The Braves de Juárez came from behind to beat Cruz Azul, the current Mexican soccer champion, 2-1 on Friday at the start of the eighth day of the Apertura-2021 Mexican soccer tournament.
Cruz Azul found the 1-0 very early, just at minute 4 the Argentine Lucas Passerini took a low shot and crossed almost over the right peak of the small area.
The 1-1 of the Juarense team was the work of Pol García at 19 with a header after taking a corner kick from the left.
The Braves’ somersault was completed at 36 in a stopped ball play. After the execution of a far free kick, Paraguayan Víctor Velázquez appeared in the heart of the area to score 2-1 with a sudden header.
Thus, the Braves achieved their first victory of the tournament and reached five points to leave the bottom of the classification. Cruz Azul was left with 10 units.
The day got underway earlier at the Cuauhtémoc stadium where Atlético de San Luis drew a 2-2 draw against Puebla in compensation time.
With this tie, Atlético San Luis reached 10 points and Puebla seven points.
In the Caliente stadium, the ‘Xoloitzcuintles’ of Tijuana also won for the first time in the tournament by beating the ‘Warriors’ of Santos 2-1.
Chilean Esteban Pavez scored 1-0 at minute 22 with a shot from outside the area that Colombian Brayan Angulo deflected to the Santista goalkeeper.
The ‘Warriors’ matched 1-1 at 87 with a spectacular free-throw collection to place the ball in the upper right-hand corner.
Already in replacement time, Miguel Sansores made it 2-1 for Tijuana with the collection of a penalty at 90 + 7.
With this result, Tijuana reached six points and Santos was left with 11 points.
On Saturday at the Azteca stadium, América, leader of the tournament with 17 points under the technical direction of Santiago Solari, will host Mazatlán from Spanish coach Beñat San José. (AP)
–Results of the day
-Friday:
Puebla-Athletic San Luis 2-2
Tijuana-Santos 2-1
Juárez-Cruz Azul 2-1
-Saturday:
Atlas-Monterrey
Tigers-Leon
America-Mazatlan
-Sunday:
Pumas-Guadalajara
Queretaro-Necaxa
-Monday:
Pachuca-Toluca