Necasa legend Ignacio Ambrise continued to trouble his former team after beating Rayos for the eighth time in a row on Friday night. And Toluca's 1–0 victory was the first at Aguascalientes in 14 years.
Ambridge, the former Necaxa captain who won back-to-back league titles with the team in the 1990s, is now 8-0-0 against Rayos as he unknowingly lost them a month after leading the team to the Copa MX title. was fired. 2018.
Four months later, "Nacho" took Leon's job and went 7–0 against Necaxa (17–5 goal difference), while turning Esmeraldas into a perennial title contender. He led Leon to the final of Clausura 2019 and a year later "La Fiera" was the Liga MX champion.
Umbridge spent part of last season's coaching in Spain before accepting Toluca's job in December.
Necaxa house nightmare continues
Toluca worked hard in the first 10 minutes of Friday night's match at Estadio Victoria and took an early lead when Camilo Sanvezo was timed into space inside the box after corrupting a corner kick to the back.
Diablos then sat down and waited for Necxa to self-destruct. And that Rayos did.
Despite a 61% possession, Necaxa displayed a complete lack of front views, managing only one shot on target and that minute came in 90+2.
However, he showed the ability to dribbling in trouble and sprinting along the way. In a sequence, Rayos has six straight touching (possess?)
Rayos was guilty of lax trapping (often as a result of turnover), repeated ball sightings (on both offense and defense) and empty set pieces. On one occasion, "Los Electricistas" took out a free kick in his offensive third. The first pass went back (not into the box), the second passed nearly out of bounds near midfield, and the third passed back to his goaltender. Just cruel.
Toluca had a hand in the humiliating display, cutting through the passing lanes and effectively suppressing the outside.
The lackluster performance garnered enthusiasm from the home crowd, and deserved that Rayos fell 0-0-4 at Estadio Victoria during a 9-1 dismissal.
The win temporarily moves Toluca to 6th place with 13 points (and Diablos has a game in hand), while Necaxa slips to 14th.
FC Juarez 0, Leon 1
Last season's losing finalists did enough to take the road victory, and Esmeraldas moved to fourth place with 3 points.
"La Fiera" enjoyed a 61% possession and went around Bravos' box for much of the game, but didn't have much to show for it.
In our preview, I cited Lyon's precise finishing as a concern and the scuffle in front of the net continued.
In the second half, Elias Hernández, Federico MartÃnez and Jean Menés each found the goalkeeper 1-on-1, only to come off as desired. Hernandez short-sides his chance, Menis sweeps the far post and Martinez is stoned by 'keeper Hugo Gonzalez.
Lyon's captain Luis Montes provided two brilliant assists, but I think you can't call him an assist because the ball was not sent into the net. Coach Ariel Hollan has not found a partner for leading scorer Victor Davila, who was kept under wraps by the hosts.
However, Hernandez claimed the game-winner, scoring in minute 55. "The Patrolman" gathered in a long cross from Martinez on the left side of the box, stepped inside a defender on his right foot and rifled a low shot to the face. of the target and inside the far post.