With the lonely notation of Christian Tabó by way of the penalty kick, Puebla de La Franja achieved its mission of establishing itself and securing its ticket to the 2021 Apertura repechage in the MX League, by defeating the Red Devils of Toluca 1-0 on Friday night at the Day 17 celebration that was played on the Cuauhtémoc stadium field.
The first half resulted from few approaches and practically without any emotion, a situation that the public that gathered reproached with boos and whistles, being the visitors those that had greater clarity, but lacked forcefulness, an issue that was revealed by the play that came out of the boots of Ian González on the 22nd, that after winning the back to the rear, served the arrival of Diego Chávez who missed the shot.
The Mexican squad continued to insist without any success, a situation that Claudio Baeza made clear with his cannon shot deflected at 26, same as Diego Chávez replied with his approach to 35, that thanks to the timely intervention of the rear and goalkeeper Antony Silva, they dispelled the risk situation in the blue and white arc.
About the end of the first half, at 45, Maximiliano Araujo appeared by surprise in the large area, where he yielded to the relief of Guillermo Martínez who did not know how to beat the Riva goalkeeperHe, Gustavo Gutiérrez, who imposed conditions to leave the pair of threads in the light.
Already in the complement the story changed course in favor of the locals, who from the whistle of the second half tried to impose their law, being Martínez, the one in charge of asserting his intentions when at 48 he took a shot that went to the side, Although it alerted the scarlets, it did not make them learn their lesson.
So much so that at 54 on the clock, after a series of rebounds between Pablo Parra and the defense, the ball was left to Guillermo Martínez who finished off in the first instance, but the shot crashed in the rear and headed for the corner kick.
When the 58th arrived, after a free kick on the right side, the whistling Antonio Pérez Durán decreed the maximum penalty in favor of Puebla for a lack of Braian Samudio on Guillermo Martínez, a situation that was well used moments later with the collection of Christian Tabó, who executed with power to sentence the 1 for 0 that lasted until the end.
With this result, La Franja reached 24 units, practically ensuring receiving the playoff match at home, waiting for the conclusion of the day to meet who will be his rival in turn.
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