América slip up in Toluca and fail to secure top spot
Despite taking the lead through Diego Valdes in the first half, a second half equaliser from Araujo saw points shared in the ‘Infierno’.
Club América travelled to Toluca for the matchday 9 of the 2023 Liga MX Apertura knowing that a win would see the side from the capital leapfrog San Luis back to the summit of the table.
Sunday’s game at a packed Nemesio Diez stadium was a tightly fought affair and ultimately ended with a share of the spoils and with more than half of the games in the regular season completed it’s Atletico San Luis who are surprise leaders.
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Despite the ‘Red Devils’ being reduced to ten men for the final minutes of the game after Tomas Belmonte stamped on Fidalgo, America were unable to find the winner after Maxi Araujo cancelled out Diego Valdes’ opening first half goal.
San Luis lead the way
As the Liga MX Apertura now heads into the home straight, San Luis lead the Aguilas by a single point with Tigres in third following their comprehensive 3-0 derby win over Monterrey. Fourth place FC Juarez slipped up on Friday night at home to Atlas and are now level with 15 points along with the Atlas Foxes and Pumas.
- 1 Thiago Volpi
- 17 Brian García
- 4 Valber Huerta
- 26 Andrés Mosquera
- 11 Maximiliano Araujo
- 14 Marcel Ruiz (76')
- 5 Tomás Belmonte
- 28 Juan Gamboa (86')
- 10 Jesús Angulo (65')
- 9 Pedro Raúl
- 31 Robert Morales (64')
- Substitutes
- 3 Jesús Piñuelas
- 18 Navarro
- 8 Carlos Orrantia
- 19 Edgar Lopez (76')
- 257 Juan López
- 181 Ronaldo Beltrán
- 23 Claudio Baeza (64')
- 30 Jesús Venegas (86')
- 190 Isaías Violante (65')
- 27 Adrián Mora
- 1 Luis Malagón (45')
- 31 Igor Lichnovsky
- 29 Roman Juarez del Castillo
- 2 Luis Fuentes
- 5 Kevin Álvarez
- 32 Leo Suárez (76')
- 6 Jonathan
- 7 Brian Rodríguez
- 8 Álvaro Fidalgo Fernández
- 10 Diego Valdés (61')
- 33 Julián Quiñones (76')
- Substitutes
- 17 Alejandro Zendejas (76')
- 218 Miguel Vazquez
- 20 Richard Sánchez (61')
- 16 Snatiago Naveda Lara
- 23 Emilio Lara
- 21 Henry Martin (76')
- 27 Óscar Jiménez (45')
- 11 Jonathan Rodríguez
- 26 Salvador Reyes
- 19 Miguel Layún
Substitutions
Óscar Jiménez (45', Luis Malagón), Richard Sánchez (61', Diego Valdés), Claudio Baeza (64', Robert Morales), Isaías Violante (65', Jesús Angulo), Henry Martín (76', Julián Quiñones), Álex Zendejas (76', Leo Suárez), Édgar López (76', Marcel Ruíz), Jesús Venegas (86', Juan Gamboa)
Goals
0-1, 24': Diego Valdés, 1-1, 53': Maximiliano Araujo
Cards
Referee: Adonai Escobedo González
VAR Referee: Erick Yair Miranda Galindo, José de Jesús Baños Caballero
Valber Huerta (43',Yellow) Tomás Belmonte (83',Red)