Santos Laguna wants to rise at the expense of León
A wake-up call that made Santos react
It was the León team that tried to surprise from the start of the first half with two arrivals in the first two minutes, the second with a shot inside the Di Yorio area that hit the post.
It was a wake-up call that made Santos react, he remembered the damage they usually do to him in the first hour of the game and was able to control the situation, but very tepid offensively, paused and with difficulties to penetrate the ordered emerald defense.
The dispute over the ball transcended more in midfield, León sought the backs of the Santos full-backs trying to catch them off guard, Santos privileged the right sector for their attempts.
In the 27th minute, Javier Correa celebrated the goal, but it was marked offside by Brunetta, since although he did not intervene, he was facing the goalkeeper. In an immediate play, a foul on Correa was not marked within the area.
After half an hour of play, Santos began to show himself more organized and more insistent on Cota's goal, but the Panzas Verdes generated a good play through the center, Fidel Ambriz hit it near the half-moon, Torres managed to deflect the trajectory of the ball and it surpassed Acevedo's stretch to put it 0-1 in the 37th minute.
The best thing that could happen to Santos was to draw in the same first half, thanks to a great play by Omar Campos, who hit it full with his left foot to overcome Rodolfo Cota. It was 1-1 in the 40th minute.
Santos wouldn't let go of the ball
The lagunera squad came out for the second half pressing, made their rival retreat and hit some balls with certain intention, it was an insistence that decreased in intensity and the Guanajuato team made adjustments to counteract.
However, Santos scored a foul loaded on the left by Brunetta and Félix Torres headed close to the left post, the referee marked an offside, but VAR was used and after the review, the goal was given as valid and the home team turned it around 2-1 in the 63rd minute.
Santos didn't let go of the ball, maintained pressure in Esmeralda's territory, had greater depth on the left flank, even their midfielders dared to press on Cota's goal, like Alan Cervantes tried in the 76th minute, it was close.
Los de la Comarca found spaces to constantly shoot on goal. Preciado almost scored in the 81st minute, all thanks to the apathetic attitude of the emeralds.
However, as long as the third goal for the albiverdes did not fall, there was the risk of being equalized in the match, because León tried as best they could to get close to Acevedo's goal, they were exposed to an error or a fortuitous play.
Santos could have finished it off in injury time with a shot from Diego Medina that he did not take advantage of despite the facilities given to him by the opponent.
Santos celebrated the victory that promotes them to sixth position with 13 points, while León stayed with 9.