‘Ángel Mena leads León to the final’: Mexican press highlights the Ecuadorian, author of a double against Tigres

The name of Ángel Mena occupies the headlines in the sports press of Mexico this Sunday, after the Ecuadorian scored a double on Saturday night that gave León a victory over Tigres (2-1) and, consequently, the classification to the Fiera for the final of the 2021 Apertura Tournament of Liga MX.

The tricolor attacker scored at 8 minutes and sentenced the key at 85 at the León stadium, after the visit managed to equalize the game through Diego Reyes (minute 16). The global score was 3-3, resulting in the winning emeralds of the semifinal series due to their better position in the qualifying phase (3rd vs. 4th).

“2-1: Mena leads the Lion to the final of the Apertura”, headlines Sports world his note from the Lion-Tigers. And he accompanies it with the summary: “The Ecuadorian scored both goals for his team to guide León to victory over Tigres UANL, with which he qualified for the final of the Apertura 2021 tournament of Mexican soccer ”.

The Mexican edition of the newspaper As The chronicle begins by highlighting how decisive the tricolor attacker was: “With a double from Ángel Mena, León’s team achieved its goal and eliminated Tigres by winning 2-1 to reach the final of Grita México A2021 in the middle of a game with violent and controversial overtones ”. The latter, mainly in relation to the brawl that broke out on the benches after the second goal from La Fiera.

The newspaper Millennium He describes the actions at the dawn of the game like this: “At 5 minutes, the León first warned in an off-hook where Ángel Mena launched his shot over the goal of Nahuel Guzmán. But at 7 he no longer failed and with a forceful right hand he put the 1-0 that gave him the pass to the final momentarily. Taking advantage of a series of rebounds and the bad marking of the royal rear ”.

While, Excelsior points out about the final goal: “The South American (Mena) had previously drowned out the shout of celebration before a wonderful double save by Nahuel Guzmán, however, the action did not end there immediately, he had his revenge with a certain header inside the area for him. 2-1 that installed them in the decisive series ”.

Mena had already been the figure in the quarterfinals, since he also scored a double in the second leg (2-0). In that instance, León left Puebla on the road (aggregate 3-2).

La Fiera will play the final of Mexican soccer again after a year. He was champion in the Apertura 2020, with Mena as the owner.

The Ecuadorian, three-time national champion with Emelec (2013, 2014 and 2015), joined León for the Clausura 2019.

‘Speechless’

Chosen as the figure of the party by the organization, Mena was recognized “very excited” and “speechless.” “During this league (the fans) have accompanied us. They deserve it. They trusted us. Now we will go through the final”, Said the Ecuadorian on TV.

“We had a lot of faith, a lot of confidence in the group. We were convinced that we could achieve victory. From the beginning we look for it. We show that this team, when it sets out to do so, can fight against any rival ”, added the tricolor figure. (D)