Tampico Madero raised the negative score on the return leg and was crowned the first frost of the silver category starting format
Tampico Madero became the first Expansion League champion after defeating Atlante in the first leg 2-3 to put the total 3-4 in favor of Jaiba Brava. The match, which was held at the Ciudad de los Deportes Stadium, had to go on until extra time, where the visitors turned the score. Jesús Salas scored twice for the champion while Diego de Buen scored the winning goal and for the Colts he scored Jonathan Sanchez and Jonathan Vega.
The first half lacked emotions in the goals as the ball spent most of the time in the center of the field without having a clear dominator, so both teams opted to try it with long shots, which went a long way. of the arches.
Each team lost one player to muscle discomfort for the first 45 minutes. Edson Partida, of Tampico Madero, left the field at 18 ‘, while in added time it was Joel Pérez who had to go out on a stretcher.
The first free option to score came at 50 ‘when Diego de Buen executed a corner kick, bounced the ball and reached the head of José Ávila, who sent his head back despite not having a goal in front of the goal. Humberto Hernández.
The balance was tipped for Tampico Madero, a team that took possession of the ball, but they lacked creativity as they approached the rival territory, while Atlante chose to close the spaces and deal damage with counterattacks.
Faced with the dominance of the visitors, the Catalans took advantage of a set piece at 67 ‘to make the first of the game with a header from Jonathan’ Cuba ‘Sánchez, who appeared on the far post and beat Joel with a chopped head. Garcia.
The ‘Jaiba Brava’ needed nine minutes to react to balance the score. Daniel Lajud, who had come in in place of the injured Joel Pérez, flowed over the left wing and sent a mid-high center, which was deflected, a situation that favored Jesús Salas, who closed to push the ball into the nets, so much so that sent the game to overtime.
The Colts were most dangerous in the overtime. During the first 15 minutes they had two clear runs to score, but it was until 107 ‘when they finally made it to the second of the evening with the cooperation of rival goalkeeper Joel García, who finally threw the ball into his goal after a powerful shot from Jonathan Vega.
When Atlante appeared to be driving to the championship, Jesús Salas reappeared, launching himself as a ‘dove’ to tie it at 113‘.
Two minutes before the end of extra time, Manuel López entered the local area, where he was shot by Jonathan Sánchez, action that central whistler, Edgar Allan Morales, sanctioned as a punishment, the same as Diego de Buen executed with a powerful shot to defeat Humberto Hernández and take him the first Expansion League title to Tampico Madero.