Hidalgo, Pachuca.- The current champions of the MX League, Tuzos del Pachuca, closed the actions of matchday 1 with a severe thrashing of Club Puebla (5-1) on the field of the Hidalgo Stadium. With a double from Nicolás Ibáñez and goals from Luis Chávez, Javier López and Kevin Álvarez add their first points in the Clausura 2023 and incidentally they will sleep as leaders.
On a night to receive the champion, the fans filled the ‘Huracán’ and witnessed an emotional tribute with lights to King Pelé (1940-2022), who died on December 29 in Brazil and the Mexican League decided to pay tribute in each first date match.
Starting the game quickly, the Tuzos from Pachuca took the lead and it could not have been anyone other than the one who was talked about the most on the eve of the championship, Luis Gerardo Chávez, who scored a great free-kick goal at 5′. Three minutes later the scoring champion, Nicolás Ibáñez, took advantage of the fact that the ball was served to concede the 2-0.
The score took time to be validated because before the score it seems that Daniel Hernández put his hand into the ball at the moment of intervening in the clearance of the defense that the referee, Diego Montaño, considered that there was no intention and considered the goal good.
Later the game was stopped due to the review of the whistle for a possible penalty for Puebla. Although it took him a long time to determine, he pointed out the fateful point, so from eleven meters the visit cut the distance with the positive charge of Martín Barragán, in the aggregate.
Pachuca was able to go two ahead at half time because Avilés Hurtado received a foul in the big area that Diego Montaño did not whistle first. He resorted to VAR to give the blue and whites a penalty, but Nico Ibáñez missed by shooting at mid-height and giving Antony Silva a chance to tap the ball.
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