Jardine’s men recovered from Sanabria’s early expulsion and scored a point
Both lead the classification provisionally
The saint Louiswho played 74 minutes with one less man on the pitch, tied without goals this friday with him Guadalajara and became the new leader of the Closing tournament 2023 of Mexican soccer. The Guadalajara of the Spanish Serbian coach Veljko Paunovic started well, with possession of the ball and in the 16th minute he was left with one more player on the pitch for the expulsion of the Uruguayan Juan Sanabria. With 10 men, the San Luis of Brazilian strategist Andre Jardine was not out of place. He stopped Chivas, who had possession of the ball in the rest of the first half and dared to attack in the second, in which he was close to breaking the rival goal. In minute 51, World Cup striker Alexis Vega, leader of Guadalajara’s attack, left the game due to injury, after which Guadalajara offered little and it was San Luis who came close to scoring, in minute 69 with a shot from Brazilian Vito Ferreira and in 76 with a shot from Angel Zaldívar.
San Luis and Guadalajara became the first teams with four points; they occupy first and second place, but with seven games to play, they must be surpassed in the standings.
This Thursday, at the beginning of the second day, the Colombian Julián Quiñones scored a goal to give the Atlas a victory by 2-1 about him Mazatlan. Atlas was better in the first half, but was unable to reflect it on the scoreboard; in the second he took the lead with a left-footed shot from Argentine Julio Furch, in minute 61 and defined the victory with a well-taken penalty by Quiñones, in minute 74. Colombian goalkeeper Camilo Vargas let loose a ball in the area and his compatriot Nicolás Benedetti put it into the net to bring Mazatlán 2-1 closer, stopped in the last minutes.
This Friday Puebla will receive Querétaro and on Saturday they will play Cruz Azul-Monterrey, Toluca-América, Juárez FC-Tijuana and Santos Laguna-Pumas UNAM. The most anticipated duel of the weekend will be that of champion Pachuca, leader of the standings, at the home of Tigres UANL, second in the table. León will receive Necaxa on Sunday.
