Monterrey On Wednesday earned a small advantage toward the semifinals of the Mexican Soccer Clausura tournament after beating 3-2 at home Toluca At the beginning of the series for the quarterfinals. On the other hand, America’s current champion took an endless draw from his visit to Pachuca. The same series is defined on Saturday.
“We face a great rival and I think we manage it broadly. We deserve something else, but it hurts us and we go there (Toluca) with great enthusiasm and we know it’s going to be a difficult game,” said Argentine Sebastián Grazzini, technical assistant of Martín Demichelis.
In a match played at BBVA Stadium in Monterrey, Toluca’s “Red Devils” took advantage of 16 minutes when defender Víctor Guzmán scored his own purpose when trying to reject a center sent by Jesús Gallardo from the left sector.
Monterrey responded to 30 minutes with a shot of Jesus “Tecatito” Corona approaching near the left post. The local team was tied to 44 minutes when the Colombian Nelson Deossa placed the ball attached to the right post with a shot from outside the area that Héctor Herrera, who was left without the opportunity to react to Spain’s goalkeeper Pau López.
Monterrey knocked on a score of 50 minutes with a shot of Spanish Sergio Canales inside the area after controlling a pass from Colombian John Stefan Medina. The purpose of Monterrey’s “Rayados” fell in 69 minutes when Germán Berterame took advantage of a Gallardo error, delaying the ball in her goalkeeper, but Argentine’s striker moved forward to steal her, lópez’s delusions and specified before the unprotected purpose.
Near the end, Toluca discounts a Brazilian header Luan García after a center sent by Alexis Vega from the right sector by charging a foul in 82 minutes. “This is our worst game of the year, we are not accurate, but we should not put the reasons and now we have the possibility of winning. We left alive, the rival has exceeded us but it is 180 minutes, now we have to play at home where we have the possibility of tracking,” said Toluca Technical Director, Argentine Antonio Mohamed.
The other two series will start on Thursday with matches between Necaxa-Tigres Uanl and León-Cruz Azul. Both keys will be solved on Sunday.
Source: La Verdad
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