Monterey reached the semi-final stage of the Apertura Mexican soccer tournament on Sunday after beating the visitors 5-3 FIRST Pumas in the second leg of their quarterfinal series. Monterrey’s ‘Rayados’ advanced to the next stage with a 6-3 aggregate score after their 1-0 victory in the first leg.
In the series-defining game played at the Olimpico Universitario stadium in Mexico City, Monterrey took the lead in the 31st minute when naturalized Mexican Argentine Germán Berterame took advantage of a defensive error by Pumas to score with his left foot before exiting. of goalkeeper Julio González.
The local team equalized in the 36th minute through Guillermo Martínez, who scored with his left foot in the six-yard box after César Huerta’s shot hit the crossbar after a deflection by goalkeeper Luis Cárdenas. Monterrey regained the lead in the 56th minute with a powerful and placed shot by Argentine Lucas Ocampos from outside the area.
Pumas equalized in the 66th minute when Argentine Ignacio Pussetto scored on a volley after goalkeeper Luis Cárdenas denied a cross sent in from the left sector. Monterrey took the lead again in the 73rd minute with a double from Berterame, who beat the goalkeeper by finishing a cross from Erick Aguirre with his right.
The visiting team scored the fourth goal in the 79th minute when Gerardo Arteaga headed the ball into the left corner with a powerful left foot shot from outside the area after a defensive rebound. Pumas scored again in the 87th minute when Martínez scored his double by heading in Huerta’s cross from the left sector.
Monterrey’s fifth goal came in the 93rd minute after an error by goalkeeper Julio González, who lost the ball from his hands, which the Spaniard Oliver Torres took advantage of to determine in front of the unprotected goal.
So, Monterrey will face Atlético de San Luis in the semifinal, having won the first leg 3-0 and 1-0 in the return match against Tigres. On Saturday, champion América became the first semifinalist after winning 2-0 away to Toluca in the sense of the series, and registered an aggregate score of 4-0 after this 2-0 victory in the first leg.
In the semifinal, América will face Cruz Azul, who overcame a defeat suffered by three goals in the first leg, and secured their place with a 3-3 aggregate draw thanks to their better position in the overall table at the end of 17 day of the regular season where they finished as the overall leader.
Source: La Verdad
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