Canales rescues a point for Monterey with a great goal

Sergio Canales This Saturday, with a goal, he certified the 1-1 draw away from home. Monterey in the stadium Toluca on the second day of the Mexican Clausura tournament. The Brazilian Helinho gave the advantage to the Diablos of Argentine coach Antonio Mohamed, and Canales scored the goal for the Rayados.

After drawing in their stadium last weekend with humble Puebla, the Rayados came out to propose the match, but Toluca made adjustments, took control of the ball and in the 11th minute took advantage with a left-footed goal from Helinho. Monterrey remained calm, little by little it became better and closed the first half with two goal plays, by Canales and Jesús M. Corona, who failed to finish. In the second half, the Rayados of Argentine strategist Martín Demichelis rescued the tie with a left-footed goal from Canales.

Toluca has a win, a draw and four points, with which it appears in second place with two points less than the leader Tigres, who this Friday defeated Mazatlán 2-. A goal from Jesús Garza and an own goal from goalkeeper Hugo González gave Tigres the victory, while Argentine Lucas Merolla scored for the visiting team.

Victories of America and Juárez

Tigres has two wins in two outings and six points, two ahead of Toluca, champion América, which tied 1-1 with Tijuana this Thursday, and Juárez, which won 1-0 against Cruz Azul on Saturday. At the start of the day, Jesús Hernández scored for the Xolos and Esteban Lozano scored for the Águilas, who remained undefeated in two games.

This Saturday, Panamanian José Luis ‘Puma’ Martínez sealed Juárez’s victory over Cruz Azul. Necaxa, led by Argentine coach Nicolás Larcamón, defeated Guadalajara, led by Spanish coach Oscar García, 3-2 on Friday. Pavel Pérez, the Argentine Tomás Badaloni and Ricardo Monreal sealed the victory. Chivas reduced ground with goals from Gilberto Sepúlveda and Roberto Alvarado.