Juarez City.- All the love that coach Diego Mejía said he transmitted to his players and that helped the Braves salvage the draw against Atlas last Sunday with two men less in half an hour, this Thursday was no longer enough for the Braves of Juárez could add at least one point, losing to Atlético de San Luis 2-0 in the opening of Matchday 15 of the Clausura 2023 Liga MX.
With this new setback, the Juárez team adds nine consecutive games without being able to win and turns on the red lights because it could get into the last three places in the quotient table and be forced to pay a million-dollar fine for the third consecutive year.
In this sense, the Braves need to add four points to stop worrying about paying the fine regardless of whether the other teams involved, Mazatlán, Tijuana and Querétaro, add the nine that remain in dispute.
Now, FC Juárez has only two games left (Toluca and América) to add those four points or at least two and wait for what Cañoneros and Xolos do.
In this Thursday’s game, the VAR played in favor of Bravos in the 56th minute when they scored a penalty for a handball inside the area, but Maxi Olivera telegraphed his left-footed shot too much and goalkeeper Marcelo Barovero saved it to avoid what at that time it would have been a tie at one goal.
San Luis went in front at minute 45+2 in a play that originated from a corner kick taken by the left flank, Unai Bilbao finished off with a header, alone and without a mark, to beat goalkeeper Alfredo Talavera.
At 63′, Vítor Ferreira ‘Vitinho’ stole the ball in three quarters of the field, headed towards the goal and on the outskirts of the big area he was encouraged to shoot with his left foot to send the ball into the back of the net, stuck to the Talavera’s left post, who didn’t even bother to stretch out his arms to try to deflect it.
The Braves will return to action on Sunday, April 23 when they visit the Diablos Rojos del Toluca and will close their participation in the Clausura 2023 regular season on Friday, April 28, against the Águilas del América.
