The homophobic screams of the fans of the Celestial Machine conspired to take the rhythm of the game
The Lion of Argentine coach Ariel Holán set foot in the quarterfinals of the Apertura of Mexican football, by defeating the champion Cruz Azul this Wednesday, in a game postponed on date 11. The homophobic screams of the fans of the Celestial Machine conspired to slow down the game and take advantage of this fair.
An own goal by Uruguayan Ignacio Rivero gave León one of his most important triumphs of the year, with which he jumped to third place and after beating Necaxa next Saturday, he will sign his direct access to the league of the eight best.
An arrival in the area of the Ecuadorian Ángel Mena in minute two was the first sign that León was determined to find the match.
The Blue of Peruvian coach Juan Reynoso pressed, took the ball and were close to the goal with a header from Santiago Giménez, however, the team gave the ball and in minute 31 received the goal.
Chilean Víctor Dávila put a cross into the area for Colombian Omar Fernández, who shot on goal. The ball met Rivero, who got it into his own goal.
Giménez was close to leveling with a left-footed shot in the 38th minute, but it was a night in which the sky-blue forwards lacked aim, which they ratified in the second half.
Cruz Azul went with everything to attack in the last 20 minutes. After Orbelín Pineda’s arrival in the area, in 77, Reynoso’s team dominated and touched the possibility of a goal at least three times, with a shot from Argentine Lucas Passerini, Ecuadorian Bryan Angulo and Mexican Luis Romo , who crashed the ball into the post on the last play of the duel.
The match was stopped twice due to the insistence of fans to repeat the homophobic cry, for which FIFA has repeatedly sanctioned Mexico, whose national team will play its next two home matches behind closed doors.
León reached seven victories, five draws, four defeats and 26 points and climbed to third place with the same points of Atlas, second, while Cruz Azul dropped to sixth and complicated direct access to the quarterfinals, reserved for the top four of the table.
Shortly before, Pachuca and San Luis drew goalless in a duel pending on matchday five, between two teams excluded from the qualifying zone.
This Thursday, Santos Laguna will visit Pumas UNAM in a pending match and Atlas will host Querétaro, at the start of the last day of the tournament in which Puebla-Toluca and Mazatlán-Guadalajara will play, on Friday; León-Necaxa, América-Monterrey and Tigres-Juárez, on Saturday, and Pumas-Cruz Azul and Santos Laguna-San Luis, on Sunday. (D)
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