He UANL Tigers Cuenca coach Milagros Martínez defeated this Thursday 2-0 Blue Cross to establish itself at the head of the Apertura women’s soccer tournament in Mexico. On the continuation of the twelfth day Cristina Ferral He scored a goal in the 84th minute and Nayeli Rangel scored in the 93rd minute to resolve the match in which Tigres played 33 minutes and another on the field due to the sending off of defender Lía Martínez.
Despite playing in their home stadium against a rival with little popularity so far in the championship, the ‘Amazons’ were unable to break the Blues’ siege. Tigres, who had possession of the ball 60-40 in their favor in the first half, started strongly and dominated the first 10 minutes, but the visitors remained patient and slowly made their way into the area.
For the second half, Cruz Azul created danger with the arrival of Danya Gutiérrez’s goal, in the 51st minute, but in the 57th minute the light blue team suffered a blow with the expulsion of Lía Martínez, for double warning. In the 80th the Cruz Azul goalkeeper, Alejandría Godínez, was injured, after which the Tigres became more intense until in the 84th they decided the victory with a right-footed shot from Ferral, after a pass from Portuguese Ana Seica, in a throw- to. corner In the 93rd minute, Rangel took advantage of a cross from Jacqueline Ovalle and raised the score to 2-0.
Tigres has 11 wins, one draw and 34 points, two more in Tuzas de Pachuca, won a few hours before Puebla, 2-0, with points from Nigerian Chinwendu Ihezuo and Charlyn Corral, who confirmed himself in leadership of the scorers with 15 goals, four more than Ovalle.
On Thursday, Spaniard Irene Guererro scored a header in the 23rd minute to give América a 1-0 victory over Santos Laguna, lifting the azulcremas to third place, while Pumas beat Guadalajara and Juárez 3 -1 FC 0-2 against Querétaro. This Friday the twelfth day will end with the matches of León-Monterrey, Necaxa-Toluca and Atlas-San Luis.
Source: La Verdad
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