Mazatlan, Sin.- The Mazatlán FC It was nothing to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time in its history, after falling in a penalty shootout 3-1 against Puebla, after coming back from a game where they were on the ropes 0-2.
Gabriel Caballero’s men knew how to make a good second half, with goals from Brian Rubio and Néstor Vidrio, who gave them life for lapses, but at the decisive moment, they missed from the eleven steps, giving Puebla the pass to the Quarters.
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The actions
Just at minute 4′ of the game, Eduard Bello committed a foul on the edge of the area, so Diego de Buen put the Pueblans ahead with a free kick, with a placed shot that surprised Vikonis, to make it 1-0, which It fell like a bucket of cold water for the porteños.
Puebla did not stop attacking down the wings, causing a corner kick, which in the end Juan Segovia finished off alone on the penalty spot towards the Vikonis goal, to make it 2-0 at minute 14′, after a good pass from Pablo Parra from the corner.
Mazatlán gave signs of life at 33′, after a center by Oswaldo Alanís, which “Woody” finished off with a header, directly at the goal of Anthony Silva, but the ball went over the Paraguayan goalkeeper, who only watched the trajectory of the ball.
Los Morados got into the game, after a corner kick by Eduard Bello, which Segovia rejected and the ball was left in a strange carom, for Brian Rubio who was attentive and placed the goal in Silva’s nets for 2-1 at 36 ‘.
Marco Fabián forgave the minute 40′, being alone in front of the goal, but the poor positioning and the rain that fell on Cuauhtémoc caused him to crash the ball over the crossbar, the purple player lamenting the mistake, which could have equalized .
At the beginning of the second half, the purples had several clear goal plays, which they could not take advantage of the deconcentration with which Puebla came out, during the first five minutes of the game.
Mazatlán again generated a dangerous play at 79′, with a cross from Marco Fabián behind the backs of the Pueblan defenders who hesitated to reject the ball, bouncing it off Reyes, but Silva was careful not to make the mistake.
Puebla was left with 10 men at 85′, since Martín Barragán received a double yellow card, which the whistler César Ramos did not think about taking out the card, due to the claim of the player from Puebla who went to the showers at 85′.
On a corner kick, Nicolás Vikonis went to finish off and on a counter-shot reaching the near post, he headed towards Lucas Maía and the ball bounced off Néstor Vidrio who was there to tie and make it 2-2 at 90+3′ .
the penalties
Already in the penalty shootout, the purples could not score their shots, scoring only Miguel Sansores and missing Jorge Padilla, Nico Díaz and Marco Fabián. Anthony Silva was a factor in penalties for Puebla. Those who did score were: Federico Mancuello, Diego de Buen and Israel Reyes who put La Franja in the quarterfinals.
lineups
PUEBLA FC: 1.-Anthony Silva, 12.-Israel Reyes, 16.-Juan Segovia, 20.-Maxi Araujo,(4.-George Corral 93′, 5.-Diego de Buen, 6.-Javier Salas (C ), 14.-Pablo Parra, (27.-Lucas Maia 61′), 22.-Jordi Cortizo, (28.-Martín Barragán 61′), 23.-Daniel Aguilar, (10.-Federico Mancuello 61′), 2.-Gustavo Ferrareis, (17’Emmanuel Gularte 83′), 15.-Guillermo Martínez.
MAZATLAN FC 27.-Nicolás Vikonis, 3.-Néstor Vidrio (C), 4.-Nico Díaz, 14.-Oswaldo Alanís,(20.-Jorge Zárate 77′) 28.-Jorge Padilla, 6.-Roberto Meráz, (25.-Miguel Sansores 77′), 11.-Marco Fabián, 21.-Eduard Bello, (7.-Iván Moreno 65′), 35.-Jefferson Intriago, 199.-Andrés Montaño,(9.-Gonzalo Sosa 65′), 23.-Brian Rubio, (8.-Gonzalo Freitas 88′)
