Mazatlán, Sinaloa.- Mazatlán FC could not maintain the advantage and a couple of VAR interventions were decisive, to give victory to Red Devils of Toluca 2-1, on the field of the Kraken Stadium, this in the duel corresponding to day three of the Grita México Clausura 2022 of Liga MX.
With goals from alexis canelo Y Leonard Fernandez, Toluca came from behind to come back and win the match. From the first minutes the Cañoneros tried to take the initiative, when they had arrivals from both sides. Iván Moreno was one of the most participatory on the left, Nicolás Benedetti on the right and Eduard Bello on the right.
Toluca looked for Camilo Sanvezzo and Alexis Canelo at the front of the attack, but the gunboat defense was well stopped in the first minutes. For this match, Benat San Jose he played with a line of four in the background, with Néstor Vidrio and Ygor Nogueira in the central. Jorge Padilla and Carlos Vargas on the side.
At 23 minutes, Mazatlán had the clearest of the game, when Jorge Padilla hit the crossbar after setting the ball on a rebound. The home team continued to insist and after 29 minutes they achieved their reward with 1-0.
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Iván Moreno took a deep ball and got into the area where he managed to get rid of the goalkeeper, but the angle was closed, then he sent a cross diagonally so that Edward Bello He will arrive inside the area and initially, with an internal part, he beat Luis García, for the first of the night.
At 33′, Toluca had a clear one, when Jordan Sierra sent a diagonal cross to the heart of the area, but Alexis Canelo was unable to deflect it. For the second part, Mazatlán lowered the intensity a bit, with which it had less arrival on the rival frame.
At 69′, Toluca made it 1-1, with a ball inside the area that the defenders could not cut and which Pedro Alexis Canelo arrived to match the figures with a shot at the half-turn, full of power and hitting the post. VAR made its appearance at 73′, when Gonzalo Sosa elbowed Haret Ortega, leaving his team with 10 men.
Just five minutes later, a foul inside the Cañoneros area triggered a penalty for the Scarlets. Carlos Vargas managed to move Carlos Guzmán inside the area and central defender Óscar Macías sanctioned a penalty. From the eleven steps Leonardo Fernández charged with power and in the middle. Despite the fact that Nicolás Vikonis managed to touch the ball, he was unable to contain his shot, thus making it 2-1 at 80′. Mazatlán did not know how to react to the somersault and therefore experienced its second setback in this tournament start.
The following week there will be a break in Liga MX for the FIFA date. Mazatlán returns to action on Sunday, February 6, when it visits Tigres de la UANL, at 7:00 p.m. Toluca rests on the following day due to the participation of Monterrey in the Club World Cup and will play until Saturday, February 12, against Atlético de San Luis in the hostilities of day 5, as a visitor.
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