The América of Argentine technical director Santiago Solari was confirmed as the leader of Mexican soccer by defeating Mazatlán 2-0 under Spanish coach Beñat San José, on Saturday at the Azteca stadium in the continuation of the eighth day of the Apertura-2021 tournament.
It was the 28th minute when the Spanish Álvaro Fidalgo appeared on the edge of the Mazatlán small area to convert, with the assistance of Colombian Nicolás Benedetti, the 1-0 of América.
The 2-0 was signed by Fernando Madrigal at 74 with a shot from the edge of the area that escaped the Uruguayan goalkeeper Nicolás Vikonis’s hands.
Thus, the ‘Águilas’ of America reached 20 points and the ‘Canoneros’ of Mazatlán were left with nine units.
At the University Stadium, with a goal in spare time, the Tigres managed to draw 2-2 against León.
León’s 1-0 score came at minute 31 from a corner kick taken from the right, Colombian William Tesillo extended the ball to the far post where Elías Hernández appeared without a mark to score.
Only two minutes later, ‘La Fiera’ attacked through the center, the Ecuadorian Ángel Mena appeared in the area with the ball at grass level and scored the 2-0 with a crossed shot.
The Tigers went 2-1 with a volley from Raymundo Fulgencio to the right hairpin at 43.
The 2-2 was marked very close to the end by Colombian Luis Quiñones with a cross shot inside the area at 90 + 3.
With this result, the León reached 15 points and the Tigers, who played with the French André-Pierre Gignac and Florian Thauvin from the start, reached 13 points.
Before at the Jalisco stadium, the ‘Zorros’ del Atlas came from behind to beat the ‘Rayados’ del Monterrey 2-1.
The Colombian Duván Vergara scored 1-0 for the ‘Rayados’ with a shot from the edge of the area that he placed in the upper right corner at minute 14.
At 61, the ‘Zorros’ equaled 1-1 at 60 with a shot from Colombian Julián Quiñones inside the small area.
Argentine Julio Furch completed the athletic somersault with 2-1, which he signed with a header at 80.
With this result, Atlas reached 13 points and Monterrey was left with 11 units after suffering their first defeat in the tournament.
–Results of the date:
-Friday:
Puebla-Athletic San Luis 2-2
Tijuana-Santos 2-1
Juárez-Cruz Azul 2-1
-Saturday:
Atlas-Monterrey 2-1
Tigres-Leon 2-2
America-Mazatlan 2-0
-Sunday:
Pumas-Guadalajara
Queretaro-Necaxa
-Monday:
Pachuca-Toluca