Last Updated on July 28, 2022 3:43 pm by Erwin Noguera
The three leaders of the Torneo Apertura, Monterrey, Toluca, and Tigres, won again this week and remained at the top after 5 rounds played.
Rayados won 1-0 over Puebla with a solitary goal from Stefan Medina in the 30th minute and did not suffer much against a rival that came into this game undefeated and dreamed of taking the top spot.
For its part, Toluca had to do its best to be able to beat Rodolfo Cota and Club León 0-1. The goalkeeper made 5 saves and it seemed that he was going to give his team a point, which played almost the entire second half with one man less due to Fidel Ambríz’s red card, but Daniel Álvarez, who had entered at minute 87, could open the scoring in the stoppage time.
The other leader, Tigres, also had to manage to keep the win at Juarez’s home. It was a tight 0-1 thanks to the goal of his figure André-Pierre Gignac at the end of the first half. In the second half, the Colombian Luis Quiñones was sent off with a little more than 30 minutes remaining and they had to hold on.
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One of the highlights of this Matchday 5 was the debut of Dani Alves. The award-winning defender arrived at Pumas at the age of 39 and in his first game, he played the entire match and provided the assist, with a corner kick, for the headed goal by Argentine Nicolás Freire in the 90th minute. It was 1-1 against Mazatlán, who had gone up on the scoreboard thanks to Eduard Bello.
Cruz Azul was unable to win during its visit to Atlético San Luis (0-0) and said goodbye to its striker and figure Santiago Giménez. The Mexican soccer top scorer (5) traveled as soon as the game was over and went to the Netherlands to sign his contract with Feyenoord. The 21-year-old was having a great season with La Maquina Cementera. On the other hand, the team hopes to close Argentine defender Ramiro Funes Mori in the coming days.
Necaxa put on one of the surprises of the week with its 2-0 victory against Pachuca with goals from Bryan Garnica and Milton Giménez, thus placing fourth, the last place to qualify directly for the quarterfinals of the tournament.
In the other results, we find that the two-time champion Atlas fell at home with Tijuana (1-2) while Querétaro and Chivas tied 2-2. The match between América and Santos was postponed since Las Aguilas were playing a friendly with Real Madrid (2-2).
Results of Matchday 5 of the Liga MX
- Atlas 1-2 Tijuana
- Monterrey 1-0 Puebla
- Juárez 0-1 Tigres
- León 0-1 Toluca
- Atlético San Luis 0-0 Cruz Azul
- Querétaro 2-2 Chivas
- Necaxa 2-0 Pachuca
- Pumas 1-1 Mazatlán
For Matchday 6 the duel between Pumas and Monterrey on July 31 stands out.
Matchday 6 of Liga MX
- Juárez vs. Toluca
- Cruz Azul vs. Necaxa
- Tigres vs. Querétaro
- Chivas vs. Pachuca
- Puebla vs. Atlético San Luis
- Tijuana vs. Mazatlán
- Pumas vs. Monterrey
- Santos vs. Atlas
- León vs. América
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