León defeated Atlas 3-2 in the first game of the Mexican soccer final. Colombians Andrés Mosquera, Jaine Barreiro, William Tesillo and omar Fernandez they played with the locals. On the other hand, Camilo Vargas and Julian Quiñones with the whole of Guadalajara.
Ángel Mena, twice, and the Chilean Victor Davila, they scored for the Lion of the Argentine coach Ariel Holán, while the Atlas, led by the Argentine coach Diego Cocca, went up twice with so many of Luis Reyes and the Argentine Julio Furch.
The Atlas came out to press in the stadium of his rival and in a neglect of defense surprised him in the 11th minute with a goal from Reyes’ right leg in a hands off.
Leon went out in search of the tie and began to push back the rival, but in 30 the Colombian Andres Mosquera suffered a muscle strain and six minutes later left the court, replaced by the Argentine Ramiro González.
In 37 the León tied with a good combination. Mena came in for the band right and put a center; the Chilean Jean Meneses lor intercepted and gave the ball to Dávila, who turned left-handed to the angle.
Meneses and the Colombian William Tesillo shot outside in pair of arrivals of the Lion, who finished the first half better. The Lion increased the pace in the second half in which Mena and Meneses They stepped into the area with danger, the second with a shot to the crossbar in the 54th minute.
Atlas endured without giving up the backlash and in 65 he regained the advantage with an elegant goal from Furch. The Colombian Julián Quiñones hampered the defense and Furch shot left-handed with everything in favor. When Cocca’s painting was getting ready to close the game, failed at its strongest point: defense.
In 78 the Lion regained the advantage by taking advantage of the mistake by Colombian goalkeeper Camilo Vargas, the second in two games; Meneses shot, the ball bounced the goalkeeper and Mena put it on the net for 2-2.
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Atlas’s defense, the best in the championship, made water; Aldo Rocha shot down Dávila in the area and caused a penalty that converted Mena, who reached six goals in the last four games.
“He has saved us a lot of times. The goalkeeper position is very thankless, but the Sunday will be whole and it will lead us to the title, we trust Camilo a lot, “he said. Diego Cocca. The return leg will be played on Sunday at the Jalisco stadium, in Guadalajara, western part of the country, Casa del Atlas.
