Puebla 1 – León 1: Points shared with visitors at Estadio Cuauhtemoc
On Saturday, Puebla and León were held to a 1-1 draw at Estadio Cuauhtemoc. Puebla were looking to pick up points after winning their previous two games in the competition. The most recent was against the Santos Laguna at home (1-0), the other to Mazatlán away (4-2). León had managed to pick up a single point in their matchup with Pumas. As the table looks today, Puebla are in 1st place, with 6 points from 3 matches, while León sit in 5th, with 4 points from 3.
Puebla started strong and were rewarded for their efforts, when Omar Fernandez found the net, 21 minutes in to take them into the break 1-0 up.
León took the lead in the second half, when Lucas Di Yorio found the net just before the final whistle. The match ended wih a 1-1 draw.
Substitutions for Puebla included Ivo Vazquez, Martin Barragan, Daniel Aguilar and Ivan Moreno for Jordi Cortizo, Omar Fernandez, Federico Mancuello and Gustavo Ferrareis, repectively. León replaced Victor Davila, Angel Mena, Oscar Villa and Jorge Diaz with Federico Martinez, Luis Montes, Yairo Moreno and Joel Campbell.
The referee booked from Puebla Maximiliano Araujo, Jordi Cortizo and Daniel Aguilar and from León Yairo Moreno and Stiven Barreiro. Both teams also had a sending off, with Maximiliano Araujo (2 yellow cards) for Puebla and Stiven Barreiro (2 yellow cards) for León.
Next up, Puebla are away to Cruz Azul, whilst León will travel to face Guadalajara.
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Puebla: | Antony Silva, Gustavo Ferrareis (Ivan Moreno, min.90), Emanuel Gularte, Diego De Buen, Gaston Silva, Maximiliano Araujo, Federico Mancuello (Daniel Aguilar, min.78), Jordi Cortizo (Ivo Vazquez, min.70), Israel Reyes, Fernando Aristeguieta and Omar Fernandez (Martin Barragan, min.70) |
León: | Rodolfo Cota, Stiven Barreiro, Paul Bellon Saracho, Byron Castillo, Yairo Moreno (Oscar Villa, min.68), Joel Campbell (Jorge Diaz, min.88), Jose Rodriguez, Fidel Daniel Ambriz Gonzalez, Luis Montes (Angel Mena, min.67), Lucas Di Yorio and Federico Martinez (Victor Davila, min.57) |
Stadium: | Estadio Cuauhtemoc |
Goals: | Omar Fernandez (1-0, min. 21) and Lucas Di Yorio (1-1, min. 90) |