CLUB TIJUANA 3-1 CD TOLUCA (FINAL)
LIGA Bancomer MX-2014 Clausura; Week 14
TIJUANA –Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente beat Club Deportivo Toluca 3-1 Friday night in a Week 14 match of the LIGA Bancomer MX-2014 Clausura at Estadio Caliente.
Dario Benedetto, Javer Guemez and Cristian Pellerano scored for the Xoloitzcuintles.
Club Tijuana took the 1-0 lead when Benedetto headed in a Fidel Martinez centered pass from left to right into the area. Benedetto out-jumped his defender and headed the ball past Toluca goalkeeper Alfredo Talavera. Benedetto sent his shot just inside the right post to give the home team the lead.
The lead didn’t last long. Toluca tied the match 1-1 with a goal by Jorge Sartiaguin in the 32nd minute. Sartiaguin sent a shot fro about 40 yards out. The ball bounced in front of Saucedo who couldn’t control it, slipping out of his grip into the Xoloitzcuintles net.
Guemez gave the Xoloitzcuintles the lead in the 56th minute when Javier Guemez sent a blast from just inside the penalty area past Talavera, low and just inside the right post. Cristian Pellerano sealed the win for the Xoloitzcuintles when he converted a penalty kick in the 73rd minute.
Pellerano buried the ball into the upper right corner of the net to finish the penalty. Toluca was whistled for the penalty after Joe Corona was taken down in the area.
The Xoloitzcuintles will next travel to Mexico City to face Cruz Azul FC in the second leg of the CONCACAF Champions League semifinals Wednesday April 9.
Club Tijuana will then travel to Monterrey to face Tigres UANL in a LIGA Bancomer MX-2014 Clausura Week 15 match Saturday April 12.
