The ‘Fiera’ made the locality weigh and took advantage of two errors by the rojinegros to overcome a complicated match.
León and Atlas gave away one of the most exciting finals in Mexican soccer in memory. The ‘Fiera’ turned a game in which it was up to two times down on the scoreboard. The team of Santiago Ormeño which remained on the bench suplentes- two errors took the rojinegro box to take a first step towards the title.
The targeted Ariel Holan did not lower his head despite the prickly which made the meeting. Quickly at 12 ‘the red and black squad took advantage with a goal from Luis Reyes , who found a loose ball inside the’ Fiera ‘area and sent it to save.
The reaction of the locals would arrive at the end of the first half via Víctor Dávila . The Chilean striker found a rebound near the crescent and with a spectacular volley scored the transitory 1-1 at 37 ‘. So they went to rest after an intense first half.
In the second half, Julio Furch received the ball from Julián Quiñones inside the area and with a violent left foot he scored the momentary 1-2. However, in eight minutes everything changed for the squad of the defender of the Peruvian team Anderson Santamaría , who played the whole match.
At 78 ′ Ángel Mena made it 2-2 after a bad rebound from red-black goalkeeper Camilo Vargas . It was Mena himself who put the final 3-2 penalty. The Ecuadorian did not hesitate after a foul inside the area of Rocha on Dávila . Thus, the ‘Fiera’ gives the first blow in the first leg of the Apertura MX final and forces Santamaría and company to seek victory at the Jalisco Stadium.