Tijuana rescued the tie in the day 10 of the Clausura 2023 of Liga MX at home against a Atlas that added 9 days without knowing the victory.
Needing just their second victory in the tournament, nerves nearly betrayed the Rojinegros after 9 minutes when Jesús Gómez made a mistake leaning on his goalkeeper and left the pass short, facilitating the arrival of Lucas Cavallini, who stole the ball. ball and tried to roof Vargas, but defined over the crossbar.
Atlas maintained possession, but Tijuana starred in the dangerous plays until at 16′, the two-time champions put together a great collective play against the counterattack with the steal of the ball from Aldo Rocha, who set up Jeremy Márquez on the flank so that he could cross against the arrival of Julio Furch with his left foot.
The advantage goal motivated the visitors who had their most active player in Brian ‘Huevo’ Lozano, but the timely interventions by José Antonio Rodríguez in the Xolos goal prevented a greater disadvantage.
Already in the agony of the first half, Tijuana found the key to the equalizer via fixed tactics in a corner kick that Nico Díaz deflected to the second post for the calm arrival of Cavallini with an inside part and thus debut as a scorer for the border team.
The second half presented fewer chances at the front for both teams, but Atlas remained firm in his aggressive game idea to try to get out of the tie.
At 72′, the ‘Huevo’ Lozano once again tested Toño Rodríguez from mid-distance after finding a loose ball on the edge of the area and shooting with first intention, forcing the goalkeeper to lie down with one hand. But at 85′ he came closer than ever to scoring the tournament goal from a free kick.
After more than 90 minutes, the scoreboard no longer wanted to move and Tijuana reached 11 points, reaching tenth position, while Atlas sank in the tournament with 9 points in 13th position.
