Hat-Trick by Lucía García with the Rayadas

Lucia Garcia He scored three goals this Sunday to lead the rout (5-1) of the Monterey from the Costa Rican coach Amelia Valverde on Puebla in Mexico’s Clausura 2025. Fátima Servín and Alejandra Calderón, with a goal each, completed the score, which reflected the superiority of the royals at the start of the fourth day of the championship, while Gabriela Juárez scored for the visitors.

Puebla showed order at the back and in the 22nd minute surprised the favorites Rayadas with a goal from Juárez, left-footed to the corner, in the team’s first arrival at the area. Monterrey reacted with vigor, got the ball and in the 38th minute regained the tie with a goal from Lucía García, who took advantage of a distraction from the defense and made it 1-1 with her right foot. Four minutes later Servin increased the difference with a right-footed goal from outside the area.

The Rayadas came out aggressive in the second half. At the start, the Basque forward hit the crossbar and in the 53rd minute Calderón accepted an assist from Alice Soto and put the ball in the net, making it 3-1. In the 72nd minute Valverde sent South African Jermaine Seoposenwe onto the field. Recovered from an injury, in the 77th minute the forward gave a good pass to the former Athletic player, who was lethal in the right shot (4-1). Monterrey closed the score in the 87th minute when the Colombian Marcela Restrepo gave an assist to the Spaniard, who was lethal in her left-footed shot, taking advantage of the defense’s poor marking.

With the victory, the Rayadas jump to second place with three wins, one loss and nine points, the same as the leader América. Puebla added its fourth defeat in the same number of appearances and sank to penultimate place in the standings.