By Edgardo Avelar
Through a last-minute penalty scored by the forward Canadian Lucas Cavallini in the style of the Hungarian Panenka, the technician José Manuel de la Torre rHe appeared in the Liga MX with a 1-0 victory for Puebla over Santos Laguna, on the first date of the Apertura 2024 tournament, thus ending a negative streak of 12 games without winning that the Puebla team accumulated in almost 150 days in the previous Clausura 2024 tournament q
This goal was the most redeeming feature of a match where it was clear that both teams struggled to get into rhythm by offering little footballing proposal and where both teams tried to resolve their shortcomings on the field with a lot of self-respect, but which ended up giving them dividends in an agonizing way. with a penalty awarded by VAR, due to an innocent handball by defender Ismael Govea that stopped the natural course of the ball inside the area.
This is how Canadian Cavallini came to make a spectacular collection and thereby save Puebla from extending its streak of games without winning to 13 games, since in the previous tournament the last time they were able to win was on matchday five when they beat the Mazatlán Gunners 3-2.
Since that game held on Friday, February 2, the people of Puebla became the weakest team in the competition. with only one victory in all the rounds that forced them to reorganize their ranks by bringing in the experienced Chepo de la Torre to try to revive their laurels under the command of a Mexican coach who has proven his worth with two titles in the Liga MX in the 2006 Apertura tournament at the head of Chivas and in the 2008 Apertura tournament with Toluca.
Now, in a very complicated company with Puebla, Chepo cared little about taking care of the forms and tried to impose a balanced style, which would defend well and at the same time have the options to generate danger, but things did not look good and only the penalty scored by the Canadian Lucas Cavallini, could resolve a contest that was getting out of hand.
It is true that it was the first game of the Apertura 2024 tournament for both teams, but both the people of Puebla and La Laguna do not have time to measure things, since the last championship was not favorable and now its management requires answers, but above all its fans.
Thus, Puebla added its first three points and was two away from the mark of points it achieved in the last championship, which was very negative for the Franja squad. and that required that for the present contest they had to resort to changes accompanied by the arrival of the sought-after José Manuel de la Torre and at least they already put a number on the house.
While on the other hand, Ignacio Ambriz with Santos Laguna requires the same, since in 11 games directed in the last tournament, He only managed three wins, two draws and six losses, which did little to improve the ailing team from Laguna.
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