He Tigres UANLled by the Spanish Milagros Martínez, beat the team 0-3 this Sunday Saints Laguna to maintain their perfect run in the Apertura 2024 of Mexican women’s soccer, in which they appear in second place. María Fernanda Elizondo, Jennifer Hermoso and Alison González scored a goal each to reflect on the scoreboard the dominance of the Amazonas, who reached five wins in the same number of games with 15 points, six less than the leader Pachuca, who has played two more games.
Tigres took the lead with a header from Elizondo in the 9th minute, after which Santos took a better position and even came close to equalising, but in the 45+2 Alexia Villanueva missed a penalty. In the second half the visitors went for more and extended their lead with a left-footed goal from Hermoso in the 64th minute and another from the edge of the area by González, after the goalkeeper came out.
Earlier, Pachuca maintained its lead by defeating San Luis 2-3. Argentine Nina Nicosia, Charlyn Corral and Nigerian Chinwendy Ihezuo scored for the Tuzas and Denisse Rivera scored twice for the home team. Nicosia gave Pachuca the lead with an elegant left-footed goal in the 6th minute, after which the Tuzas took control of the match. Corral confirmed her lead in scoring with her ninth goal, with a shot on goal in the area in the 13th. Ihezuo secured the win with a left-footed goal in the 38th minute. In the second half, Rivera scored with her left foot in the 52nd minute and with a header in the 58th minute, but Pachuca stopped the rebellion and kept the three points.
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This Sunday Mazatlán will host Querétaro and on Monday the seventh round will conclude with the matches Monterrey-Toluca, León-América and Guadalajara-Cruz Azul.
