Tomorrow afternoon, the duo of Chihuahuan central defenders made up of Diego Cruz and Miguel Lozano will seek their place in the next round of the Expansion League with the Tlaxcala Coyotes.
The people from the capital, who secured their pass to the repechage round in eighth place in the general table after a scoreless draw with Correcaminos FC last Friday, will face the Venados de Yucatán to define the fourth guest at the big party of Mexican soccer , in which the Toros de Celaya, Chivas Tapatío, the Atlante colts and Atlético de Morelia are already installed. Of these four clubs, only Chivas can boast of having defeated Tlaxcala in the regular phase of the campaign.
On the regular day, Coyotes and Venados met on matchday number 11, at the Tlahuicole stadium, today the venue for the match between these squads. On that occasion, both teams tied at one score.
The scoring opened in favor of the Coyotes at minute 33, by none other than Diego Cruz, after a bad rebound from the Venados central defender, Oswaldo León, in the small area. The ball landed opportunely in front of the Chihuahuan defender, who took advantage to finish off from the right in front of Fernando Tapia’s goal.
When it seemed that those from Tlaxcala were taking home the victory, Venados midfielder Miguel García sent a cross into the rival area, the goalkeeper carefully observed the marking on the rivals. However, he never imagined that the ball would hit the right foot of his teammate Juan Zamudio, the author of the equalizer in his own goal.
Eager to demonstrate their superiority on the scoreboard, those from Tlaxcala will take to the field with the path traced to the league, in which their first rival would be the team from Celaya, with whom they divided points on matchday 9 of the tournament.
