Toluca /
After losing the invitation in Torreón, the Red Devils of Toluca did not look for who did it to them, but rather who will pay them, They returned home and there they beat the Rojinegros del Atlas 4-1.
Led on the offensive by the Portuguese, Paulinho, who scored his sixth goal of the tournament and had his fifth assist, the reds achieved this victory where the youth player, Isaías Violante, stood out, achieving his first double in the First Division.
With this result Toluca is the second leader with 21 pointswhile Atlas was left with 14 units.
STELLAR PICTURE
For this home game the Red Devils returned to their usual lineup, only with the news that the Brazilian, Helinho was the starter, and the Uruguayan Federico Pereira already appeared on the benchafter overcoming a knee injury.
By Atlas, coach Beñat San José sent the best of his squad to the field, a backbone of experience with Camilo Vargas, Matheus Doria, Luis Reyes and Eduardo Aguirre.
At the start of the game Toluca took the initiative to attack, but Atlas also showed its intentions to do damage through the speed of Jhon Murillo.
The Devils put high pressure and complicated the visitor’s exit, They recovered the ball in the rival zone and had their first warnings with arrivals from the side by Jesús Gallardo and Brian García, as well as attempts by Paulinho and Violante.
Despite the “blue” dominance, the first clear arrival was from Atlas at 18′, after a corner kick the ball fell to Luis Reyes, who caught the air and took a powerful shot. shot at the near post that was contained by the goalkeeper, Tiago Volpi.
APPEARED IN GOALORE
Suddenly Atlas got loose on the field, had the ball and attacked the Devils, who had a difficult time shaking off the pressure of the visit.
However, For the Devils, a liveliness from the Portuguese, Paulinho, was enough, to regain control of the game and even open the scoring.
At 33′ the league’s top scorer, Paulinho, snatched the ball from Doria, headed towards the goalkeeper, Camilo Vargas, whom he beat with a cross shot from above to make it 1-0.
The goal destroyed Atlas, that could not be recovered without first receiving a second score. At 40′ Paulinho received the ball in the area, lowered it and gave way to the solitary arrival of Helinho, who with a cross shot from the right beat Camilo Vargas to make it 2-0.
DOUBLE FOR THE CANTERANO
For the second half, Toluca maintained the same momentum with which it ended the first half, attacked and soon expanded its advantage.
At 54′ the ball fell in the Atlas area, After a series of rebounds, he reached Isaías Violante on the left, who cut off a defender and with his right foot finished low and crossed to make it 3-0.
To complete the victory, the young Violante scored his first double in the First Division in the 60th minute, receiving a pass from Paulinho in the area, First shot, low and cross for 4-0.
With the victory almost in the bag, the Toluca coach, Renato Paiva, gave his youth players minutes to add in the minor rule, while Atlas took the opportunity to score the honor in the 77th minute after a shot against the post, The ball fell to Joao Paulo Dias, who only pushed it into the nets for the 4-1 score.
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