He Toluca qualified for the quarterfinals of the Apertura 2024 tournament Liga MX by rescuing the 2-2 home draw against León with a double from the Portuguese Paulinho, on Saturday at the Nemesio Diez stadium, in a match on the fifteenth day.
Colombian John Mendoza put León ahead 1-0 in the 15th minute with a left-footed volley from outside the area.
José Alvarado increased the lead with a shot against Brazilian goalkeeper Tiago Volpi, in the 57th minute.
Paulinho brought Toluca 2-1 up in the 60th with a header after taking a corner kick from the left.
The score fell to 2-2 at 87 again with a header from Paulinho that escaped goalkeeper Alfonso Blanco’s hands.
In this way, the Toluca reached 32 points and the León at 17.
At the moment there are two direct qualifiers for the quarterfinals: Cruz Azul and Toluca.
At the Alfonso Lastras stadium, Atlético San Luis beat Puebla 2-0.
At minute 45+4, Frenchman Sebastien Salles-Lamonge scored 1-0 for Atlético with a shot from outside the area to the upper right corner.
Brazilian Phillipe Oliveira made it 2-0 with a shot inside the area in the 50th.
Thus, Atlético San Luis reached 26 points and Puebla remained at 14.
On Friday, at the start of the day, the Tigres were very close to qualifying with their 3-0 away victory against Tijuana at the Caliente stadium.
The AAmerica boosted their chances of avoiding the play-offs and qualify directly for the quarterfinals with a 5-0 win over visiting Mazatlán at the El Encanto stadium.
–Results of the day:
Results of the day:
-Friday:
- Querétaro vs. Juarez 1-2
- Mazatlan vs. America 0-5
-Saturday:
- Atlético San Luis vs. Puebla 2-0
- Guadalajara vs. Cougars Later
- Monterrey vs. Atlas Later
- Pachuca vs. Necaxa Later
- Blue Cross vs. Saints Later
