FIRST Pumas beat the champions 1-0 on Sunday America at the end of the tenth day of the Apertura tournament of Mexican soccer thanks to a goal from the Peruvian Piero Quispe. With its third consecutive victory, the club from the National Autonomous University of Mexico reached 19 points to place itself in fifth place in the standings, behind Cruz Azul (25), Toluca (21), Tigres UANL (21) and Monterrey (21) .
In the match played at the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium in Mexico City, Quispe scored the winning goal in the 19th minute with a shot inside the area after receiving a pass from Guillermo Martínez. América pressed in search of an equalizer that came close with a shot from Uruguayan Rodrigo Aguirre that went very close to the right post.
The “Águilas” of América continued to look for the equalizer that they did not achieve due to the failures of the forwards and the smart interventions of the goalkeeper Julio González ended the match with a man less due to the expulsion of the Paraguayan Richard Sánchez, who saw a Red card in the 94th minute for complaining to the referee. With its fifth loss, América is stuck in eleventh place with 13 points.
On Saturday, Cruz Azul consolidated its lead after coming back from two goals down to beat Pachuca 4-2 away, Toluca beat Atlas 4-1, Atlético de San Luis came back from a goal down to beat Santos Laguna 3-1, while Guadalajara and Monterrey tied 1-1. On Friday, Tigres UANL salvaged a 2-2 draw at home in the last minute against León, Bravos de Ciudad Juárez won 3-2 away to Puebla, Tijuana beat Mazatlán 1-0, while Querétaro drew and Necaxa at 0-0. 0.
Source: La Verdad
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