Guadalajara put a Monterrey team that defended and preserved the victory in trouble
The day will end later with the San Luis-Atlas
The Spanish Sergio Canales scored a pair of goals this Sunday, his first in the league, to give Monterrey a 1-2 victory over Guadalajara in the Apertura 2023 of Mexican soccer.
In the continuation of the seventh day, Canales, with two goals, was the hero of the Rayadosand Ricardo Marín scored for the Chivas of Serbian-Spanish coach Veljko Paunovic.
The Argentine coach’s Monterrey Fernando Ortiz was better in the first halfin which they erased Guadalajara.
In the 9th minute Canales converted with a cross shot from his right legwith assistance from Argentine Rogelio Funes Mori, and in the 36th minute he decided with a well-taken penalty.
Guadalajara transformed in the second half, in which he laid siege to the rival area. In the 66th minute, Ricardo Marín scored with a header from a pass from Cristian Calderón, making it 1-2.
Guadalajara put a Monterrey team that defended and preserved the victory in trouble to climb to eighth place with three games won, one tied, two lost and 10 points, four less than the Tigres UANL who beat Querétaro 5-0 this Saturday.
Raymundo Fulgencio, twice, the French André Pierre Gignac, Juan Pablo Vigón and the Argentine Nicolás Ibáñez converted for the cats of Uruguayan coach Robert Siboldi, who They reached four wins, two draws, one defeat and 14 unitsthe same as Juárez FC, whom it surpasses by better goal difference.
On Friday, at the start of the day, Juárez beat Mazatlán 3-1, with an attack led by Colombian Diego Valoyes, with a goal and two assists. Valoyes, the Spanish Aitor García and the Colombian Avilés Hurtado scored for the home team and the Paraguayan Josué Colmas scored for Mazatlán.
This Saturday, in one of the most anticipated duels of the championship, Brazilian coach Andre Jardine’s América defeated Cruz Azul 2-3.
The Colombian Julián Quiñones, the Paraguayan Richard Sánchez and the Uruguayan Brian Rodríguez scored for the Azulcremas and the Argentine Carlos Rotondi and Uriel Antuna scored for the Azules. The before and after of the game occurred in the 37th minutewhen World Cup player Carlos Rodríguez elbowed Sánchez and was sent off.
On Friday Puebla beat Tijuana 3-0, this Saturday the Colombian Harold Preciado scored his fifth goal of the championship to remain alone as the leader of the scorers and give Santos Laguna a 2-1 victory over the UNAM Pumas and the Necaxa drew 1-1 at the León stadium.
This Sunday Toluca beat Pachuca 5-0in the other game so far this weekend.
The day will end later with the San Luis-Atlas; If they win, San Luis will rise to first place.