[Video] James Rodríguez shone in his debut with León: captain, penalty and victory

The Colombian James Rodríguez caused a penalty this Saturday in his debut in Mexican soccer and collaborated in León’s 1-2 victory over Atlas in the Clausura tournament.

A goal from Argentine Adonis Frías and an own goal from Víctor Frías gave León the victory, after Atlas had taken the lead with a goal from Eduardo Aguirre.

James, who had entered the field in the 64th minute for the Argentine Emiliano Rigoni, He appeared in the area in the 78th minute and was knocked down by his compatriot Camilo Vargas, goalkeeper of the Rojinegros, who caused a penalty, well taken by Frías.

After an emotionless first half, Atlas took the lead in the 63rd minute with an elegant goal from Aguirre from outside the area. A minute later, James Rodríguez replaced Rigoni and León began to play better until they tied.

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The visitors looked for victory, Carlos Cisneros failed in the 87th minute on an exact pass from James and in the 92nd minute Vargas saved Atlas from a shot by Sebastián Santos.

It was in ’95 when León secured the victory. The Venezuelan Jhonder Cádiz shot into the area and Frías pushed the ball into his own goal.

With the victory, León rose to sixth place with a win in a game and three points, half that of the leader Tigres, who this Friday beat Mazatlán 2-1.

A goal from Jesús Garza and an own goal from goalkeeper Hugo González gave the Tigres the victory, while Argentine Lucas Merolla scored for the visiting team.

Tigres has two wins in two outings and six points, two above Toluca, which tied 1-1 with Monterrey; of the champion América, with a similar result against Tijuana, and of Juárez FC, winner this Saturday 1-0 of Cruz Azul.

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This Saturday Toluca tied with Monterrey; Brazilian Helinho gave the advantage to Argentine coach Antonio Mohamed’s Diablos, and Canales scored for Martín Demichelis’ Rayados.

On Thursday, at the start of the day, Jesús Hernández scored for the Xolos and Esteban Lozano scored for América, who remained undefeated in two games they took on with substitutes.

This Saturday, Panamanian José Luis ‘Puma’ Martínez scored a goal to give Juárez FC a victory over Cruz Azul, with a poor start to the campaign with a draw and a defeat.

In other results of the day, this Friday Necaxa of Argentine coach Nicolás Larcamón went from less to more to beat Guadalajara of Spanish coach Oscar García 3-2 this Friday.

Pavel Pérez, the Argentine Tomás Badaloni and Ricardo Monreal converted for the locals, and Gilberto Sepúlveda and Roberto Alvarado did for Chivas.

Also this Friday, Brazilian Rodrigo Dourado scored a last-minute goal and gave San Luis a 1-2 victory over Puebla.

This Sunday Querétaro will host the Pumas UNAM and on Monday the Pachuca of Venezuelan striker Salomón Rondón will play on Monday in their stadium against Santos Laguna, at the close of the second day