By Edgardo Avelar
In a matter of seconds, Argentine coach Martin Demichelis went from joy to frustration when the VAR in a controversial decision annulled the goal of the recently naturalized Mexican Germán Berterame that had tied the match against Toluca 2-2, but in the end with this foul they ruined the debut of the Argentine coach of Rayados de Monterrey in front of their own public.
A controversial defeat without a doubt because they ruined the efforts of the Monterrey team for fixing the mistakes they made and that paved the way to an important victory for the Diablos Rojos del Toluca who came without fear to demonstrate a great style of football to defeat the powerful Rayados who used all their arsenal, but were never able to get into the game.
In addition, they prevented that the Argentine Demichelis will also achieve his first victory in the Liga MX where he has played two games at the helm of Rayados, a draw last week 2-2 with Xolos de Tijuana as a visitor and now the defeat at the Gigante de Acero.
It is true that the stumble of the team led by the new Argentine coach had a lot to do with The faults of Mexican-American Brandon Vazquezwho at least wasted three clear chances that would have changed the course of the game and better luck for the Monterrey team.
With this setback, those led by Martín Demichelis fell to third place in the general table of the Liga MX with 13 points, while the scarlet team led by the Portuguese Renato Paiva became in temporary leaders with 14 points tied with Xolosbut with a better goal difference the day before what Cruz Azul does against América.
The actions
In the first half, Toluca dominated the game, taking the lead on the scoreboard through a former Rayados player like Jesús Gallardo, who was greeted throughout the game by endless boos, but who managed to score in the 5th minute with an action on the left side. cutting inside an opponent and putting in a right-footed shot for 1-0.
Rayados tried to react through Germán Berterame when at minute 30, he took a tremendous shot that was going to goal, but the ball ended up hitting the crossbar and with that the great opportunity to match the actions vanished.
Monterrey also played a bad trick that the Mexican-American Brandon Vazquez He did not have one of his best nights, missing at least two chances that would have changed the story of the game in the first half.
But football gives revenge Brandon Vázquez was already introduced in the second halfwhen in the 50th minute he was fouled in the area which referee Fernando “Cantante” Guerrero did not call as a foul, but after reviewing the VAR he reversed his call and then established the 1-1, but not before apparently arguing with his teammate Sergio Canales to see who would execute the foul.
But it was clear that Brandon would be light and shadow in the game, because later he missed another clear chance to get ahead on the scoreboard and left the table set for the 21-year-old Isaías Violante to put on the cape. of hero in the 86th minute by beating Rayados’ defenders with speed and tapped in over the Argentine goalkeeper Esteban Andrada to score the winning goal.
But Rayados’ last chance came in added time when Mexican German Berterame scored a ball completely alone,But when the VAR was reviewed, referee Fernando Guerrero called a reversal, taking away the goal from Rayados. when everything indicated that the goal had been a regulation goal, generating great controversy and preventing Demichelis from having a home debut with better results.
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