La Franja to the quarterfinals and Mazatlán to home: Puebla continues in the Closing Tournament thanks to the magical hands of Paraguayan Antony Silva [Video]

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For: EFE Updated 08 May 2022, 21: 42 pm EDT

Puebla

enrolled this Sunday in the quarterfinals of the Mexican Clausura Tournament by beating Mazatlán for 3-1 in a penalty shootouts thanks to the magical hands of the Paraguayan goalkeeper Antony Silva, who stopped two pitches.

The playoff match ended 2-2 in regular time. Diego de Buen and Argentine Juan Pablo Segovia scored for Puebla, led by Argentine coach Nicolás Larcamón, while Brian Rubio and Néstor Vidrio did it for Mazatlán.

In the series of penalties, the Argentine Federico Mancuello, Diego de Buen and Israel Reyes converted for the Pueblans. Miguel Sansores was the only scorer for Mazatlán, a team led by Argentine Gabriel Caballero.

Puebla took advantage of his first set piece of the match to get ahead marker. At minute 4, Diego de Buen took a free kick from the left that crossed the area and entered the far post to make it 1-0.

The poblanos did not lower the intensity and increased their advantage. In the 04 the Chilean Pablo Parra executed a shot from corner to the left that Segovia converted with a header in the 2-0.

Puebla ceded control of the game to Mazatlan, who warned with a couple of shots that went over Rubio’s crossbar. The insistence of the Mazatlecos became an annotation to 37.

Segovia made a poor clearance on a corner kick and after a series of rebounds, Rubio made it 2-1 with his right leg.

Puebla organized their defense in the second half, in which they neutralized Mazatlán’s attack, but the expulsion Martín Barragán al 91 opened the door to Caballero’s painting.

At the minute 91, in a play generated from a corner kick, the Uruguayan goalkeeper Nicolás Vikonis went on the attack and headed a ball in the small area that the Brazilian Lucas Maia cleared badly and gave a pass to Vidrio, who with his chest decreed 2-2 at 92.

The playoff matches began on Saturday when Cruz Azul won in a series of penalties for 3-1 to Necaxa, after drawing 1-1 in regulation time.

San Luis also defeated Rayados de Monterrey in a penalty shootout after a 2-2 draw in regular time.

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