Photo: Sebastian Laureano Miranda / Imago7
Ecuadorian Ángel Mena scored his first goal of the year on Wednesday in León’s draw, 1-1 with champion Atlas, in a match that was pending on the first day of the Clausura of Mexican soccer.
Mena scored for the León of the Argentine coach Ariel Holán and Édgar Zaldívar rescued the tie for the Atlas of Diego Cocca.
The two teams had opportunities to open the scoring at the start of the match, but the goalkeepers Camilo Vargas, Colombian from Atlas, and Rodolfo Cota, Mexican from León
, they had timely saves.
Atlas was close to scoring in the 9th minute with a shot from the Argentine Franco Troyanski and an immediate shot to the post by Aldo Rocha and León created danger with the Uruguayan Federico Martínez, in the 01, however it was Mena who that put the 1-0 in the collection of a penalty.
The visiting team created danger with the Argentine Hugo Nervo, in the replacement time of the initial half and started the second half at a good pace,
in which he equalized with a highly difficult goal by Édgar Zaldívar, served by Jairo Torres.
The Rojinegros stood up well, dominated in midfield and stopped the rival. At the close of the duel, Atlas gave the ball to León, but kept order and guaranteed the equalizer at his opponent’s home.
Atlas reached a victory, a draw and four units and appears in the sixth place, two points above León, tenth in the standings.
The Closure will continue from this Thursday with the third day that will have the San Luis-Juárez FC matches, on Thursday 20; Mazatlan-Toluca, on Friday 21; Guadalajara-Querétaro, León-Pachuca, América-Atlas and Monterrey-Cruz Azul, on Saturday 22; and Pumas UNAM-Tigres UANL and Santos Laguna-Necaxa, on Sunday 23.
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