The Uruguayan Rodrigo Aguirre converted a goal this Saturday in stoppage time to give the Necaxa a 1-2 win over Blue Crossin the continuation of the fifth day of the Clausura 2022 of Mexican soccer.
The Argentine Milton Giménez and Rodrigo Aguirre scored for the Rayos, who in the debut of coach Jaime Lozano, showed order and went from less to more to climb to tenth place with two wins, three draws and six points, five less than the leader Puebla. .
Necaxa stood up well and put pressure on the Blues at the Azteca stadium. In the fifth minute he was close to opening the scoring with a shot from Idekel Domínguez, but the ball hit the crossbar.
When the visiting team was better, Domínguez knocked down Uriel Antuna in the area and caused a penalty that Paraguayan Juan Escobar converted to make it 1-0. The Rayos looked for an equalizer and narrowly let it go in the 42nd minute, when Giménez shot on goal and his shot was parried by goalkeeper José de Jesús Corona.
The second half was back and forth, with midfield fighting. Both teams let go of offensive opportunities, the light blue ones with Antuna; the Necaxa, with Giménez.
In the 79th minute Aguirre entered the field and Necaxa went all out in search of the tie they achieved in the 84th minute with a header from Giménez to a pass from the 17-year-old Heriberto Jurado.
Necaxa took a free kick at the last minute; After a couple of shots, Aguirre finished with his left foot and gave his team the victory, in addition to being tied with several players as the leader of the scorers, with three goals.
Tigres defeats Chivas in Guadalajara
Shortly before, Brazilian Camilo Sanvezzo scored a goal to give Toluca a 0-1 victory at San Luis and Tigre UANL defeated Chivas de Guadalajara 1-3 with goals from Argentine Guido Pizarro, Frenchman André Pierre Gignac and the Paraguayan Carlos González.
Alexis Vega (Chivas) disputes the ball with Jesús Dueñas (Tigres)
The day began this Friday with the victory of Mazatlán, 2-0 over the Xolos de Tijuana and the 1-1 draw between the leader Puebla and the champion Atlas. This Saturday Santos Laguna will host America, this Sunday León will visit Pumas UNAM and on Monday Querétaro will visit Pachuca.
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