1-2: Andrea Pereira strikes in Mexico

the catalan Andrea Pereira scored a goal where the american eagles of Ángel Villlacampa headed the comeback to win 1-2 in Pachuca gophers in the first leg of the final of the Clausura 2023 tournament of the Mexican women’s soccer league. Charlyn Corral put the local Tuzas ahead in the first half, after that, in the second half, América’s goals fell thanks to Andrea Pereira and Katty Martínez.

The second leg will be played this Monday at the Azteca Stadium, home of Villacampa. América is looking for the second title in its history to tie Chivas del Guadalajara and Rayadas del Monterrey for second place among the top winners. Las Tuzas aim to win the first league trophy in its history.

Águilas tried to surprise the Tuzas in the first minutes of the game and in the 10th minute Kiana Palacios received a filtered pass and finished on goal, but a good drain from Esthefanny Barreras, the goalkeeper of Pachuca, prevented the goal . After that, the locals erased from Villcampa and took the first half.

In the 19th minute, defender Karen Luna made a bad start near the area and lost the ball to Mónica Ocampo, who crossed a pass made by Corral, without a marker, 1-0. Las Tuzas continued to look to increase their advantage, but two saves by Itzel González, goalkeeper for Las Águilas, prevented goals from Madrid and former Barça player Jennifer Hermoso, in the minute 23, and from Ocampo, in minute 29.

Pachuca maintained their dominance in the first minutes of the second half, but a penalty caused by a handball from Viridiana Salazar allowed Pereira to make it 1-1 in the 68th minute with a shot from the penalty spot. -one meter and start going back. A counterattack was condemned by the duel. In the 72nd minute, Palacios received a through ball where he entered the area and passed to Martínez, who alone and in the open frame sealed the final 1-2.