If last Sunday Xolos from Tijuana froze the smiles of the UNAM Pumas Coming from behind to rescue an important 3-3 draw on matchday 11 of the Clausura 2024 tournament, this Friday in the activity of matchday 12, Santos Laguna gave them a spoonful of their own chocolate by stealing the victory two minutes from the end to tie 2-2 and extend the streak of the Xolos de Tijuana team to 14 games without winning.
Indeed, since the With the goal in the 28th minute of the first half, through Chihuahuan Aldo López, they were able to turn the score around in the second half and give the impression that they could add the first victory in the last 14 games.
Without a doubt this was a tremendous emotional blow for the aspirations of the border squad, because with the goals of the Paraguayan Carlos González at minute 50 in a serious error by goalkeeper Carlos Acevedo and Christian Rivera via penalty at minute 70. The fact that they took victory from you in the dying moments of the match was a very strong reason to lower anyone’s morale.
But Xolos in sin carried the penance, because after Christian Rivera’s goalsuddenly they backed down to defend their precarious advantage, instead of maintaining that devastating pace of 25 minutes of the second half, where they had the team led by Ignacio Ambriz in their grip, who no longer felt hard, but rather dense. .
However, Santos, not feeling the pressure from the home owners, went in search of a tie and with the facilities that the rival gave them in more than 20 minutes. Well, the pitcher went so far until it broke, achieving a 2-2 draw with Ronaldo Prieto’s goal at minute 90+4, which was a dagger in the heart of Miguel Herrera’s forces.
The serious thing is not the tie, but that more and more fans are becoming desperate and generating complaints such as that of several fans in the final minutes of the game against Santos Laguna, where they came to complain to the coach Miguel Herrera and he between signs and another type of things he ended up hooking up with some, but without the matter escalating.
The reality is that Tijuana has 12 games without a win in the current Clausura 2023 tournament, becoming, together with FC Juárez, one of the two teams that have failed to win in the current championship. And the worst thing is that adding two more games from the previous tournament, Apertura 2023, the streak without a win was extended to 14 games.
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