The Tuzos de Pachuca led by Uruguayan coach Guillermo Almada defeated Juárez FC 1-2 this Friday and confirmed themselves as leaders of the Clausura 2022 Mexican soccer tournament.
The Argentine Nicolás Ibáñez and the Mexican Bryan González scored for the Tuzos; Pachuca discounted through Flavio Santos.
The Ecuadorian international Romario Ibarra did not play with the Tuzos nor was he sent to the substitutes’ bench.
In a first half with few arrivals, Pachuca took the lead in the 23rd minute, with a headed goal by Ibáñez from a pass from Kevin Álvarez, from which Tijuana recovered and in the 44th minute equalized with a Santos goal from outside the goal. area in an error of the Argentinian goalkeeper Óscar Ustari.
Pachuca decided the victory with a left-footed goal by González, on the edge of the area; Almada’s team reached 10 wins, with two draws, two losses and 32 points, while Juárez was confirmed as the worst team of the campaign, with eight units.
In Tijuana, in the north of the country, the Águilas del América defeated the Xolos de Tijuana 1-3 with goals from Alejandro Zendejas and the Spaniard Álvaro Fidalgo and an own goal from Facundo Ferreyra; for Xolos discounted the Chilean Joaquín Montecinos.
Ferreyra put an own ball in the 7th minute and in the 10th minute Zendejas made it 0-2, taking advantage of defender Víctor Guzmán being held in solitary confinement with the goalkeeper. An elegant play by the Chilean Montecinos brought Tijuana closer, but in minute 84 the Spanish Álvaro Fidalgo scored a penalty and decided the 1-3.
The Eagles rose to seventh place with five wins, four draws, five losses and 19 units, three more than Xolos, thirteenth.
A couple of hours earlier, Uruguay’s Rodrigo Aguirre and Argentina’s Milton Giménez each scored a pair of goals to give Necaxa a 4-2 win over San Luis.
Aguirre and Giménez put on the board the superiority of coach Jaime Lozano’s Necaxa and the Argentine Germán Berterame scored for the visitors. Necaxa rose from fifteenth to tenth place with 17 units, the same as San Luis, eleventh.
This Thursday, at the start of the day, the Argentine Gonzalo Sosa converted a couple of goals and gave Mazatlan a surprise 2-1 victory over the champion Atlas, who discounted with a penalty well charged by the Argentine Julio Furch.
The actions of the weekend will take place with the Saturday duels between León-Puebla, Santos Laguna-Querétaro, Tigres UANL-Toluca and Cruz Azul-Guadalajara. On Sunday the Pumas UNAM will play in their stadium against the Rayados de Monterrey. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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