He Tigres UANLin which the Madrid native plays Jennifer Hermosotied this Saturday without goals with the champion Monterreyin which another Spanish international plays, the Basque Lucia Garciawhich keeps them in the lead on the tenth day of the 2024 Apertura women’s tournament in Mexican soccer. Tigres, led by Spaniard Milagros Martínez, remains undefeated and reaches 28 points. Monterrey, which is coached by Costa Rican Amelia Valverde, has 25 points in third place in the competition. They have not lost either.
In the first half of the match, Monterrey imposed its conditions. It had the Basque Lucía García and the Colombian Marcela Restrepo as its main generators of offensive opportunities, although they were not fine in front of goal. Tigres struggled to get close to the goal defended by goalkeeper Pamela Tajonar and provide balls to Jenni Hermoso.
In the second half, the home team had the clearest chance of the game in the 66th minute, with a left-footed shot by Stephany Mayor that crashed into the left post of the goal. Monterrey lost intensity and precision and ended up without threatening the rival goalkeeper.
Before this match, Cruz Azul beat San Luis 2-0. In the match, Colombian Farlyn Caicedo and Chilean Isidora Olave had a poor performance and could not prevent the visitor’s defeat. The tenth matchday started last Thursday with the match in which Costa Rican María Salas rescued Atlas’ 1-1 draw against Toluca, a team for which American Michaela Abam scored.
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On Friday, Querétaro, in which Costa Rican Emily Flores played 70 minutes, beat León 2-1. Matchday 10 will continue this Sunday with five matches. The highlight is the Mexican soccer derby between the Águilas del América, coached by the Spaniard Ángel Villacampa, and the Chivas del Guadalajara. Puebla will host Mazatlán FC, Pachuca will face Santos Laguna, and Pumas UNAM will visit Tijuana. The matchday will close on Monday with the match between Necaxa and Juárez FC, coached by the Spanish coach Óscar Fernández.
