He had the pass twice Pachuca for the League from the feet of Salomon Rondon and twice the VAR denied the score due to an offside position of the Venezuelan striker, maintaining the goalless tie and its subsequent penalty shootout that favored Pumas at Play In this Thursday, May 2 on the field of the Hidalgo Stadium.
The Hidalgo painting He played his second match in 48 hours after having eliminated America from the Concacaf Champions Cupbut could not accomplish the feat of overcoming the Universitarios with a squad full of youth players.
There were six homegrown players with whom Guillermo Almada took to the field to play for a place in the Liguilla to give a rest to the starters who participated last Tuesday, who were close to getting the ticket.
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Even the Tuzos played with one more man from the half hour mark after the expulsion of Nathan Silva due to an elbow from the university player, but not even this was enough.
He Chaka Rodriguez was close to leaving Pachuca on equal terms against Pumas near the end of the first half after receiving the red for a harsh tackle on Cesar Huertabut finally the VAR determined that the play did not merit expulsion and everything remained in a preventive card.
The income of Salomon Rondon In the second half the situation changed for the locals and at 86′ they managed to score, but the VAR showed it in an offside position. The Venezuelan scored again in the last minute of the complement what seemed to be the winning goal; However, the assistant raised his flag to nullify the actions.
The tie on the scoreboard forced the definition by penalties and already in the 11 steps Julio González He dressed as a hero by stopping the shooting of Daniel Hernandezthe second of the Tuzos, while the Universitarios got all their charges right.
Los Pumas advance to the Quarterfinals of the Liguilla where they will face Blue CrossMeanwhile he Pachuca will tighten his schedule even more and now he will have to face the Necaxa this weekend to play their third game in a week and the last ticket to the Big Party of the Liga MX.