Cruz Azul achieved a narrow victory over León.
Toluca signed their pass after beating Juárez FC 3-0
The Puebla of the Argentine coach Nicolás Larcamón defeated this Sunday, in the launches from the penalty spot, to the Chivas of Guadalajara and after a 1-1 draw, they qualified for the quarterfinals of the Apertura 2022 tournament of Mexican soccer.
Jesús Angulo missed his shot, while Puebla delivered a perfect performance to win the tiebreaker 5-4with which he signed his pass to the stage of the best eight in which he will face America.
The quarter-final series will be played in home and away matches with the duels America-Puebla, Monterrey-Cruz Azul, Santos Laguna-Toluca and Pachuca-Tigres.
In the initial half the two teams had opportunities to score; Guadalajara with a crashed ball on the post, in the 11th minuteand with a dry shot by Alexis Vega, stopped by Paraguayan goalkeeper Antony Silva, in minute 35.
The controversial play of the duel was in the 27th. Gilberto Sepúlveda swept into the area, touched the ball with his handbut the referee did not award a penalty in favor of Puebla, which in minute 40 created danger with the Argentine Federico Mancuello, whose shot went wide.
Puebla came out with advanced lines after the break and in the 58th minute he took the lead with Martín Barragán’s ninth goal of the championshipwho accepted a service from Emilio Martínez and beat the goalkeeper with a header.
Puzzled, Guadalajara struggled after the goal, but Puebla lacked forcefulness. In the 60th minute Jordi Cortizo ruled with everything in his favor to score and in the 79th minute the Colombian Omar Fernández shot from the outside in conditions of advantage.
Chivas left for a draw; Puebla de Larcamón stood up well, careful to punish with a counterattack.
After much insistence, Guadalajara equalized in the last minute of the game, with a goal by Carlos Cisneros from a pass from Angulo.
Diego de Buen scored for Puebla on penalties, Argentine Federico Mancuello, Guillermo Martínez, Israel Reyes and Amaury Escoto; Alexis Vega, Alan Mozo, Santiago Ormeño and Ángel Zaldívar did it for Guadalajara, but Angle crashed the ball into the crossbar in the fourth round of shooting.
four hours before Toluca sealed their pass to the top eight phase by thrashing Juárez FC 3-0with notes from the Brazilian Camilo Sanvezzo, the Paraguayan Carlos González and Marcel Ruiz.
This Saturday, at the start of the reclassification matches, the Uruguayan Ignacio Rivero scored a goal to give Cruz Azul a 1-0 victory over León.
The Celestes prevailed with a shot by Rivero in minute 72, after an error by goalkeeper Rodolfo Cota in a cross into the area by Uriel Antuna; It was his fifth straight win.
Before, Tigres UANL defeated Necaxa 2-0 with a couple of annotations from Frenchman André Pierre Ginac.
