2-7: Jenni Hermoso’s stellar scoring debut with Tigres

Jenni Hermoso This Saturday he scored his first two goals with UANL Tigers, his new Mexican soccer team, beating León 2-7 to confirm its leadership in the Clausura tournament. Stephanie Mayor scored two goals to become the sole leader of the championship scorers, with seven goals, Hermoso and Lizbeth Ovalle scored two more and South African Christinah Kgatlana, one, to maintain the perfect pace of the Amazons . Yashira Barrientos and Dinora Garza scored for the home team.

Tigres, led by Spaniard Milagros Martínez, were dominant from the start against a rival with little ability to respond. Mayor scored from the right in the 3rd minute; Hermoso did it with his left foot in the 29th minute after Kgatlana’s pass, making it 3-0 in the 34th minute; and Ovalle converted in the 47th minute to give the visitors a 4-0 lead.

After León scored on a well-taken penalty by Barrientos, the league champion team looked for more. Hermoso scored his second goal in the 56th minute, with a shot inside the area; Ovalle scored with a header in the 59th minute and Mayor scored with his right foot in the 73rd minute to set up the win. Garza brought León close in the 76th minute, but then the game was decided.

Tigres have four wins in four outings with 20 goals for and four matches. With 12 points they are ahead of Monterrey and América, their closest pursuers, both with seven points and a game in hand. Costa Rican Amelia Valverde’s Monterrey will visit Querétaro this Sunday and América, led by Spaniard Ángel Villacampa, will play Monday at the Santos Laguna stadium.

Matchday four continues this Saturday with Mazatlán Atlas; It continues on Sunday with Cruz Azul-Puebla, Querétaro-Monterrey, Guadalajara-Toluca and Tijuana-San Luis; and will end on Monday with the matches Necaxa-Pachuca, Pumas-Juárez and Santos Laguna-América.