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Women’s Tigers They obtained a difficult victory against the Machine of Blue Cross at home and remain leaders in the Liga MX Femenil.
The Amazon They battled 83 minutes to score the score that unlocked the game towards victory thanks to Cristina Ferral and Nayeli Rangel to provide a new victory.
In the first period, the Amazons let go of some dangerous options, as they did not take advantage of at least four offensive plays and forgave the machine.
At 18′, Jacqueline Ovalle He insisted on the right sector and in the attempt, Anika RodrÃguez passed him from behind and with great freedom he received and sent a close cross into the area but no Tigres Femenil player managed to hit the goal.
But the meeting was shaken by some attacks from the visit, since Cruz Azul grew more in the game at the University Stadium with some important arrivals, but they were not able to thoroughly disturb Cecilia Santiago’s goal.
And when the intensity of the visit increased, the locals did not want to leave their dangerousness behind and began to use the wings with Belén Cruz and Ovalle to send crosses to Alisson González or Stephany Mayor but neither reached the last touch.
The game looked very pleasant, because Tigres Femenil made important plays in attack, in addition to the fact that the arrivals could not be taken advantage of by the feline offenses.
The Amazon They finished very strong in the first half, being dominant with the ball but without being able to harm Alejandria Godinez and they were lost at the end of the first period.
For the complement, the Spanish coach Milagros MartÃnez sent to the field Jennifer Hermoso, Ana Seica and Thembi Kgatlana to be more effective within the last touch for the Amazons.
Around minute 60, Cruz Azul would be left with 10 players on the field, as Lia MartÃnez fouled Mayor and she already had a warning, so José Maximiliano Negrete, the central referee of the match, did not hesitate to send her off.
The minutes passed and the locals could not be noticed with that extra player they had on the field, as José Julio Cevada made some tactical modifications that allowed him to hold on.
Until the annotation came from Cristina FerralIn the 82nd minute, an error in the marking of Las Capitalinas in the corner kick, the Tigres central defender was found inside the area and did not hesitate to finish on goal.
And in the final minutes, Ovalle put a center into the area so that Nayeli Rangel could score with a header without having to jump to score the 2-0 of the night.
With this victory, Tigres Femenil reached 34 points, being the sole leaders of the Liga MX Femenil and for now, they will prepare for the game against Chivas Femenil next Sunday.
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