Santos Overpowers Juarez and Stays Atop The League Table
Santos overpowers Juarez 3-0 at the Estadio Corona keeping them atop of the league table at the end of the 2nd week of play.
Santos came into this match after having defeated Chivas 3-0 in the first week of the Apertura 2019 season. Juarez, on the other hand, was handed a 1-0 loss by Los Rojinegros de Atlas in a sluggish
The match began instantly with Juarez FC playing defensively and opting to try and counter Los Laguneros in any opportunity possible. Unfortunately for Juarez, Santos kept the pressure on early and in the 12th minute they were able to score off the foot of Eryc Castillo but the referee deemed the goal to be offsides which kept the score at 0-0.
Both teams ended the half with a 0-0 score but it was clear that the dominant team were the boys in green.
In the 37th
The referee was called to the VAR to review the play and after review, he determined that Lozano had committed a foul prior to the beginning of the play that resulted in a goal and disallowed the goal again keeping the score at 0-0 heading into halftime.
Not long after the 2nd half begun on a botched corner kick by Juarez, Santos countered during the play and found Brian Lozano inside the box finally giving Santos the 1-0 lead in the 51st minute of play.
In the 61st minute, Emilio Orrantia received a pass from Furch on the right side of the 18-yard box and Orrantia sent a laser shot towards the other end of Ivan Vasquez’s goal, leaving him stunned and unable to react to put Santos up 2-0 at home.
The final nail in the coffin for Los Laguneros was handed in the 69th minute by the foot of 20-year-old Adrian Lozano, who was playing his 2nd game in the Liga MX. Adrian received a pass from Furch who was covering the ball with his back towards the goal.
Lozano sent a shot outside the box that was slightly deflected by a Juarez defender and hovered over a flying Vasquez unable to defend the shot for the 3-0 final score.
Los Guerreros stay atop the Liga MX table with 6pts and a goal differential of +6 and will be facing midweek Correcaminos in the first match of Copa MX play on Wednesday and then in week 3 of Liga MX play will match up against undefeated Atlas.
Meanwhile, Juarez will have to wait until next week to seek their first points of the season when they head home and play Toluca.
