The goal of the Spanish Sabin Merino served to put the visitors ahead, although it was neutralized by another by Alan Medina
Both teams accumulate 7 points and are in positions 12 and 13 of the classification
The Spaniard Sabin Merino scored his first goal in Mexican soccer on Wednesday at the draw 1-1 as a visitor to his team, the saint Louisbefore him Juarez FC in an advanced duel of the sixteenth day of the Opening tournament 2022. The other goal of the game was achieved by Alan Medina. With the tie Juárez and San Luis added seven points each, they maintain the twelfth and thirteenth position, respectively, in the tournament.
Juárez put San Luis against his field in the first 20 minutes. He attacked from the ends with arrivals of Jesús Dueñas from the right and Mauro Lainez from the left. He managed to move the Argentine Marcelo Barovero in minute 3, Dueñas escaped through his sector and as soon as he entered the area he shot a ball to the near post that was stopped by the South American goalkeeper. San Luis shook off the pressure with the speed of Sabine Merino: the native of Vizcaya broke the local defensive block on a counterattack from the right, Lainez chased him and knocked him down inside the area before he shot on goal; The referee signaled a penalty. The Spaniard threw it to the right of Alfredo Talavera in the 21st to give his squad the advantage. It was his first goal in the tournament.
The goal did not change the role of the contenders. The local kept the depth thanks to the ability of Lainez, who was not fine in the search for the Argentine Gabriel Fernández in the attack. Juárez’s closest option came in the 39th minute in a low serve from the left that the Uruguayan Maxi Silvera controlled in the area and resolved in the half turn with a shot that crashed into the post.
In the second half Juarez maintained dominance. He came close to scoring in the 55th minute when Fernandez shot a few meters from the goal line, but the ball went right where Barovero was. A minute later the siege on the goal had its reward with the tie that he achieved with a forceful volley shot Allan Medina, who had just joined the game. The local team launched for the victory, but as the minutes passed, San Luis managed to neutralize it. In Juárez, the Spaniard Alejandro Ribas, who had a good performance in central defense, played the 90 minutes. His compatriot Merino from San Luis came out in 81.
This Tuesday, in another early duel of the sixteenth day, the penultimate of the regular phase of the Apertura, the Colombian Andrés Mosquera gave Toluca a 1-1 draw against Puebla. Both games were played earlier so as not to interfere with the FIFA date in September in which the Mexican team will face Peru and Colombia. The Apertura will resume this Thursday with the visit of Querétaro to the two-time champion Atlas, a match with which the seventh day of the tournament will begin.
