The Colombian Julián Quiñones won a double and is now the second top scorer
On Sunday, Toluca will visit the Pumas UNAM
The Colombian Julián Quiñones scored a brace this Saturday in Atlas’s 4-1 win over champions Tuzos del Pachuca and rose to second place in the top scorers of the Clausura 2023 Mexican soccer tournament.
In the resumption of the fifteenth day, Ozziel Herrera and Argentine Julio Furch were the other scorers for Atlaswhich rose to tenth place and was placed in the play-off zone two games from the end of the regular season.
The Colombian Cristian Arango scored for Pachuca, who continued in fifth placestill with the possibility of entering the top four that will fight the playoffs and directly access the quarterfinals.
Julián Quiñones reached 10 scores in the tournament and he was only two away from tying the top scorer of the Clausura, the Mexican Henry Martín, of the Águilas del América.
Atlas took the lead from minute 9. Luis Reyes took a free kick from the left that Gaddi Aguirre headed into a cross for Herrera, who swept in and left-footed to make it 1-0.
With no reaction from the monarchs, Ozziel Herrera received a filtered pass from the right and He crossed a service that Furch transformed into 2-0 at 30.
Quiñones contributed to the cause at 41, by mocking and leaving his marker on the floor, Kevin Álvarez, to convert close to the right post of Argentine goalkeeper Oscar Ustari to make it 3-0.
The Tuzos took over the second half, but it was only enough to score once, at the start of the plugin.
In his first arrival in the second half, at 47, Javier Eduardo ‘Chofis’ López leaked a pass to Arango, who defined the 3-1 before the departure of goalkeeper José Hernández.
Pachuca continued in its search to overcome the score, but Hernández stopped a header from Illian Hernández, at 67, and a shot from Arango, at 69.
However, when it seemed that the Tuzos were close to discounting the match, the Spanish Paulino De La Fuente committed a penalty against the Colombian Mauro Manotas; Quiñones, like Panenka, scored the penalty kick to make it 4-1.
Later, the Lion will receive the Chivas del Guadajara and Cruz Azul to the Águilas del América, in one of the derbies in Mexico City.
This Sunday the day will end with Toluca’s visit to the Pumas UNAMfrom the Tigres UANL to the Gallos Blancos del Querétaro and from Santos Laguna to the Rayados leaders of Monterrey.
The matches began last Thursday with the victory of San Luis 2-0 over Juárez FC and on Friday, Necaxa drew 1-1 with Puebla and Tijuana beat Mazatlán FC 1-2.EFE
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