Puebla couldn't maintain their winning pace from the previous match and succumbed to Diablos Rojos de Toluca 0-2 on Sunday, in a match that closed the eighth round of the 2016 Apertura Tournament of the Mexican Soccer League, at the Cuauhtémoc Stadium.

The goals for the scarlet victory were scored by Colombian Fernando Uribe just eleven minutes into the game and by Erbin Trejo in the 52nd minute, giving their team three very important points and peace of mind to their coach, Hernán Cristante.

This result allows the team from the State of Mexico to reach ten points and get closer to the qualifying positions in the overall standings, meanwhile, La Franja remains at nine points and keeps their ups and downs.

After the previous victory in their visit to Chiapas, the Puebla team went out to seek a streak to get closer to the top positions in the standings, however, the Devil came to interfere, and goals as well.

Precisely, the home team started the match with the initiative, but with poor aim, plus the visiting goalkeeper Alfredo Talavera was very accurate in the shots attempted by the Puebla forwards to deny them the chance.

The scarlet response was not long in coming and in the 11th minute, Uribe put things 1-0 in favor of his team by heading between two Puebla defenders a cross sent from the right to beat Argentine goalkeeper Cristian Campestrini, who remained still as a statue.

The match closed in the final minutes of the first half and started in the second half, but the visitors were more ambitious in seeking to expand the scoreboard than the home team in equalizing, so in the 52nd minute, they made it 2-0.

The goal was scored by Trejo, who had the collaboration of goalkeeper Campestrini, who tried to anticipate the move of the Toluca attacker and left him with space at the near post where the ball went in to increase the lead.

Then, the team led by Ricardo Valiño decided to go forward to shorten the distance first, and then to tie the game, but if they didn't find the well-organized visiting defense, they did with goalkeeper Talavera, who did a good job.

The work of referee Marco Antonio Ortiz was and for La Franja, he cautioned Jerónimo Amione, Francisco Torres, and Édgar Dueñas, while for Diablos Rojos, he cautioned Gerardo Flores, Erbin Trejo, and Antonio Ríos