Liga MX Matchday 8 – Roundup and Results

Matchday 8 of the Torneo Apertura was played, which had several agonizing results, but there were not many significant changes in the table.

Toluca continues to lead the tournament after a great and hard-fought victory against Cruz Azul by 2-3 with a penalty goal by Camilo Sanvezzo at minute 90+8. The Argentine defender Ramiro Funes Mori made his debut against the locals and scored a goal, the partial 1-0, however, it was not enough. Jean Meneses and Marcel Ruíz turned the score around and Rodrigo Huescas had tied at 81′.

Then, already in the added time, the VAR sanctioned a penalty for Los Diablos Rojos and showed a red card to the goalkeeper Sebastián Jurado. Since they had already made the 5 substitutions, the defender Juan Escobar had to put on the gloves, but he could not avoid the goal of Sanvezzo and the 2-3 final.

Monterrey also added 3 points after its away win against Necaxa by 1-2. Bryan Garnica had overtaken the locals, but Rodrigo Aguirre and Arturo González turned it around.

Tigres closed the weekend with a 2-0 victory against Santos Laguna with goals from Hugo Rodríguez (own goal) and Luis Quiñones and remained third with 18 points, 1 less than Monterrey and 2 behind Toluca, which has one more game.

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In a great game, Tijuana and Puebla tied 3-3. Los Xolos were 3-1 at minute 84 with goals from Edgar López, Lucas Rodríguez and Lisandro López, but Jozy Altidore at 85′ and Israel Reyes with a header at 90+9′ made it 3-3 in the end. Gustavo Ferrareis had scored the first goal for La Franja. Tijuana continues in seventh place and Puebla in sixth.

Querétaro and Atlético San Luis had started the Matchday on Thursday with a 1-1 draw that did not favor either. Los Gallos Blancos are still last with 3 points and without a win, while Los Rojiblancos are 14th out of the playoffs and with one more game than the rest. Abel Hernández scored the visiting goal while José Enrique Angulo scored the local goal at minute 90+4.

Mazatlán gave the surprise of the weekend with its 0-3 away win against León. Jaine Barreiro (own goal), Nicolás Benedetti, and Eduard Abello scored the goals, all before 17 minutes, and moved past their rival in the table.

America stayed with the Capitalino classic and caused the first defeat of the tournament to Pumas, who was the only remaining unbeaten team, with a resounding 0-3. Diego Valdés, Jonathan Rodríguez and Alejandro Zendejas scored the goals for las Aguilas that got into playoff positions by taking out los Felinos.

For its part, the Tapatío classic was 1-1. Julián Quiñones scored the goal for Atlas, who was visiting, while Carlos Cisneros scored for Chivas, who have not yet won and are penultimate in the tournament.

Results of Matchday 8 of the Liga MX

• Querétaro 1-1 Atlético San Luis
• Necaxa 1-2 Monterrey
• Tijuana 3-3 Puebla
• León 0-3 Mazatlán
• Pumas 0-3 América
• Chivas 1-1 Atlas
• Cruz Azul 2-3 Toluca
• Tigres 2-0 Santos

Matchday 9 of the Liga MX

For this Matchday 9, we will have a great game between Toluca and Monterrey, first and second in the tournament.

• Atlas vs. Juárez
• Mazatlán vs. Querétaro
• Puebla vs. Necaxa
• Toluca vs. Monterrey
• Pachuca vs. América
• Cruz Azul vs. Tijuana
• Santos vs. León
• Atlético San Luis vs. Pumas