The Spanish Sergio Canales He scored two goals on Wednesday to give the Rayados de Monterrey a 3-2 victory over Juarez FCwhich lifted the royal team to second place with the same points as the leader Blue Cross.
At the end of the eighth round of the championship, Channelstwice, and Argentine Germán Berterame scored for the Argentine coach’s Rayados Martin Demicheliswhile Colombians Óscar Estupiñán and Diego Valoyes did it for the visitors.
Monterrey was the big beneficiary of Tuesday and Wednesday’s league action, taking advantage of defeats by Cruz Azul and Tigres and Tigres UANL’s draw.
Started better Monterey and in the 11th they took advantage of a right-footed goal from Berterame after a pass from Javier Abella.
Juarez He improved at the start of the second half and turned the score around with a goal from Estupiñán, left footed on a corner kick in the 47th minute, and another from Valoyes, right footed in the 59th minute.
Monterey He got back into the game and secured the win with a well-taken penalty by Canales in the 79th minute and a left-footed goal from the Spaniard following Johan Rojas’ pass in the 85th minute.
Juarez It was close to a draw in the 87th minute with a combination between Valoyes and Estupiñán, but Monterrey stayed behind, despite playing from the 93rd minute with Berterame sent off.
Monterey They reached six wins, one draw, two losses and 19 points, the same as the Blues, first in the standings for having the best goal difference.
Cruz Azul, led by Argentine coach Martín Anselmi, lost its unbeaten record on Tuesday 3-1 against San Luis, in one of the unexpected results of the day.
The Ivorians Frank Boli, Javier Guémez and Erik Lira’s own goal gave Spanish coach Domenec Torrent the victory in Potosino, which climbed from eighth to sixth position with 14 points.
The Uruguayan Ignacio Rivero which was reduced by the Blues, who suffered their first defeat, but still remained in first place.
Cruz Azul and Monterrey added a point to Toluca, who drew 2-2 with Pachuca and two to Tigres, a surprise loss against Querétaro.
The Uruguayan Anderson Duarte He scored his first goal in Mexican soccer to tie Toluca 2-2 against Tuzos. For Diablos Portuguese Renato Paiva, Alexis Vega also scored and for Pachuca Sergio Hernández and Owen González did so.
Also on Tuesday, Argentine Franco Russo scored a goal to give Querétaro a 1-0 victory over Tigres UANL.
Gallos had just one shot on goal in the first half, that of Russo, who received a service from teammate Federico Lértora and sent the ball into the net with a left-footed shot.
The loss left the tournament undefeated and denied Tigres a move into first place.
In another much-anticipated clash on Tuesday, champions América defeated Spanish coach Beñat San José’s Atlas 3-0, to rise from twelfth to tenth place in the table.
Uruguayans Rodrigo Aguirre and Brian Rodríguez, and Chilean Víctor Dávila, in his América debut, were América’s scorers.
In other results, Pumas UNAM beat Puebla 1-0 on Tuesday and Mazatlán and Necaxa drew goalless on Wednesday.
Source: La Verdad
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