Juan Brunetta, Leonardo Suárez and Diego Medina scored for the locals, and Alexis Peña scored the away goal
The 3-1 leaves the home team 4 points behind the leader America
The Santos Laguna won this Tuesday by 3-1 to Necaxa and climbed to second place in the standings of the Mexican Apertura Tournament on the thirteenth day. The Argentines Juan Brunetta and Leonardo Suárez and the Mexican Diego Medina converted for Santos and the Mexican Alexis Peña did it for Necaxa.
The first half was even, with possession of the ball divided 50-50, but in added time Santos went ahead when brunette received a service from Eduardo Aguirre and with a right hand to the top corner he made it 1-0. Necaxa, who had played well, although he lacked aim, received another blow in the 57th minute with a forehand touch from medina to a pass from Carlos Orrantia. However, the visiting team reacted and after several attempts, drilled the opposite goal with a target from Grief, on a corner kick. Santos finished the win in minute 96 with a left-footed shot from Suarez, by making a cut and shooting from outside the area. Santos jumped to second place with eight wins, one draw, four losses and 22 points, five more than Necaxa, seventh.
In another game, the Argentine Lucas Di Yorio scored his sixth goal of the championship and gave a victory to Lion by 1-0 about him Juarez FCwho played from the 42nd minute with one less man on the pitch for the expulsion of Alberto Acosta. León jumped from fourteenth to eleventh place with four wins, three draws, six losses and 15 points, two more than Juarez, thirteenth.
Victories of America and Monterrey
The America Uruguayan striker Jonathan ‘Cabecita’ Rodríguez signed his eighth consecutive win on Tuesday with a thrashing by 3-0 about him saint Louis, which ratified the team in first place. The ‘Cabecita’ signed his sixth goal, the Chilean Diego Valdés, his fourth and the Mexican Henry Martín, his eighth to remain as the tournament’s leading scorer, in a duel in which the Eagles went from less to more and confirmed themselves as the best attack box. San Luis stood up well in the Azteca stadium, but lacked forcefulness, with errors in the definition of the Uruguayans Abel Hernández and Facundo Waller.
In the 45, the ‘little head‘ received a pass from Valdés, shook the defense and made it 1-0 from the right, after which San Luis was erased from the pitch. Valdes scored with a left foot in minute 54 and Martinright-footed to a pass from Alejandro Zendejas, in the 56th minute, to confirm the good performance of the Argentine coach Fernando Ortiz’s Águilas, who were able to score a fourth goal, but Martín missed a penalty in the 89th minute. América reached nine victories, with one draw, three defeats and 28 points, the same as Monterrey, which is ahead by better goal difference.
In Montereythe Argentine Germán Berterame gave Rayados a victory by 3-2 on Blue Cross to confirm second place. Berterame he scored with the right to a pass from Uruguayan Rodrigo Aguirre and broke a 2-2 tie. The Mexicans had scored for the Rayados Jesus Gallardo Y louis romowhile Cruz Azul tied with goals from the Argentine Charles Rotondi and the mexican Uriel Antuna. Cruz Azul is fifteenth with 12 points and the worst defense in the championship, with 31 goals conceded.
The thirteenth day of the championship will continue this Wednesday: Pachuca will visit Puebla, Toluca will visit Tigres UANL, Atlas will face Mazatlán, Querétaro will face Pumas UNAM and Guadalajara will visit Xolos de Tijuana.
