The Colombian midfielder James Rodriguez debuted on Saturday in the ranks of the Lion of Mexico with a 2-1 victory against Atlas on the 2nd day of the Clausura tournament. James33 years old, reached Lion at the beginning of the week from Rayo Vallecano.
In the match played at the Jalisco stadium, Atlas took the lead in the 62nd minute when Eduardo Aguirre He put the ball in the right corner with a powerful shot from outside the area.
A minute later he entered the field James Rodriguezwho caused a penalty in the 78th minute when he entered the area and was knocked down by the goalkeeper Camilo Vargas. Three minutes later, the Argentine Adonis Frias He transformed the maximum penalty with a powerful shot.
Lion scored the winning goal in the 95th minute when Victor Rios he scored in his own goal by deflecting a shot from the Venezuelan Jhonder Cadiz. In other games on Saturday, Braves from Ciudad Juárez won 1-0 against Blue Cross with a goal from Panamanian José Luis Rodríguez. Toluca and Monterrey They tied 1-1 with goals from the Brazilian Helio Nunes and from Spanish Sergio Canalesrespectively.
On Friday, UANL Tigers became the leader of the tournament after beating 2-1 Mazatlan and reach six points, two more than the guards Toluca, America and Bravos from Ciudad Juárez. Necaxa beat Guadalajara 3-2, while San Luis Athletic won 2-1 as a visitor to Puebla.
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