“Walter Portales opens the scoring for Atlante, finishing off a move assisted by Jhojan Esmaides and Julio Palacios after a spell of first-half pressure including back-to-back corners.”
Pivotal“Mathias Tomas levels the match for Puebla just minutes after halftime, converting a chance created off a corner following an earlier blocked shot and a missed headed effort.”
Pivotal
Puebla
Atlante
Outstanding performance
Atlante•AttackerAtlante struck first through Walter Portales in the 41st minute, capitalizing on a spell of pressure that included multiple corners, and looked the sharper side for large stretches. Puebla made wholesale changes at the break, bringing on three fresh players, and the switch paid immediate dividends as Mathias Tomas leveled things up in the 53rd minute off a set-piece scramble. Despite Atlante dominating the underlying numbers - 21 shots to 12, 61 dangerous attacks to 49, and 11 corners to Puebla's 6 - they couldn't find a second goal to match their territorial control. Puebla will take confidence from grinding out a point on the road against a side that outplayed them for long periods, while Atlante will rue their inability to convert clear superiority into three points.
How entertaining was this match?
Luifer Hernandez takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Armando Escobar Diaz takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Corner awarded.
Luis Calzadilla takes a right-footed shot, but it is saved.
Joaquin Moxica comes on for Martín Nicolás Sarrafiore.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Heriberto Jurado's header is saved.
Armando Escobar Diaz takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Corner awarded.
Offside.
Heriberto Jurado comes on for Mathias Tomas.
Shot - Facundo Ezequiel Almada Head Shot Missed
Christian Bermúdez takes a right-footed shot, but it is saved.
Corner awarded.
Martín Nicolás Sarrafiore takes a shot with his right foot, but it is saved.
Mathias Tomas takes a left-footed shot, but it's saved.
Christian Bermúdez is on, and Jose Gonzalez is off.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Luifer Hernandez comes on for Ignacio Maestro Puch.
Luis Puente is on, and Jhojan Esmaides is off. Julio Palacios is also mentioned.
Armando Escobar Diaz comes on for Walter Clar.
Mathias Tomas takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Offside.
VAR decision results in the cancellation of the penalty for Mathias Tomas.
Corner awarded.
Walter Clar takes a left-footed shot, but it's blocked.
Offside.
Mathias Tomas scores with a left-footed shot.
Omar Fernando Moreno Villegas takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
assist: Ignacio Maestro Puch
Goal! Mathias Tomas scores to make it 1-1, assisted by Ignacio Maestro Puch.
Shot - Nico Carrera Head Shot Missed
Corner awarded.
Martín Nicolás Sarrafiore takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Óscar VillaYellow CardYellow card for Oscar Eduardo Villa Dominguez.
Corner awarded.
Walter Clar attempts a header, but the shot is blocked.
Oscar Eduardo Villa Dominguez is on, and Fernando Monarrez Ochoa is off.
Omar Fernando Moreno Villegas comes on for Bryan Eduardo Garnica Cortez.
On comes Iker Moreno, off goes Jose Pachuca.
Carlos Alberto Baltazar Agraz takes a right-footed shot but misses.
First half ends with a score of 0-1.
Shot by Fernando Monarrez Ochoa with his left foot is saved.
Walter PortalesShot! Walter Portales scores with a left-footed shot.
assist: Jhojan Julio
Goal! Walter Portales scores to make it 0-1, assisted by Jhojan Esmaides and Julio Palacios.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Eugenio Pizzuto takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Luis Calzadilla takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Ignacio Maestro Puch takes a shot with his head, but it misses the target.
Corner awarded.
Shot - Facundo Ezequiel Almada Head Shot Missed
Corner awarded.
Mathias Tomas takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Walter Portales takes a right-footed shot, but it misses the target.
Walter Clar takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Nico Carrera takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Martín Nicolás Sarrafiore takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Offside.
Corner awarded.
Jhojan Esmaides takes a shot, but Julio Palacios blocks it with a right-footed effort.
Jhojan Esmaides takes a shot, but Julio Palacios misses with a right-footed attempt.
Corner awarded.
Martín Nicolás Sarrafiore takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Kick-off! The referee is Aldo Ballesteros Barba.
Puebla host bottom-half Atlante at Estadio Cuauhtémoc looking to rebound from a loss to Toluca, while Atlante arrive on a lengthy winless run and desperate for a result to climb the table. Home advantage and recent form both favor La Franja, but Atlante's need for points could make this closer than expected.
