The Foxes of the Atlas were crowned champions of the Clausura-2022 tournament of Mexican soccer despite their 2-1 loss to Tuzos del Pachuca this Sunday, in the second leg of the final played at the Hidalgo stadium, where Colombians Camilo Vargas and Julián Quiñones celebrated victory.
The Ecuadorian Romario Ibarra, at minute 8, and the Argentine Nicolás Ibáñez, at 45+9, scored for the Pachuca of the Uruguayan technical director Guillermo Almada.
The Argentine Julio Furch, at 45, scored for the Atlas of the Argentine coach Diego Cocca. Forced to overcome the 2-0 defeat suffered on Thursday in the first leg played at the Jalisco stadium, the Tuzos went out to look for the Zorros bow from the beginning.
At minute 8, Romario Ibarra received the ball in the left corridor of the area, leaving Javier Abella and Peruvian Anderson Santamaría seeded and With the panorama cleared, he signed the 1-0 against the Colombian goalkeeper Camilo Vargas with a definition at the far post.
Pachuca was dramatically saved from a tie at 11 when Argentine defender Gustavo Cabral rejected a shot from fellow Argentine Hugo Nervo inside the area almost on the goal line. At 44, after reviewing the VAR, the referee Fernando Hernández signaled a penalty for a handball by defender Daniel Aceves.
Julio Furch was in charge of executing the penalty and scored the 1-1 with a shot to the left of the Argentine goalkeeper Oscar Ustari who launched himself to the opposite side.
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After, Aceves attempted a left-footed shot from outside the area at 45+7 and the ball ended up in the hands of Camilo Vargas’ goalkeeper.
About to go into the break, Nicolás Ibáñez returned the advantage to Pachuca with a 2-1 lead through a header from a pass from Víctor Guzmán.
The victory for the third title
Already in the second half, Pachuca threatened to score their third goal that would have forced extra time. It was the 51st minute when Colombian Avilés Hurtado hit a shot that went wide of the athlete’s goal.
At minute 83, Atlas was left with 10 men due to the expulsion of Aníbal Chalá. In Pachuca’s last clear opportunity, goalkeeper Camilo Vargas saved Atlas again at 84 by lying on his right side to save Ibáñez’s header.
In this way, with a global score of 3-2, the Atlas achieved the third title in its history; he won the previous two in the 1950-51 season and in the Apertura-2021 tournament.
Los Zorros became the third two-time champion team in the short tournaments after Pumas (Clausura-2004 and Apertura-2004) and León (Apertura-2013 and Clausura-2014). Having won the championships included in the 2021-22 football year, the Atlas Foxes also claimed the title of Champion of Champions.
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