The Red Devils of Toluca finally fulfilled a task they had pending for a month, winning at home. They defeated the Gallos Blancos del Querétaro 3-1 in a match on matchday 12 of the Apertura 2023 tournament, a result that also keeps the scarlet team within the top five in the general classification.
The figure of the match was the young forward, Edgar Iván Lopez, who scored two goals, in addition to the goalkeeper Tiago Volpi who scored again via penalty. Thus, the Diablos are fifth overall with 18 points, while Querétaro is in thirteenth position with 12 points.
RED MODIFICATIONS
After overcoming an injury that kept him out of activity for several weeks, midfielder Juan Pablo Domínguez returned to the starting lineup with the Red Devils of Toluca, who also adjusted their scheme for this match against Querétaro, returning to two forwards in the attack with Edgar Iván López and Roberto Morales.
For Querétaro, several former Diablos arrived in coach Mauro Gerk’s lineup. The midfielders Kevin Escamilla and Jordan Sierra, as well as the attacker, Camilo Sanvezzo. Also in the attack was a man who knows the city well, La Pantera, José Raúl Zúñiga, who played several seasons in Toluca but with the Potros UAEM in the then Promotion Division.
THE JOHN FACTOR
The presence of a man as destabilizing as Juan Pablo Dominguez was immediately noticed in the Devils’ coffin, with his speed, good ball control and precise passes he weighed down the right wing. It was from this side that Toluca’s first danger came and ended in a goal.
Just one minute into the game, when in a counterattack Juan Pablo Domingues escaped from the right, reached the height of the area and there sent a service to Iván “Gacelo” López, who gained space from his defender, spurring towards the goal, He resolved it with a back-heel shot that beat goalkeeper Guillermo Allison to make it 1-0.
Then Juanpi did it again, clean his sector, reached the height of the area and madapolán a filtered pass for Gacelo López, but the attacker did not send a delayed service to his teammates who were unmarked, but instead shot directly at the goal and ball it went too cross.
The Gallos tried to react immediately, at 5′ Pablo Barrera sent a service to the far post where Emmanuel Gularte appeared unmarked, he finished with a header but the ball crashed into the post.
However, the Devils did not allow the rival to grow, they attacked and at 20′ they were close to widening their lead. The play was born on the right side, where Brian García arrived at the baseline, he sent a service to Robert Morales who was completely alone, but his shot crashed into the goalkeeper. William Allison.
Little by little, the Querétaro goalkeeper became a factor, as he prevented Toluca’s second goal from shots by “Gacelo” López, on two occasions, Marcel Ruiz and Brian García.
The Roosters did not give up their desire to go for the tie. At 28′ Raúl Zúñiga arrived from the right, took off García and shot at the first post, where Tiago Volpi saved, on the counterattack, the ball fell to Federico Lertora, who took a powerful shot that crashed into the crossbar.
THE LAW OF EX
The visit leveled the game, managed to contain the Devils’ attacks and in one arrival they showed forcefulness to tie the game. At 39′ Raúl Zúñiga arrived from the right, he took off the mark of Huerta and Volpi, he took a very soft shot that Andrés Mosqueda cleared on the line, but the ball drifted, just at the arrival of Camilo Sanvezzo who hit with power and sent it to the back of the net for 1-1. In the goal celebration, the former Toluca player put his hands together, as a sign of respect for his former team.
GOALKEEPER GOALKEEPER
For the second part the schemes were clear. Toluca pushed forward in search of a new advantage, while the Gallos Blancos preferred to defend themselves well and then try to do damage via the counterattack.
At minute 54 there was a play in the Querétaro area, El Gacelo López penetrated the visitors’ defense, fell and asked for a penalty, but the referee, Fernando Hernández, did not score anything, until in the VAR room they asked him to review the play and until then he marked the foul.
Thus at 58′ came the shot from the 11 steps that the goalkeeper, Tiago Volpi, took, shot from the left, or close to the post that beat the goalkeeper Allison to make it 2-1, the fourth goal of the Devils goalkeeper in the tournament.
Now, the roles were reversed, the Gallos advanced lines to try to tie and Toluca took advantage of the counterattack to create danger. At 59′ Ivan Gacelo López appeared again, arrived at the area and took a shot that saved the visiting defense on the line.
At 65′ Toluca began to give shape to its victory. Marcel Ruiz arrived in the center, he sent a filtered pass to the area where Robert Morales let the ball pass and left Iván López completely alone, who scored with a cross shot before goalkeeper Allison came out to make it 3-1.
Despite the advantage, the Devils did not stop attacking, they came with a shot from Jesús Angulo and Juan Pablo Domínguez, but goalkeeper Allison tried to block those shots. In the end the Devils came away with the victory and will go to FIFA date among the best five in the general classification.
2023-10-08 21:40:00
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