Mexico City, Jan 6 (EFE).- América, led by Spanish Ángel Villacampa, beat Atlas 2-1 this Saturday on the opening day of Clausura 2024 of the Mexican women’s soccer league.
The local goals were scored by Natalia Mauleón and the American Sarah Luebbert; for the Atlas the Costa Rican María Salas discounted.
The Eagles controlled the game in the first minutes of the match, but without aim.
They had the opportunity to capitalize on their dominance thanks to a penalty that Selene Cortés committed on Luebbert on the right side of the large area in the 22nd minute.
The Spanish Andrea Pereira took the free kick at mid-height and to the right of the Costa Rican Daniela Solera, who dived and stopped the shot to keep her goal clean.
At 35, Solera once again made a difference between the posts by saving a point-blank shot from Kiana Palacios inside the area.
At 46, the local insistence paid off. He made it 1-0 with a right-footed shot inside the Mauleón area that beat Solera.
In the second half, América made it 2-0 with an overflow from the left by Sabrina Enciso, who crossed a ball to the far post that found Luebbert’s header in the 59th minute.
In the 76th minute, Atlas scored 2-1 thanks to a service from Marcia García after the entry of the Costa Rican María Salas, who resolved before the departure of Itzel Velasco.
Later Guadalajara will play against Tijuana.
The duel between the champion Tigres UANL, led by the Spanish Milagros Martínez, and San Luis will close the Saturday activity.
Before the game, the Iberian Jennifer Hermoso, world champion with her team, will be presented as the reinforcement of the monarchs.
For this Sunday, Toluca will clash against Santos Laguna; The date will conclude next Monday with the visit of Pumas UNAM to León.
The opening day started on Friday with a 1-1 draw that Querétaro rescued with a goal from Paraguayan Deisy Ojeda against Juárez FC. The Spanish Marta Alemany had an outstanding performance in goal for Querétaro.
In other games, Pachuca beat Mazatlán 0-5; Monterrey, in which the Costa Rican Valeria del Campo plays, beat Puebla 1-0, a team in which the Guatemalan Aisha Solórzano plays; and Necaxa won 0-2 on their visit to Cruz Azul. With Necaxa, Guatemalan Jemery Myvett played the 90 minutes.
2024-01-07 02:19:40
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