Paraguayan Antony Silva saved a penalty at minute 57 for the Puebla due this Friday at his home for 1-0 to the Rayados de Monterrey and remained as the leader of the table of the Closing tournament 2022 of Mexican soccer.
At the beginning of the sixth day, Diego de Buen scored the goal with which Puebla, led by Argentine coach Nicolás Larcamón, reached 14 points to maintain their undefeated condition and consolidate themselves in first place in the standings. With three minutes on the clock and after two warnings, Puebla went ahead on the scoreboard. Argentine Federico Mancuello served a corner kick from the left that hit the far post of goodwithout anyone to mark him, finished off with a header for 1-0.
After taking advantage, Puebla lent the ball to Monterrey, who did not know what to do with it, after which the locals resumed the leading role. Mancuello, in the 22nd, and the Brazilian Gustavo Ferrareis, in the 24th, made shots on goal that the Argentine Esteban Andrada, goalkeeper of the Rayados, stopped. At the end of the first half, Monterrey had its clearest move when at 39 the Chilean Sebastián Vegas, with his left foot, finished off a ball that grazed Antony Silva’s left post.
The Rayados came out from the beginning of the second half with the goal of tying the duel. At 49, the Dutchman Vincent Janssen shot on goal, but Silva rejected it, and at 51, Vegas hit the ball off the crossbar. Monterrey’s insistence turned into a penalty at 53, after Ferrareis was expelled by an iron on the face of the Argentine Maximiliano Meza, however Funes Mori shot to the center where Silva stopped the punishment shot with his legs. The Paraguayan once again saved his goal in the 67th minute by stopping a shot from Meza that threatened to enter his upper left corner.
The Argentine Facundo Ferreyra scored this Friday the goal with which the Tijuana rescued a tie 1-1 before him Necaxa. Luis García scored for Necaxa coach Jaime Lozano, who was in tenth place with seven points. The Tijuana of Argentine coach Sebastián Méndez is in fourteenth position with five points.
Tijuana advanced lines in the first half against a Necaxa that was ineffective offensively. In the 24th minute, the Argentine David Barbona shot a ball from medium distance that passed near a post and in the 28th minute Facundo Ferreyra shot on goal, but the goalkeeper Luis Malagón stopped him. In their first approach to the rival area in the second half, Tijuana opened the scoring. The Argentine Lucas Rodríguez stole a ball in a Necaxa exit to filter a ball to Ferreyra, who before Malagón’s exit defined the 1-0. However, Necaxa took control of the game and tried first in the 67th minute with a shot by Argentinean Milton Giménez that went through the right post of goalkeeper Jonathan Orozco. Necaxa’s attack turned into a goal in minute 69. On the right Luis Garcia He tried to cross a pass into the area that ended up entering Orozco’s goal for 1-1.
In another result, Juárez FC and Santos Laguna reached a goalless draw. On Saturday, Querétaro will host Mazatlán FC, Tigres UANL will host San Luis, and León will host Guadalajara. On Sunday the sixth day will end when the America of Argentine coach Santiago Solari hosts Pachuca, Cruz Azul del Toluca and Pumas UNAM of champion Atlas.
