Spanish Sergio Canales He scored two goals on Wednesday to give the Rayados of Monterrey a 3-2 victory over the Juarez FCwhich raised the Regio team to second place with the same points as the leader Blue Cross.
At the close of the eighth date of the championship, Channelstwice, and Argentine Germán Berterame scored for the Rayados of the Argentine coach Martin Demicheliswhile Colombians Óscar Estupiñán and Diego Valoyes did so for the visitors.
Monterrey was the big beneficiary of Tuesday and Wednesday’s league action, taking advantage of the losses of Cruz Azul and Tigres and the draw of Tigres UANL.
It started better Monterrey and in the 11th minute they took the lead with a right-footed goal from Berterame after a pass from Javier Abella.
Juarez improved at the start of the second half and turned the score around with a goal from Estupiñán, left-footed from a corner kick in the 47th minute, and another from Valoyes, right-footed in the 59th minute.
Monterrey He returned to the match and secured victory with a well-taken penalty by Canales in the 79th minute and a left-footed goal by the Spaniard from a pass by Johan Rojas in the 85th minute.
Juarez They came close to tying the game in the 87th minute with a combination between Valoyes and Estupiñán, but Monterrey held on well at the back, despite playing from the 93rd minute with Berterame sent off.
Monterrey reached six wins, one draw, two losses and 19 points, the same as the Azules, first in the classification due to having a better goal difference.
Cruz Azul, led by Argentine coach Martín Anselmi, lost its unbeaten streak this Tuesday 3-1 against San Luis, in one of the most unexpected results of the day.
The Ivorian Frank Boli, Javier Güemez and an own goal by Erik Lira gave the victory to the Potosi team coached by Spanish coach Domenec Torrent, who climbed from eighth to sixth place with 14 points.
The Uruguayan Ignacio Rivero discounted for the Blues, who suffered their first defeat, but still remained in first place.
Cruz Azul and Monterrey have one more point than Toluca, who tied 2-2 with Pachuca, and two more than Tigres, a surprise loser against Querétaro.
The Uruguayan Anderson Duarte scored his first goal in Mexican soccer to tie Toluca 2-2 against the Tuzos. For the Devils of Portuguese Renato Paiva, Alexis Vega also scored and for Pachuca Sergio Hernández and Owen González scored.
Also on Tuesday, Argentine Franco Russo scored a goal to give Querétaro a 1-0 victory over Tigres UANL.
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The Gallos had just one shot on goal in the first half, that of Russo, who accepted a service from his teammate Federico Lértora and sent the ball into the net with a left-footed shot.
The defeat left the tournament without undefeated teams and prevented Tigres from moving into first place.
In another highly anticipated match on Tuesday, champion América beat Atlas, coached by Spanish coach Beñat San José, 3-0, to move up from twelfth to tenth place in the table.
Uruguayans Rodrigo Aguirre and Brian Rodríguez, and Chilean Víctor Dávila, in his debut with América, were the scorers for América.
In other results, this Tuesday Pumas UNAM beat Puebla 1-0 and this Wednesday Mazatlán and Necaxa tied without goals.
