León falls to Morelia at home

The León team did not take advantage of playing at home tonight against Morelia. The 'Monarchs' turned the game around against the feline team in the fifth round of the MX League and ultimately took the victory with a score of 2-1.

Things started well for León in this match against Morelia. In the 53rd minute, an error by Argentine defender Facundo Erpen allowed the locals to take the lead with a tremendous own goal. However, the visitors managed to recover.

In the 74th minute, Chilean Rodrigo Millar equalized for Morelia against León with a rebound. With the goal, the Monarchs came out all guns blazing to overturn the score and would succeed with Alejandro Gagliardi three minutes after the equalizer.

With the result, Morelia climbed to eighth position in the MX League with eight points. Meanwhile, León remains in fifth place with nine points.

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Confirmed lineups

León: Yarbrough, Velarde, Burdisso, Navarro, Novaretti, Hernández, Vázquez, Montes, Cano, Morales, and Cuevas.

Morelia: Rodríguez, Pérez, Erpen, González, Zamorano, Morales, Loboa, Millar, Rey, Velázquez, and Pellerano.

The León team did not come into this match against Morelia with a good result. Last week, they lost 3-1 to Tigres as visitors. The goals for the university team were scored by André-Pierre Gignac, and the consolation goal was scored by Diego Novaretti.

On the other hand, Morelia arrives at this stage of the Mexican first division tournament on fire. They defeated Chivas Rayadas de Guadalajara 2-0 at the Generalísimo José María Morelos y Pavón stadium with goals from Pablo Velázquez and Juan Rodríguez.

León is currently in second place in the MX League with nine points, while Morelia, former club of Roberto 'Chorrillano' Palacios, is in eighth place with five points.