Both teams had options to score at the beginning of the game, but goalkeepers Camilo Vargas, from Atlas, and Rodolfo Cota, from León, had timely saves.
The Ecuadorian Angel Mena He converted his first goal of the year on Wednesday in León’s draw, 1-1 with champion Atlas, in a match that was pending the first day of the Clausura of Mexican soccer.
Mena scored for the coach’s Lion Argentinian Ariel Holan Y Edgar Zaldivar rescued the tie for the Atlas of Diego Coca.
The two teams had opportunities to open the scoring at the start of the game, but the goalkeepers Camilo Vargas, Colombian Atlas, and Rodolfo Cota, Mexican del León, had timely saves.
Atlas came close to scoring in the 9th minute with a shot from Argentinian Franco Troyansky and an immediate shot to the post Aldo Rocha and León created danger with the Uruguayan Federico Martinez, in minute 13, however, it was Mena who made it 1-0 by taking a penalty.
The visiting team created danger with the Argentinian Hugo Nervo in replacement time of the initial half and started the second half at a good pace, in which he equalized with a goal of a high degree of difficulty from Edgar Zaldivar, in service of Jairo Torres.
Los Rojinegros stood up well, dominated in midfield and stopped the rival. At the close of the duel Atlas gave the ball to the Lion, but he kept order and guaranteed the equalizer at his opponent’s home.
Atlas reached a victory, a draw and four units and appears in sixth place, two points above León, tenth in the standings.
The Closing will continue with the third day that will have the following matches:
Thursday, January 20: San Luis-Juarez FC
Friday January 21: Mazatlan-Toluca
Saturday January 22: Guadalajara-Querétaro, León-Pachuca, América-Atlas and Monterrey-Cruz Azul
Sunday January 23: Pumas UNAM-Tigres UANL and Santos Laguna-Necaxa
The visit from Tijuana to Puebla is pending, postponed due to numerous cases of COVID-19 in the ranks of Tijuana. (D)
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