The Puebla of Argentine coach Nicolás Larcamón lost this Sunday, in shots from the penalty spot, the Chivas from Guadalajara and after a 1-1 draw, they qualified for the quarterfinals of the Apertura 2022 tournament of Mexican soccer.
Jesús Angulo missed his shot, while Puebla had a perfect performance to win the tiebreaker 5-4, where he signed his pass to the stage of the eight best he could face. America.
The quarterfinal series will be played in round-trip matches with América-Puebla, Monterrey-Cruz Azul, Santos Laguna-Toluca and Pachuca-Tigres.
In the first half both teams had chances to score; Guadalajara with the ball falling off the post, in the 11th minute, and Alexis Vega’s dry shot, was stopped by Paraguayan goalkeeper Antony Silva, in the 35th.
The controversial game of the duel was in the 27th minute: Gilberto Sepúlveda swept the area, touched the ball with his hand, but the referee did not give a penalty in favor of Puebla, who in the 40th created a danger to Argentine Federico Mancuello, whose shot was deflected.
Puebla came out with advanced lines after the break and in the 58th minute they took the lead with the ninth goal of the championship by Martín Barragán, who took a pass from Emilio Martínez and beat the goalkeeper.
Baffled, Guadalajara struggled after the goal, but Puebla lacked force. In the 60th minute, Jordi Cortizo failed to have everything in his favor to score and in the 79th minute, Colombian Omar Fernández shot from outside the advantage conditions.
Chivas left for a draw; Puebla de Larcamón stood up well, helpful in punishing with a counter attack. After much struggle, Guadalajara equalized in the last minute of the match through Carlos Cisneros’ goal from Angulo’s pass.
Diego de Buen scored for Puebla on penalties, Argentine Federico Mancuello, Guillermo Martínez, Israel Reyes and Amaury Escoto; Alexis Vega, Alan Mozo, Santiago Ormeño and Ángel Zaldívar did it for Guadalajara, but Angulo crashed the ball over the crossbar in the fourth round of shots.
Toluca beat Juarez on the other side of the road
Four hours earlier, Toluca sealed their passage to the top eight phase by beating Juárez FC 3-0, with Brazilian Camilo Sanvezzo, Paraguayan Carlos González and Marcel Ruiz scoring.
This Saturday, at the start of the reclassification matches, Uruguayan Ignacio Rivero scored a goal to give Cruz Azul a 1-0 victory over León. The Celestes prevailed with a shot by Rivero in the 72nd minute, after an error by goalkeeper Rodolfo Cota on a cross to Uriel Antuna’s place; This is his fifth straight win. Earlier, Tigres UANL beat Necaxa 2-0 with two goals from Frenchman André Pierre Ginac.
Source: La Verdad
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