Puebla, led by Argentine coach Nicolás Larcamón, did not go beyond a draw on Tuesday in Juárez’s visit, which endangers its leadership on the eighth day of the Clausura-2022 Mexican soccer tournament.
“Los Bravos” de Juárez advanced in the 49th minute with a frontal shot inside the area by Fernando Arce that would not be matched by “La Franja” until the 70th minute, with a header by Alberto Herrera.
With this tie, Puebla adds 18 units and remains the leader, although it could lose that position if Pachuca or Tigres win their respective matches on Wednesday. For his part, Juárez reached eight points.
At the Azteca stadium, the ‘White Roosters’ of Querétaro tore the 1-1 draw from the ‘Águilas’ of América with a penalty in stoppage time.
Just at minute 5, América had a corner kick from the right, the Chilean Diego Valdés sent the ball to the area where the Paraguayan Bruno Valdez signed the 1-0 with a header.
About the time, after reviewing the VAR, the referee signaled a penalty in favor of Querétaro. Ángel Sepúlveda collected it calmly, deceiving goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa who threw himself to the opposite side.
Thus, the ‘Eagles’ of Argentine coach Santiago Solari reached six points and the ‘White Roosters’ led by also Argentine Hernán Cristante added eight units.
Under Solari’s command, the “Eagles” of America reached 129 days without winning at home in the Azteca stadium.
At the Nemesio Díez stadium, with a goal from Chilean Joaquín Montecinos, the ‘Xoloitzcuintles’ of Tijuana beat the ‘Red Devils’ of Toluca 2-1.
Marcel Ruiz made it 1-0 for the ‘Xoloitzcuintles’ with a low shot from the crescent of the area at minute 17.
At 30, the “Red Devils” had a corner kick from the right, the Argentine Alexis Canelo hit a header, the ball went to the small area where the Colombian Christian Rivera deflected it towards his own goal for 1-1.
Montecinos signed the triumph of Tijuana at 85 when, after a combination with the Ecuadorian Renato Ibarra inside the area, he defined the 2-1 with a low and crossed shot in front of the goalkeeper.
With this result, Tijuana reached 11 points and Toluca was left with 10 units.
–Results of the day:
-Tuesday:
Toluca-Tijuana 1-2
Puebla-Juarez 1-1
Leon-Monterrey 0-0
America-Queretaro 1-1
Mazatlan-Necaxa 0-0
-Wednesday:
Atlas-Pachuca
Tigers-Blue Cross
Atletico San Luis-Guadalajara
Santos-Pumas
1. Puebla 18 8 5 3 0 14 6 8
2. Pachuca 16 7 5 1 1 16 8 8
3. Tigers 16 7 5 1 1 15 11 4
4. Blue Cross 13 7 4 1 2 12 7 5
5. Atlas 12 7 3 3 1 7 5 2
5. Lion 12 8 3 3 2 8 7 1
7. Pumas 11 7 3 2 2 11 5 6
8. Tijuana 11 8 3 2 3 8 10 -2
9. Toluca* 10 7 3 1 3 9 14 -5
10. Queretaro 8 8 1 5 2 8 10 -2
11. Juarez* 8 7 2 2 3 7 9 -2
12. Necaxa 8 8 2 2 4 9 13 -4
13. Guadalajara 7 7 2 1 4 12 12 0
14. Mazatlan 7 8 2 1 5 9 15 -6
15. Monterrey** 6 6 1 3 2 6 5 1
16. Athletic San Luis 6 7 2 0 5 6 9 -3
17. America 6 8 1 3 4 9 14 -5
18. Santos 5 7 1 2 4 8 14 -6
*They have a match pending
**You have two matches pending
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