León’s visit to the Nemesio Díez stadium was a surprise. Against a Toluca team that had not lost in five games, the Panzas Verdes were about to hit the table, but they tied 2-2 after a double from the Portuguese Paulinho, the tournament’s leading scorer with 13 goals.
The Devils took a wrong step, perhaps because of the confidence of being contenders to fight for the title until the final phase. The goals of John Stiven Mendoza (15) and José Alfonso Alvarado (57) put them on the ropes for much of the match, without finding answers on the bench.
It was then that Paulinho, former Sporting Club striker and now a fundamental piece of the Devils, showed his worth by scoring the two goals of the tie (60 and 87), the last of them already in the final stretch. Bruno Méndez was sent off and left the Scarlets with one less man, although León could do little to take advantage of it.
The team led by Renato Paiva consolidated its position in the sub-leadership with 32 points while La Fiera finished with 17, outside the play-in zone.
San Luis, in league positions
On the other hand, Atlético de San Luis is still on the lookout for a place in the league. With a discreet squad, in which there is no room for figures or media phenomena, the people of Potosí reached fourth place by beating Puebla 2-0 at the Alfonso Lastras stadium.
Of all the plays he had in front of the goal, the Frenchman Sébastien Salles-Lamonge converted the most valuable one at the end of the first half to make it 1-0 with a shot into the corner from outside the area (45+4). That confidence conveyed by the score in favor made Atleti a more incisive rival in the complement.
A triangulation that started on the right side and ended in the center of the area, with a delayed pass from the Argentine Mateo Klimowicz, forward Yan Philipe Oliveira (50) sealed the victory early against a largely outmatched populated team.
San Luis approached the three leaders of the League by collecting 26 points and maintains its aspirations to enter the great celebration of Mexican soccer without needing the play-offs.
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