The Chivas of Guadalajara they achieved this friday a harrowing triumph by 0-1 on the Mazatlan to stay alive in his eagerness to access the quarterfinals of the Apertura of Mexican football.
In a fought duel, with little clarity in the area, Ángel Sepúlveda accepted a ball from Ronaldo Cisneros and converted the winning goal with his left foot in the 87th minute.
The Brazilian Camilo Sanvezzo was close to giving him the victory for the home team, but he was stopped by goalkeeper Raúl Gudiño and Sepúlveda, in the 56th minute.
Sepulveda created danger in 62, in a good play by goalkeeper Nicolás Vikonis, in two of the main offensive plays.
Guadalajara, which has had a tournament with ups and downs, climbed to ninth place with five wins, seven draws, five losses and 22 points, two more than the Mazatlan, whose classification depends on a combination of results in their favor in the duels on Saturday and Sunday.
The best eight phase will be played by the top four in the table and the four that come out of a reclassification among the occupying cadres of places from fifth to twelfth.
To this day the America of the Argentine coach Santiago Solari and the Atlas of Argentine Diego Cocca are the only ones with a guaranteed pass to the decisive stage of the championship, while León and Tigres, occupying the third and fourth places in that order, depend on themselves to qualify.
A couple of hours before Chivas’ victory, Uruguayan Christian Tabó converted a penalty and gave coach Nicolás Larcamón’s Puebla a 1-0 victory over Toluca.
In its stadium, Puebla consolidated itself in sixth place with six victories, six draws, five defeats and 24 points, the same as Toluca, which is fifth and was left with no direct access to the quarterfinals.
This Saturday León will host Necaxa, América will host Monterrey and Tigres UANL will host Juárez FC, in duels whose results should move the table of positions, and on Sunday the champion Cruz Azul will visit Pumas UNAM and San Luis will visit Santos Laguna.
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