Atlas sealed his pass to the league of the Liga Mx Femenil by achieving an agonizing 3-2 victory over América, on matchday 15 of the 2021 Apertura tournament. The rojinegras are in the fifth step with 30 points, while the Águilas, who they disputed the complement with 10 players, they stayed one step down with 27 units.
The duel was just beginning at the Jalisco stadium when the red and black surprised with a goal. Alison González sent a long pass to Adriana Iturbide, who spiked the ball to send it straight to the nets in the fifth minute.
The Eagles fought to balance the duel and quickly succeeded. After recovering the ball, Casandra Cuevas sent a cross to Daniela Espinosa (17), who sentenced at point-blank range.
Faced with a bewildered Atlas, the Americanists did the somersault in two minutes. Angelique Montserrat Saldívar received a filtered pass and launched a powerful shot at the goal.
America had the game under control, but an individual error changed the pace. Casandra Cue-vas committed a strong tackle on Adriana Iturbide and when she was going to be sanctioned she claimed the referee Aldo Ballesteros, who did not hesitate to show her the red card after 40 minutes.
The tapatías took advantage of the numerical advantage to get the equalizer through Verónica Pérez (53). The Eagles resisted, however near the end Jocelyn Orejel gave the rojinegras a penalty and Alison González (90 + 2) sentenced the victory.
Meanwhile, Cruz Azul is close to entering the league for the first time, after beating Necaxa 1-0 with a goal from Karime Abud (21) at the La Noria facilities. The celestial reached 24 points to momentarily place in the seventh step, while the Centellas are in 12th place with 14 units, on the verge of being eliminated.
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