Cruz Azul thrashed Toluca and violated his position as leader, which America took after beating Atlas this Sunday
America won 0 to 1 over Atlas and ascended to the position of honor of the Apertura 2021, that Toluca left vulnerable in front of Blue Cross, after being thrashed 4 to 0 on the Azteca Stadium field.
Prior to the start of Matchday 4 in Mexican football, The Red Devils occupied the top of the championship with nine points, followed by a contingent of seven units made up of Athletic of San Luis, Mazatlan FC, America Y AtlasOnly the Eagles achieved the victory that allowed them to climb to the top of the rankings.
Toluca, which established itself in the first position of the tournament two days ago, jumped onto the field of the Azteca Stadium out of concentration in the defensive zone and received the first punishment in minute 4, due to a failure in the mark by Miguel Barbieri that left Bryan Angulo alone and outlined to finish on goal. Just a minute later, Santiago Giménez made the second on the count, as he took advantage of a rebound from goalkeeper Luis García to shoot on goal.
At 34 ‘, Angulo intercepted a bad delayed pass from Barbieri to Haret Ortega and galloped towards the rival goal, to define in a heads-up against Alfredo Saldívar, a relief under the sticks of García, who was injured from the play that led to the second goal.
To seal the result, Orbelín Pineda scored the fourth target at 85 ‘, with a right cross shot from inside the area, after receiving a filtered diagonal towards his position. It is worth mentioning that with this result, Juan Reynoso’s pupils rose from eleventh to third place in the table.
In the duel held on the Jalisco Stadium field, the Eagles resolved a situation that was complicated due to a hard tackle by Emanuel Aguilera on Julián Quiñones, which the referee decreed as a direct red card at 57 ‘.
The parity in the electronic was broken until minute 77 thanks to Sebastián Córdova, new number ’10’ of the team, who entered only from the right side of the area and connected a filtered ball provided by Salvador Reyes.