He Monterey by Sergio Canales scored 1-5 against Mazatlan FC in the match that began the third day of the Mexican soccer Clausura Tournament. The winning goals were scored by Jesús Corona, the Argentinians Jorge Rodríguez and Germán Berterame, the Frenchman Anthony Martial, from a penalty, and Iker Fimbres. Ecuadorian Jordan Sierra scored for the local team.
Monterrey dominated from the beginning thanks to Canales’ display of play. In the eighth minute, from the left, the Cantabrian put a cross into the area that Corona headed in to make it 0-1. In the 21st minute, Canales again caused damage from the left with another cross that, after a series of rebounds, Jorge Rodríguez finished off a ball from outside the area that was deflected to the goalkeeper for the 0-2 score. Two minutes later, the referee awarded a penalty for a foul inside the area on Gerardo Arteaga, which Anthony Martial missed, but scored on the counterattack to celebrate the 0-3 in the 24th minute.
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In the second half the Rayados returned to the fray. Martial escaped from the right, crossed inside the area for a shot by Berterame that beat Ricardo Rodríguez; It was 0-4 in the 56th. The goal fair continued in the 65th. Martial again attacked from the right, took a defender with a bicycle and before the baseline crossed to Iker Fimbres, who scored the fifth from the right in the 65th. Mazatlán scored in the 85th in a takedown by Jordan Sierra, who shot Luis Cárdenas with his left foot.
This Saturday, five games
The third day will continue this Saturday with five games, among which the visit of the champion Toluca, of the Portuguese scorer Paulinho, to the Tigres UANL, with whom Ángel Correa, world champion with Argentina, plays. Guadalajara, which has also Argentine Gabriel Milito at the helm, will receive Querétaro; Tijuana, coached by Uruguayan Sebastián ‘Loco’ Abreu, will clash with San Luis; Cruz Azul will be home against Querétaro and Atlas will go to Necaxa.
For Sunday, the visit of América draws attention, the only team that has not scored so far in the Clausura, which will seek to obtain its first victory in its visit to Pachuca, whose main figure is the Venezuelan Salomón Rondón. The day will conclude with the clash between Pumas UNAM, of Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas, who will host León, and the clash between Santos Laguna and Juárez FC.
