Monterrey (Mexico), Oct 19 (EFE).- Monterrey beat Spanish coach Milagros Martínez’s Tigres UANL 1-3 in the royal derby this Thursday and dropped it from first place in the Apertura of women’s soccer in Mexico, now occupied by The america.
On the sixteenth day of the championship, the South African Jermaine Seoposenwe, the Nigerian Chiwendu Ihezuo and the American Christina Burkenroad scored for the Rayadas of strategist Eva Espejo, after Martínez’s ‘Amazonas’ took the lead with a goal from Belén Cruz
The two teams came out to propose the duel, which caused a fight in the middle of the field and several attacks in the first half until in the 32nd minute Cruz converted a corner kick with his right foot and put Tigres ahead.
Just after the second half began, Monterrey tied the score with a right-handed shot from Seoposenwe, who won the duel in the area against Anika Rodríguez and sent the ball into the net.
Dissatisfied with the tie, the two teams sought victory and it was Monterrey that got the better of it with two goals in 12 minutes. In the 84th minute Ihezuo beat Nayeli Rangel and scored from the right and in the 96th minute Burkenroad finished with a header and made it 1-3 on a corner kick.
Las Rayadas reached 10 wins, one draw and one loss; With 35 points they confirmed themselves in fourth place, while Tigres, who lost undefeated, were left with 41 points, one less than the América of Spanish Ángel Villacampa, 4-1 winner of Querétaro.
At the start of the day this Thursday, América won with two goals from Alison González, one from Karen Luna and another from Kiana Palacios, while Querétaro scored with an own goal from Itzel Velasco.
The Spanish Jenni Hermoso scored a goal to contribute to Pachuca’s 3-1 victory over Necaxa, with which the Tuzas remained in sixth place.
Giselle Espinoza, left footed outside the area in the 27th minute; Beautiful pass from Espinoza in the 49th minute and Charlyn Corral, from the right in the 42nd minute, gave Pachuca the victory. For Necaxa, Karen Reyes discounted.
In the other duel this Thursday, Alicia Cervantes was alone as the leading scorer with 15 goals, giving Guadalajara a 1-2 victory over Atlas.
Adriana Iturbide and Cervantes scored for Chivas, third in the standings, and Karla Zempoalteca converted for Atlas.
This Friday Toluca will host Cruz Azul, Mazatlán to Puebla and Santos Laguna to León; On Saturday San Luis will visit Pumas UNAM and on Sunday Juárez FC will visit Tijuana.EFE
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2023-10-20 05:54:58
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