The Diablas Rojas del Toluca remain undefeated in the Guardianes 2021 tournament and they also return to the leadership of the competition, after defeating their counterpart from Puebla 2-1 in actions on matchday 5 and which took place on court 2 of the scarlet facilities in Metepec.
The choriceras found victory with annotations from Natalia Mauleon and Yamanic Martínez, while Puebla “discounted” with Ibeth López.
With this result, Toluca adds 13 points and reached Pumas and Atlas in the general leadership, while Puebla is at the bottom of the table with just one point.
Surprises
There were a couple of novelties in the starting 11 of Professor Alberto Cuate for this game, the entry from the start of Karla Saavedra in midfield and Natalia Mauleon up front, the rest was the same that they used in the first four dates and that they have Toluca undefeated.
For its part, La Franja del Puebla arrived in Toluca in search of its first win of the semester, it did so with the best of its squad, including the experienced Brissa Rangel and Teresa Worbis.
Naty gives himself a goal
It was Natalia Mauleon’s first title in the tournament and just on the day of her 19th birthday. The strategist, Alberto Cuate, gave her the freedom to move throughout the offense, the same appeared in midfield to release the Reds’ exit , which generated arrivals ahead.
He looked for overflow on both bands and had attempts from outside the area, but without precision. Until minute 20 arrived, where he was finally able to make a play that opened the scoring.
Mauleon took the ball through the center, crossed the midfield, drove and opened for Carolina Miranda who took the ball up to the height of the area and returned it to Naty, who defined his left leg for 1-0 and round off his birthday celebration, further he reached 31 points, with which he paired Mariel Román as the maximum network-breakers in the history of the scarlet club.
The bad news for the scarlets was the injury to side Laura Parra, who had to leave the field and left her place for Karla Martínez.
Puebla tried to react, tightened the mark in midfield and evened the ball possession. It was until the end of the first half that those from La Franja were close to equalizing, in a free kick to the left taken into the area, where Diana Anguiano headed on target and with goal direction, but goalkeeper Daniela Lozano avoided the fall of her arc by deflecting the ball, which still hit the post and was later cleared from behind.
Puebla reaction
In the search for a tie, Puebla advanced lines for the second half, so at 48 ‘he found a new opportunity with Gloria Narváez who arrived from the left and took a shot that passed near the goal of Daniela Lozano.
It was at minute 57 that Puebla found a reward for its offensive ambition, with a team play that gave them the tie.
All start with Gloria Narváez who controlled the ball, gave in to the arrival of Mirian Castro who made a speed change, entered the area and took off two defenders, reached the final line and sent the center where Ibeth López closed the clamp to send the ball to the back of the nets for 1-1.
They take the advantage
But as soon as the tie had arrived, when the Diablas Rojas attacked again, generated arrivals and forced the Puebla defense to commit fouls.
It was at 69 ‘that Nayeli Carvajal executed a free kick from the right, center to the area where Yamanic Martínez got up and headed to put the ball through the corner upper right and thus put the 2-1.
After the goal, the Toluca coach moved his pieces, took out Mauleon and Miranda, replaced them with Destinney Durón and Diana Guatemala, also reinforced the midfield with Aislinn García.
With those movements the Diablas kept the ball, circulated it throughout the field and lowered the momentum of the rival to seek a tie.
In the final part, Puebla turned for the tie and at 87 ‘, Andrea Ortega had the opportunity after a cross to the area the ball was loose, the Poblana had everything to finish off the goal, but she hit it badly, without force and in the direction of Lozano’s goalkeeper. Thus Toluca was left with the 2-1 victory and returns to the leadership of the competition.
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