This weekend, matchday 9 of the Apertura MX 2024 was played and the last unbeaten streak came to an end after Toluca was surprised by Santos.
There were several surprises this weekend with draws for Monterrey and América, but the most notable was the low number of goals. Only 14 were scored in the nine games, with only one match having more than two goals.
One of the surprises of the weekend took place in Aguascalientes, where Necaxa managed a 1-1 draw against an América team that continues to decline and was only minutes away from leaving empty-handed.
The Eléctricos took the lead in the 37th minute with a goal by Agustín Palavecino. The Argentinean received a pass from Emilio Lara and shot from the edge of the area to score a great goal.
However, when everything seemed to be settled, Brian Rodríguez appeared at minute 90+4 with a great play and then shot at goal. The goalkeeper Ezequiel Unsaín saved, but the rebound was left to the scorer Henry Martín, who did not forgive.
With this tie, América remains in tenth place with 13 points, one more than Necaxa, and they were lucky that all the teams with 14 points (four) lost.
In an attractive match with many scoring opportunities, Cruz Azul achieved an important 1-0 victory over Chivas, which keeps it in first place in the tournament with 22 points.
The only goal of the match came from defender José Rivero, who scored a right-footed shot after a corner kick by Luis Romo in the 60th minute.
Although it was only one goal, it was a great game where goalkeepers Kevin Mier and José Rangel were the stars of the match, as they made several saves.
The Máquina is still looking at everybody from the top of the table, while Guadalajara is in sixth place with 14 points.
The big surprise of the weekend took place in Torreón, where Santos Laguna beat Toluca 2-0 and took away the last remaining unbeaten record in the tournament.
The Laguneros, at the bottom of the championship, took the lead in the 45th minute after a cross from the right by Ramiro Sordo found Francisco Villalba entering alone.
The second goal came at 60′ with Emmanuel Echeverría, who scored his first goal of the tournament with a great finish over goalkeeper Tiago Volpi.
With this defeat, Toluca dropped to fourth place, while Santos remained in the lower part, but moved closer to the play-in positions.
Tigres struggled to beat the bottom team but finally won 1-0 against Juárez with a late goal by Sebastián Córdova.
An easy match was expected for the felines, but despite the large number of shots, they were unable to score until the 85th minute, when André-Pierre Gignac crossed a ball that passed between several legs, as up to four players tried to touch the ball, and it reached Córdova, who controlled it and subtly scored over Benny Díaz for the only goal.
Tigres is now second in the championship with 20 points, two less than Cruz Azul, but must improve its offensive production, which is very poor (12 goals). Juárez remains in last place with four units.
The Gambyl Nation Editorial team are made up of industry betting professionals and sports fans from across North America, Latin America and South America.
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