored with his right leg to a pass from the Spanish Álvaro Fidalgo and in minute 40 Henry Martin He confirmed himself as the leader of the scorers, with 10 goals, with a goal from Paraguayan Richard Sánchez.
Lush appeared in the extension time of the initial half and brought Atlas closer with a beautiful goal from a free kick, which raised the spirits of the Rojinegros, who began the second half with dominance in the middle of the field. In minute 68 Lozano reconfirmed his good form by scoring from long distance with a shot from the angle to tie the game.
América appears in fourth place with 17 points and Atlas remains fourteenth, with eight.
In another game of the day, the Blue Cross defeated this Saturday by 1-0 to the Juarez FC, in the debut as coach of the Brazilian Ricardo Ferretti, and added his third consecutive victory in the Mexican Clausura. Uriel Antuna scored a goal in the 14th minute with which the Blues reached three victories, with one draw, four defeats and 10 points, and rose to tenth place, already in the play-off zone.
The light blues dominated at the start of the game, creating danger until the 14th minute antuna he took control of a bounced ball and finished off with his left foot to make it 1-0. Although he played better and seeing that the blues lost gas; Juárez took possession of the ball and approached the area a few times, being stopped by the defense of the local team. In the second half, Cruz Azul gave up the ball. The visitors attacked, creating few dangerous plays and doing no damage, costing the team to stay in eighth place with 11 points.
Before, the Chivas de Guadalajara of the Serbian-Spanish coach Veljko Paunovic won this Saturday by 1-2 to the UANL Tigers in their own stadium and jumped to third place in the Clausura 2023 Mexican soccer tournament. Gilberto Sepulveda and Ronaldo Cisneros they scored for Guadalajara and the Argentine Nicholas Ibanez He did it for the defeated.
Guadalajara surprised the Tigres in minute two with a goal from Sepúlveda, from the right to a pass from Ronaldo Cisneros, after which Paunovic’s team grew, created danger and in minute 34 extended the lead with an elegant left-footed shot from Cisneros, in an assist from Roberto Alvarado. Guadalajara stopped being incisive in the second half, in which the home team went for the draw, but they found themselves up against a rival with a compact defense. Tigres insisted on the attack; late in the game the Colombian Luis Quiñones finished off, Sepúlveda committed a handball in the area and caused a penalty, well taken by Ibáñez to make it 1-2, in the 87th minute. The last minutes were hectic, with Tigres on the offensive and Guadalajara well planted behind to maintain the score that put the team in third place with five wins, three draws, one loss and 18 points, the same as Tigres, second, and three less than the leader Monterrey.
In the previous game, the Queretaro drew a draw 1-1 in the stadium of Necaxawith a goal from Colombian Christian Rivera.
