Sergio Canales This Sunday he scored his eighth goal of the tournament from a penalty Mexican opening that is worth it Monterey to win 2-1 lion. Édson Gutiérrez and Canales scored for Rayados and Colombian Stiven Mendoza scored for the visitors. Monterrey moved up to fifth place and will face Pumas in the quarterfinals.
In their stadium, the Rayados of Argentine coach Martín Demichelis came out to win by two goals to reach fourth place, but they wasted clear opportunities and, worse, they lost the Argentine Lucas Ocampo, one of their main attacking figures, by expulsion. Gutiérrez made it 1-0 in the 31st minute, but León tied it in the 63rd minute thanks to Mendoza.
After the match, Monterrey secured the win with a penalty converted by Canales. In the 85th minute, Ocampo and Guerra got into a fight and were sent off. In the replacement time, León also lost Mendoza, casualties that did not burden the team in the championship because it was eliminated.
Monterrey closed the regular phase with 31 points, the same amount as Pumas, fourth in the standings. In the eight-best phase, Monterrey will host the Pumas and close the series as a guest.
Another quarterfinal duel that has already been decided is Tigres, third, against San Luis, sixth. Cruz Azul finished at the top of the standings with 42 points, 7 more than Toluca. Their rivals in the quarterfinals will come from the repechage, played by the conquerors of places from seventh to tenth: América, Tijuana, Guadalajara and Atlas.
In the final match of the regular season, Tijuana hosts Puebla in search of three points to climb to seventh place and relegate América to eighth.
Source: La Verdad
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