Two goals from the Ecuadorian, in addition to goals from Cabral, Isaís and Ibáñez, destroy the Devils
Jordan Sierra scored the only local goal when the score already reflected a 0-5
The Ecuadorian Romario Ibarra scored two goals to lead this Thursday the 1-5 win from Pachuca to Toluca in the first leg of the final Opening tournament 2022 of Mexican soccer. Ibarra, the Argentine Gustavo Cabral, the Mexican Mauricio Isaís and the Argentine Nicolás Ibáñez scored for the Uruguayan coach Guillermo Almada’s Tuzos, and the Ecuadorian Jordan Sierra discounted for the Devils.
Although Toluca had possession of the ball 59-41 in their favor, Uruguayan coach Guillermo Almada’s Tuzos showed surgical precision three-quarters of the way forward and with an average of one goal every 10 minutes, sentenced the match in the First half. At 2,600 meters above sea level, coach Ignacio Ambriz’s Devils came out to impose conditions; They showed dominance in the first seven minutes, but in the eighth Ibarra He received a service from Erick Sánchez, entered the area at full speed and with a right cross shot he made it 0-1. Sánchez crashed a ball into the post in the 11th minute and two minutes later Cabral controlled an assist from Víctor Guzmán and, faced with poor defense, anticipated and touched the ball from the right. It was 0-2.
The Devils reacted to the blows, however they lacked forcefulness. The Brazilian Camilo Sanvezzo failed alone in the area in minute 27 and Marcel Ruiz made a mistake in the definition with everything in his favor in minute 32. Pachuca took advantage of the spaces left by the rival by going ahead. in 36 Ibarra he scored before the exit of the Brazilian goalkeeper Tiago Volpi and in minute 41, Mauricio Isais he made it 0-4, headed in a corner kick.
The second half began with the same trend, Pachuca accurate against an erratic Toluca. In 53 the Argentine Nicholas Ibanez, leader of the scorers in the championship, rescued a rebound from Volpi and made it 0-5, with a left-footed shot, two minutes before Fernando Navarro stayed in the area with everything in his favor and missed the goal for the Devils. These, who this year were thrashed twice this year by the Tuzos, 0-3 in the Clausura tournament and 1-4 in the Apertura, did not find a way to stop the beating until in minute 78 they achieved a good combination that ended with a service from Uruguayan Leonardo Fernandez to saw, lethal with the crossover forehand. Finally, Erick Sánchez committed a penalty in stoppage time. Argentine goalkeeper Oscar Ustari stopped Leo Fernández’s shot to complete Toluca’s tragic night at their stadium.
The second leg of the final will be played next Sunday in Pachuca, where the Tuzos will have everything to add their seventh title, all in the last 23 years, in which they also won the 2006 South American Cup and five Concacaf titles.
