Tie on points with Toluca and Tigres, but with greater goal difference
The following matches of the day will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week
The Rayados de Monterrey of Argentine striker Rogelio Funes Mori took advantage of this Sunday’s goalless draw between Pachuca and Pumas UNAM to establish themselves as leaders of the 2022 Opening of Mexican soccer.
In a back-and-forth duel, with intensity, but little forcefulness, Tuzos and university students equalized at the end of day four, which helped Monterrey to continue at the top of the table, with the same points as Toluca. and Tigres, but with better goal difference.
On Thursday, the Rayados thrashed Querétaro 0-3, with goals from Funes Mori, his compatriot Germán Berterame and Mexican Jesús Gallardo to reach three wins, one loss and nine points, the same as Toluca, who won by 2 -1 to Santos Laguna and that Tigres, winner 2-0 of the champion Atlas.
On Saturday, the Uruguayan Leonardo Fernández and the Ecuadorian Jordi Sierra gave Toluca a victory over Santos, which discounted with a goal from Hugo Rodríguez, hours before the Tigres took advantage of the expulsion of the Colombian goalkeeper Camilo Vargas to overcome by 2 -0 to Atlas.
In the 6th minute, Vargas committed a handball outside the area, took a red card and left Argentine coach Diego Cocca’s Atlas unprotected, surpassed by an own goal from Peruvian Anderson Santamaría and a goal from Frenchman André Pierre Gignac.
After Monterrey, Toluca, Tigres, Puebla appears in fourth place with the same eight units as Pachuca, but with three more goals.
This Saturday the Mexican striker Santiago Giménez converted a couple of goals to jump to the lead of the championship scorers, but it did little for his team, Cruz Azul, who tied at home 2-2 with Puebla.
Giménez scored two goals to reach five in the tournament, one more than Funes Mori and the Argentine Lucas Di Yorio, from León, while the Puebla of the Argentine coach Nicolás Larcamón tied with goals from Jordi Cortizo and Martín Barragán.
The fourth day of the Apertura began last Wednesday with a goalless draw between Chivas de Guadalajara and León.
In the other results, Uruguayan Abel Hernández scored on Friday to give San Luis a 1-1 draw at the Mazatlán stadium and his compatriot Facundo Batista gave Necaxa a 1-0 victory over Juárez.
This Saturday the Xolos de Tijuana beat America 2-0 with goals from the Argentine Lisandro López, in the collection of a penalty, and the Chilean Joaquín Montecinos.
The fifth date of the championship will be played between next Tuesday and Wednesday with the following matches:
Tuesday 07.26: Atlas-Tijuana, Monterrey-Puebla, Juárez FC-Tigres UANL, San Luis-Cruz Azul and León-Toluca.
Wednesday 07.27: Querétaro-Guadalajara, Necaxa-Pachuca and Pumas-Mazatlán.
Postponed: America-Santos Laguna (14.09).