The Eagles scored in the last minute to draw 3-3 with Santos Laguna
Henry Martín and Hugo Rodríguez (own goal) also scored for the leader, and Suárez (twice) and Preciado did it for his pursuer
The Uruguayan Federico Viñas scored a goal this Wednesday in the last minute of the game with which the Eagles of America tied 3-3 with the Santos Laguna and established themselves in the first place of the classification of the Apertura 2022 tournament of Mexican soccer. In a match pending on the fifth day of the championship, Henry Martín and an own goal by Hugo Rodríguez were the scorers for América, who had just scored nine wins in a row for the first time in their history. The Argentine Leonardo Suárez, with a double, and the Colombian Harold Preciado discounted by Santos, who rose to fourth place in the table.
Santos Laguna started the game with the aim of opening the scoring as soon as possible and after América goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa took two shots off Harold Preciado, the first goal was scored. At minute 7, Leo Suarez He entered the area, outwitted two defenders and with his left leg defined the 0-1 to Ochoa’s right post. The Eagles responded immediately. in the 8, Henry Martin He received a service on the edge of the area and settled down to score 1-1 from the crescent. However, Santos Laguna unbalanced the score in minute 17 with another good individual play by Suárez, who from the right flank took off a defender to enter the area and with another left-footed shot made it 1-2.
América did not decline and went in search of equalizing, but goalkeeper Carlos Acevedo stopped shots from Chilean Diego Valdés, in minute 27, and Uruguayan Jonathan Rodríguez, in minute 28. América advanced lines in the second half, but a counterattack allowed Santos Laguna to increase their advantage when in the 64th minute the Argentine Javier Correa finished off the goal and on the rebound of Ochoa’s save, Valued scored 1-3.
Despite the Lagunero goal, the Águilas continued to hunt for a new goal, and after Acevedo rejected a shot by Uruguayan Brian Rodríguez, América made it 2-3 with a Hugo Rodriguez’s own goal in minute 88. With the match on his side, the Spaniard Álvaro Fidalgo put in a center from the right that in the area vineyards he headed for the final 3-3 in the last minute of the match.
In another game this Wednesday, the Juarez FC defeated Tuzos del Pachuca 2-1 in a duel pending on the eighth day of the Apertura. The Uruguayan scored for Juarez Gabriel Fernandez Y Allan Medinawhile for the Tuzos he scored Illian Hernandez. This Thursday, the Cruz Azul will seek to add their second victory in a row by receiving the León, in an early match of the sixteenth day.
