Mazatlan, Sin.- With a goal “poetic” of Nicolas Benedetti, Mazatlan FC He kept the victory and the three points by beating on day 13 some Atlas red and blackwho have not been able to win in all of history some gunboatswho maintain their hegemony.
The purple ones sneaked up to position 10 of the general table, while the two-time championcontinues with its losing streak going to the penultimate place in general, with just 10 points, being a bad tournament for them.
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THE GAME
Mazatlan began with an aggressive game against Atlas, arriving from the flanks, with Raúl Sandoval being the first to attempt a crushed shot on goal, who was surprised by the athletes, but Hugo Nervo appeared to stop the shot at minute 8′ .
The intensity did not drop and in the 20th minute the Panamanian Yoel Bárcenas had a dangerous one, with a cross from Eduard Bello, but when Camilo Vargas came out, he received a strong impact from the Mazatlán player, who went with everything for that ball .
The Cañoneros opened the scoring at minute 31′, with a defensive error by Atlas, who gave the ball away almost in the middle of the field, to Nicolás Benedetti, very coldly and taking advantage of Vargas’ exit, he gave him a little coat, to make the 1-0.
Atlas, had some arrivals to end the first half and Nervo, was about to equalize, with a shot with the wooden leg, sending the ball to the sixth row of the Kraken’s south goal, to conclude the first half.
In the second half the intensity did not drop and the Atlas did not get tired of reaching the goal, until in a corner kick, there was a series of rebounds for the red and blacks and when falling on the boots of Julián Quiñones, the Colombian threw a Chilean to score 1-1, but the whistle checked it in the VAR, canceling the goal, at 60 ‘.
Colmán, who had recently entered the game, took a surprising shot at the goal of Camilo Vargas at minute 65, after a center by Nicolás Benedetti, which the visiting goalkeeper managed to save to avoid the second purple goal.
The two-time Mexican soccer champion did not stop fighting, with a shot by Diego Barbosa that was deflected by Jorge Meré, which crashed into the crossbar and Julio Furch, on counterattack, was unable to score the goal at minute 71′.
Near the end, Atlas wanted to win it “atlas style”, but the wall of Nicolás Vikonis and the defense commanded by Gabriel Caballero, worked for him to keep the three points for the locals.
NEXT MATCHES
Mazatlan will travel to Mexico City to face Cruz Azul on Sunday, while Atlas will return to Jalisco to face San Luis.
LINEUPS
Mazatlán FC: 27.-Nicolás Vikonis, 3.-Néstor Vidrio (C), 15.-Bryan Colula, (28.-Jorge Padilla 75′), 17.-Jorge Meré, 19.-Raúl Sandoval, 6.-Roberto Meráz, 21.-Eduard Bello, (8.-Josué Colmán 61′), 35.-Jefferson Intriago, 7.-Yoel Bárcenas, (16.-Emilio Sánchez 75′), 10.-Nicolás Benedetti, (14.- Oswaldo Alanís 80′), 23.-Brian Rubio, (25.-Miguel Sansores 80′),
Atlas: 12. Camilo Vargas, 2. Hugo Nervo (C), 13. Gaddi Aguirre, 14. Luis Reyes, (18. Jeremy Marquez 69′), 15. Diego Barbosa, (20.-Jesus). Ocejo 75′, 29. Emmanuel Aguilera, 6. Edgar Zaldivar, (8. Anibal Chala, 69′), 19. Edyairth Ortega, 9. Julio Furch, (7. Oziel Herrera, 75′), , Edison Flowers, 33.-Julian Quinones.
GIVEN
Nicolás Vikonis completed 500 games as a professional player.
