Tiago Volpi, the goalkeeper of Toluca He put on the hero’s cape and with a goal in the 70th minute he signed a comeback in a match against Tigers which was complicated during the first half at the Nemesio Diez Stadium in the Mexican city.
In the first half the locals were subdued by felines that looked aggressive and, in fact, They went ahead on the scoreboard in the 35th minute with a goal from Jonathan Herrera, who finished off a cross on the edge of the six-yard box and beat Volpi in a great scoreboard play by Tigres.
However, the game fell to the Monterrey team in the final stretch of the first half, with the expulsion of Sebastián Córdova.
For the second half, Toluca came out of the locker room with a new mentality and sought to take advantage of the numerical superiority on the field, something that paid dividends. in the 54th minute when the much noted Alexis Vega made a pass from Juan Domínguez effective and He sent the ball to the back of the net.
The Devils insisted on the attack and In the 70th they turned it around with a penalty taken by Volpiwho nor he allowed himself to be intimidated by the gestures of Nahuel Guzmán and he shot him, finishing off the right post when the Argentine was already beating him on the opposite side.
Curiously, Volpi is the second player with the most goals on the team, only below Jean David Meneses, who has 4, while The Brazilian scored his third goal of Clausura 2024, as he previously scored against Mazatlán on matchday 2 and Santos Laguna on matchday 5, also via penalty.
With this result and the Saturday matchday concluded, Toluca occupies fifth place in the general table with 19 points, behind Cruz Azul, Pachuca and América, who won their matches a few hours ago, in addition to Rayados, who plays against Pumas this Sunday the afternoon.
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