The red and black of the Atlas They stopped the series of defeats that the Liga MX teams have suffered in a regrettable start to the 2024 edition of the Leagues Cup by beating Houston Dynamo 0-1 with a goal from José Rivaldo Lozano, thus shedding light in the darkness of the Mexican teams where they have been defeated the UNAM Pumas, Xolos Tijuana, the Mazatlan Gunners and the Puebla Camoteros.
A remarkable victory in a duel of little football significance where the Mexican teams have so far shown a lot of disinterest in trying to get ahead in this competition, but where Atlas, at least, showed a little more sporting shame on the pitch to claim victory with a goal from Lozano in the 83rd minute.
This victory contrasts with the performance of Mazatlán FC, which fell to the New England Revolution 0-1 and Puebla to Inter Miami 0-2, without the presence of Argentine star Lionel Messi, absent due to the injury he suffered in the final. of the 2024 Copa América against Colombia, where Argentina ended up being crowned with a goal from Lautaro Martínez.
The two defeats on Saturday were added to those of Friday, where the Pumas fell 3-2 to Austin FC in a duel where the felines showed a low level and the 3-0 with which LAFC defeated Xolos de Tijuana, where the Mexican coach Juan Carlos Osorio gave a negative note by trying to attack the linesman of the match.
Puebla made its Leagues Cup debut with a 2-0 defeat against Inter Miami, in a match in which Lionel Messi was not present on the field and only watched from the stands.
Without Messi, Inter Miami debuted with a 2-0 victory over Puebla
For its part, the defending champion Inter Miami started the 2024 Leagues Cup on the right foot by beating Puebla 2-0, in a duel where his Argentine star Lionel Messi was absent, still affected by the injury from the 2024 Copa América final and only watched the game from the stands.
But even so, the Americans led by the so-called public enemy number one of Mexico, the Argentine Gerardo “Tata” Martino, won easily. to a team from Puebla led by José Manuel de la Torre, with few footballing lights and they also gave the impression of not wanting anything to do with the Leagues Cup.
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The goals that gave the Florida team their victory were scored by Matías Rojas in the 9th minute and in the 72nd minute by the Uruguayan Luis Suárez, who, assisted by the Spaniard Jordi Alba, put the game ahead. to give the first three points to the team in the League of the country of the stars and stripes.
Mazatlán bit the dust with New England
For their part, the Mazatlán Gunners started their presentation in the 2024 Leagues Cup on the wrong foot by falling 1-0 to New England of the MLS, in the match played at Gillette Stadium, where a single play allowed them the Massachusetts team beat the Mexicans to take the three points that put them in the lead of Group 5 of the East.
The American winning goal fIt was scored by Jack Panayotou, who only had to push the ball into the net after the goalkeeper of the Sinaloa team, Hugo González, went too far and allowed his goal to fall.
It was of no use to him The team led by Víctor Manuel Vucetich started the game strongly with arrivals from the Paraguayan Luis Amarillasince in the end the Americans were the squadron that managed to resolve the dispute.
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