Juan Carlos Huante / La Voz de Michoacán
Morelia, Michoacán. The party was key in their aspirations to qualify for the league and achieved it. The Canaries of Atlético Morelia beat Cancun FC 2-1 and at the moment they are in Liguilla area, in the absence of a match to conclude the regular phase of the 2025 Clausura of the Expansion League.
Vibrant game was lived in the Morelos stadium, before 9,300 fans who met to support the Canaries, which ended in a heart, but with a victory that places them in the eighth place with 19 points and a draw against Tlaxcala secures his ticket to the big party.
Morelia began with Santiago Ramírez, Daniel Parra, Juan García Sancho, René López, Brayton Vázquez, Walter Ortega, Francisco Tony Figueroa, Jaziel Martínez, Damián Torres, Mauro Nambo and Christopher Trejo.
Before the five, both squads had already finished an offensive play. The first, by the visit – after an error of the Canaries in the Band of Band by the half court -, with medium distance shot by Alan Rodríguez, who vanished near the left post of the goal defended by Santi Ramírez.
The rojiamarillos responded later, when René López joined the front by right sector and sent a pass to the other end to Jaziel Martínez, who controlled the ball and without letting it go down halfway, it hit her with power, but the goal Gustavo Gutiérrez controlled the danger.
The subsequent minutes the match was played most in the Middle Court Zone. It was until 22 ‘, after the rojiamarillos lost another ball, when Mauro Pérez headed only to the Ramírez arch, but he came out in a timely and risky way, reaching to divert with his foot the ball that the Cancun player had already dotted.
Ten minutes later, the Canaries were about to open the score three times. First a ball diverted by a defender of Cancun took by surprise Daniel Parra, who failed to connect only in front of the frame; A minute later René López entered the area and threw a left -footed shot, forcing the rival goalkeeper to throw himself and divert the ball; And at 34 ‘, again Parra reached the ball between a defender and the goalkeeper, but hit the post.
Those led by Nacho Castro took advantage of the mood and turned to the front, breaking the blocks that had worked for the Cancuneans minutes before and the score was opened in the Morelos.
In corner play and evidently worked from the training, Tony Figueroa received the ball in short, attracted the mark of the shirt eleven, Mauro Pérez, and then passed to René López, who in turn delayed towards the center to where Walter Ortega was located; He hit him first, but the spherical hit Pérez’s hand, so referee Aldo Ballesteros Barba marked the maximum penalty, which was responsible for executing Christopher Trejo and sent the ball to the bottom of the networks (1-0) at 43 ‘. With this score they finished the actions of the first part.
When the meeting was restart, the Canaries generated a danger play. Nambo received inside the area, but crossed the shot too much. Subsequently, came the response of Cancun, 49 ‘, and Santi Ramírez again, playing the physicist, covered the shot of Mauro Pérez.
Contrary to the game system implemented by coach Luis Arce, the visitors advanced lines, preventing the control of the Michoacanos. At 54 ‘again Santi kept the door safe, by diverting a free kick from Jorge Díaz.
Although the Mexican Caribbean squad had managed to contain the rojiamarillos, at the 63rd minute the goal shout exploded in the “Colossus of the Quinceo”, when Tony Figueroa hit the round from outside the area, beating Gustavo Gutiérrez on his left side (2-0).
Nacho Castro, rather than defending the score, at 79 ‘made two changes to the offensive: Laerte Polydoro by Mauro Nambo and Sebastián Medellín instead of Jaziel Martínez. Minutes later he made two more modifications and in front, sending Paulo Romero and Paolo Yrizar for Tony Figueroa and René López.
However, Cancun discounted when the 90 regulatory minutes were about to be completed, through Jean Unjanque; The referee added 7 minutes and the author of the goal was about to tie the score when he started only heading to the Rojiamarilla area, and in a suffering persecution, Brayton Vázquez crossed in the shooting of the Cancunense.
After a last corner shooting play in favor of Cancun, the referee scored the end of the game and the thousands of fans celebrated the victory.
The Canaries of Atlético Morelia play their last game on Saturday, April 19, visiting Tlaxcala, at 7:00 p.m. A tie is enough for them to get into place 8, regardless of what Cancun and Tepatitlán do, who play against Atlético La Paz and Miners of Zacatecas, respectively.
