Santos vs León (1-2): La Fiera wakes up and aims for Liguilla

Mexico City

For the first time in the tournament Guard1anes 2021, the Lion will be in qualifying positions, after tonight he reigned in a complicated visit to the Saints of Torreón, a team they beat 2-1 with a goal of Fernando Navarro

The team led by Nacho Ambriz achieved its second victory of the season and the second in a row, reaching 14 units and placing it in ninth position, already above Querétaro, Mazatlán and Pachuca.

The game in La Laguna opened it Angel Mena in 24 ‘, thanks to a maximum penalty for one hand within the area of Felix TorresThe Ecuadorian did not fail, converting 11 steps to the emeralds, winning away from home a second time.

Six minutes later, the locals also leveled the score with a hand in the area, this time from Santiago Colombatto Fernando Gorriarán was in charge of hitting Rodolfo Cota and put the 1-1 on minute 32.

The game was a draw, and while Santos held the ball for many moments, the Esmeraldas were the ones who had the clearest scoring opportunities. Emphasizing two interventions by the goalkeeper, Carlos Acevedo a shot of it Joel Campbell and another from Víctor Dávila.

Acevedo, however, could no longer cope with a genius from Fernando Navarro, who took an elegant and accurate shot from the hat at minute 58, placing the ball in the top left corner of the lagoon’s frame.

Guillermo Almada he sent changes to the court to equalize the score, but none had any effect. Lion he trained well on the TSM field and didn’t let them create much danger, limiting the local attack to medium and long range shots.

About the compensation time the central referee marked another maximum penalty in Santos’ favor, but after a revision of the TRUE, the whistler decided to reverse his decision, making the result 2-1 in favor of the fair

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