América and Monterrey became co-leaders of Mexican soccer on Saturday after defeating Puebla and Pumas with the same score of 1-0, respectively, in the continuation of the fifth day of the Guard1anes Clausura-2021 tournament.
At the Azteca stadium, América beat Puebla 1-0 with a goal from Colombian Roger Martínez.
At minute 66, Martínez took the ball on the edge of the area, advanced a few meters and defined the 1-0 for América with a low and crossed shot that went between the goalkeeper’s legs.
With this result, the ‘Eagles’ of the America of Argentine technical director Santiago Solari reached 10 points and took the lead in the classification.
Argentine coach Nicolás Larcamón’s ‘La Franja’ of Puebla won five units.
At the BBVA stadium, the ‘Rayados’ of Monterrey beat the Pumas of the National Autonomous University of Mexico 1-0.
The minute 31 was played when the Ivorian Ake Loba scored the 1-0 for the ‘Rayados’ with a point-blank shot inside the small area.
Thus, Monterrey reached 10 points – with one game pending – and the university cats were left with five units.
At the Jalisco stadium, the ‘Zorros’ del Atlas rescued the 1-1 draw against the ‘Guerreros’ del Santos in compensation time.
Omar Campos scored 1-0 for the Santista team with a left-footed shot inside the area in minute 10.
Jonathan Herrera made it 1-1 for the athletic squad at 90 + 4 with a point-blank shot.
With this tie, Atlas reached two points and remained in last place in the standings while Santos reached nine points.
So far this day, three other teams have reached nine points: Tijuana, Querétaro and Cruz Azul.
On Thursday at the start of the day, Tijuana gave up a 2-2 draw with Atlético San Luis at the Alfonso Lastras stadium.
At La Corregidora stadium, Querétaro beat Pachuca 3-1.
On Friday at the Victoria Stadium, Cruz Azul defeated Necaxa 2-0.
The day will continue on Sunday at the Nemesio Diez stadium with the match between the ‘Red Devils’ from Toluca and the ‘Cañoneros’ from Mazatlán.
The Juárez vs. Tigres match was postponed to April 14 due to the felines’ participation in the FIFA Club World Cup that takes place in Qatar.
– Results of the day
-Thursday
Athletic San Luis-Tijuana 2-2
Queretaro-Pachuca 3-1
-Friday
Necaxa-Cruz Azul 0-2
-Saturday
Atlas-Santos 1-1
America-Puebla 1-0
Monterrey-Pumas 1-0
For playing:
-Sunday
Toluca-Mazatlan
-Monday
Leon-Guadalajara
-Wednesday April 14
Juárez-Tigres
Classification:
– Pts J G E P GF GC Dif
1. Monterrey 10 4 3 1 0 4 0 4
2. America 10 5 3 1 1 6 3 3
3. Cruz Azul 9 5 3 0 2 7 3 4
4. Santos 9 5 2 3 0 5 2 3
5. Tijuana 9 5 2 3 0 6 4 2
6. Querétaro 9 5 3 0 2 8 8 0
7. Toluca 7 4 2 1 1 8 5 3
8. Tigers 7 4 2 1 1 5 3 2
9. Mazatlán 7 4 2 1 1 4 5 -1
10. Pumas 5 5 1 2 2 3 3 0
11. Juárez 5 4 1 2 1 3 4 -1
12. Puebla 5 5 1 2 2 2 3 -1
13. Leon 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
14. Atlético San Luis 4 5 1 1 3 7 9 -2
15. Necaxa 4 5 1 1 3 4 8 -4
16. Guadalajara 2 4 0 2 2 4 7 -3
17. Pachuca 2 5 0 2 3 2 6 -4
18. Atlas 2 5 0 2 3 1 6 -5
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