Puebla beat León at home by 5 to 4 in a vibrant match that began the 16th day of the Apertura tournament of the first division of Mexican soccer, which América leads with two days remaining until the close of the regular phase.
The match was played at the Cuauhtémoc stadium in the city of Puebla and the winner’s goals were scored by Guillermo Martínez on three occasions, Diego De Buen and Miguel Angel Sansores.
León, led by the Argentine Nicolás Larcamón, scored through the Uruguayans Federico Viñas on two occasions, and Nicolás “Diente” López, and the Colombian Omar Fernández.
In Puebla, Argentine Gabriel Carabajal (former Patronato and Argentinos Juniors) entered in the second half, while for León his compatriots Adonis Frías (former Defensa y Justicia) and Lucas Romero (former Vélez and Independiente) started.
Date 16 will continue as follows:
. Today:
. At 8 p.m.: Tigres UANL-Atlético San Luis.
. At 10:00 p.m.: America-Tijuana
. Sunday:
. At 0.15: Chivas de Guadalajara-Cruz Azul and Pachuca-Monterrey.
. At 3:00 p.m.: Pumas UNAM-Atlas.
. At 7:00 p.m.: Necaxa-Mazatlán
. At 9 p.m.: Santos Laguna-Toluca.
. At 11:00 p.m.: Juárez-Querétaro.
– Positions: America 36 points; Tigres UANL 28; Monterrey 26; Chivas de Guadalajara 24; Tijuana 23; Atlético San Luis and Pumas UNAM 22; Toluca 21; Leon 20; Mazatlán, Pachuca and Puebla 19; Juarez 18; Santos Laguna and Cruz Azul 17; Atlas 16; Querétaro 15 and Necaxa 11.
. The top six in the standings will advance to the quarterfinals of the group that will define the champion and for which América has already qualified with two dates remaining in the regular phase.
Meanwhile, the seventh to the tenth will play a qualifying round to complete the eight teams that will play in the quarterfinals.
Source: Ambito

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