The Brazilian goalkeeper put the icing on the cake of an entertaining game scoring a penalty in minute 93 and putting the final 4-3 on the scoreboard
Camilo Sanvezzo scored twice for the locals and Carlos González added another, while Gorrirán, Preciado and Aguirre scored for the visitors
Goalkeeper Tiago Volpi scored a penalty in the 93rd minute to give the Toluca a win for 4-3 on Santos Lagunain the quarterfinals of Opening of Mexican soccer. The Paraguayan Carlos González, the Brazilian Camilo Sanvezzo, twice, and Volpi scored for the Devils, while Santos discounted with goals from the Uruguayan Fernando Gorrirán, the Colombian Harold Preciado and the Mexican Eduardo Aguirre. It was the best match in a long time in Mexican soccer, with a Toluca that entered with gusts of a cyclone and a Santos, who after being down 2-0 in the 6th minute, took possession of the ball and equalized.
at minute 4 Gonzalez scored a header to a pass from Uruguayan Leonardo Fernández in a corner kick, and in minute 6, Sanvezzo extended the advantage with a shot with the right from outside the area, after an assist from Chilean Jean Meneses. Instead of falling from the two forceful blows, Santos reinvented himself; he converted the right flank into his direct access to the opposite goal and patiently equalised. After two shots, from Gorrirán and Argentine Juan Brunetta, who were about to beat Volpi, in the 30th minute Gorrirán he scored a penalty and in minute 38 Valued He made it 2-2, with a header, to a pass from Brunetta.
Santos, who had possession in favor 51-49 in the first half, came out with a knife in his mouth in the second half and in the 49th minute he went ahead 2-3 with a goal from Edward Aguirre to a pass from Omar Campos. Toluca shook off dominance, stepped on the area several times and, although he was stopped by two stops by Acevedo, in minute 74 he tied 3-3 with a right hand from Sanvezzo to a pass from Ecuadorian Brayan Angulo.
Santos was left with one man less in the field in 84 due to the expulsion of brunetta. He defended well, but when he seemed to have salvaged the equalizer, Jair González made a handball in the area and gave Volpi the opportunity to establish himself as a hero. To advance to the semi-final, Toluca must win or draw the second leg on Sunday. If he loses, by any score, Santos will keep the series.
In the closing of the first leg matches of the eight best phase, this Thursday the Pachuca of Argentine striker Nicolás Ibáñez will visit the Tigres of French striker André Pierre Gignac. This Wednesday America thrashed Puebla 1-6 and got one foot in the semifinal, while Monterrey drew goalless with Cruz Azul. The return duels will be played on Saturday: Monterrey-Cruz Azul and América-Puebla; and on Sunday Santos Laguna-Toluca and Pachuca-Tigres UANL.
