Toluca, State of Mexico - Chivas showed the character to recover from a second-half goal to earn a point against the Diablos Rojos del Toluca in a 1-1 draw at the end of Matchday 10 of the 2023 Liga MX Apertura MX Tournament.
The team coached by Veljko Paunovic offered a good display in the first half, with Roberto 'Piojo' Alvarado as the team's driver and an outstanding Raúl Rangel, who made his debut in the Mexican championship as Guadalajara's goalkeeper. Next Saturday, the Rebaño returns to the Akron Stadium to play the Clásico Tapatío, a match that you can follow on ChivasTV.
The goals:
62' Marcel Ruiz touched the ball to Edgar López, who entered the area between the Red-and-White central defenders to shoot and beat Raúl Rangel.
68' Ricardo Marín scored the equalizer when he headed the ball into the net ahead of Mosquera after a precise cross from Alan Mozo on the right flank.
Dangerous moments:
2' Maximiliano Araújo drove the ball down the left flank, left behind the mark of "Tiba", but goalkeeper Raúl Rangel came out opportunely to cut off the play.
8' Cristian Calderón reached deep down the left sector and moved the ball to the far post, where Ronaldo Cisneros made the effort, but was too short to shoot.
12' HUGE "TALA"! Raúl Rangel saved his goal with an impressive reflex save, diving to his left after Pedro Raúl's diving header.
21' Rangel appeared again to deflect the ball after a dangerous shot by Araújo.
23' Chiqueteeeee close to the goal. The Red-and-White center-back went forward and in the heart of the area, let go a shot that went just wide of Volpi's goal.
29' In a word: SPECTACULAR. Tala" flew to deflect Marcel Ruiz's shot with one hand.
39' "Piojo" Alvarado almost opened the scoring with a header after a cross from Mozo's right flank, but the ball went wide.
44' OUUUUUFFF! Ronaldo Cisneros fired a half-volleyed shot that went just over the crossbar.
67' "Pollo" Briseño gave a warning when he connected at the far post with his head after Alvarado's free kick, but the ball went just wide.
77' Cristian Calderón took a rebound in the center of the field, measured the distance and took the "Chicotazo", but the ball went over the goal.
84' Marcel Ruiz sent the ball inches wide of the post after connecting with a diagonal shot from the right flank.
Toluca 1-1 Chivas
(Edgar López 62')
(Ricardo Marín 68')
Referee: Daniel Quintero Huitrón
Nemesio Diez Stadium
Lineups:
Toluca: 1 Tiago Volpi, 17 Brian García, 26 Andrés Mosquera (AM 78'), 4 Valber Huerta, 11 Maximiliano Araújo, 23 Claudio Baeza (18 Fernando Navarro 90' +3), 28 Juan Gamboa (31 Robert Morales 63'), 14 Marcel Ruiz, 10 Jesús Angulo (8 Emilio Orrantía 90' +3), 16 Jean Meneses and 9 Pedro Raúl (AM 41') (19 Edgar López 46').
D. T. Ignacio Ambriz
Chivas: 27 Raúl Rangel, 2 Alan Mozo (AM 53'), 3 Gilberto Sepúlveda (AM 14'), 13 Jesús Orozco Chiquete (45 Raúl Martínez 88'), 26 Cristian Calderón (19 Alejandro Mayorga 90'+3), 28 Rubén González, 20 Fernando Beltrán, 25 Roberto Alvarado (19 Alexis Vega 90'+3), 14 Ricardo Marín and 18 Ronaldo Cisneros (11 Isaac Brizuela 58').
D. T. Veljko Paunovic (AM 14')
