Week Two of the Apertura is nearly complete, and the soccer authorities deemed us worthy of a thriller at Olympic Stadium.
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Pumas 5-3 Necaxa
This game was bonkers, and featured one of the slickest nutmegs we’ve seen in some time.
More on that later, but a 1-1 halftime deadlock gave way to a half-dozen markers in a frenzied second half.
Necaxa’s Matias Fernandez saw his 53rd minute goal answered two minutes later by Carlos Gonzalez. Martin Rodriguez and Alan Mozo made it 4-2 by the 76th, but Necaxa again had a quick fire answer in the 78th through Victor Davila’s second of the night.
Gonzalez bagged his second in the 81st to effectively put the match to bed, but what a game.
Mozo’s goal was legitimately smooth.
(75') ¡Gooool de Pumas! @PumasMX 4 - 2 @ClubNecaxa ¡Caen soldaditos y que jugadón! 😱
— TUDN USA (@TUDNUSA) July 29, 2018
Alan Mozo de Pumas por la banda derecha, fue quitándose jugadores de Necaxa y al final mando a guardar el balón#PUMvNEC
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Club America 3-0 Atlas
Guido Rodriguez’s double made sure Week 1 was just a stumble, as America came back with an inspired performance to move to 1W-1L on the Apertura.
Elsewhere Tigres 0-0 Tijuana Guadalajara 0-1 Cruz Azul Morelia 3-1 Santos Laguna Puebla 2-1 Toluca Queretaro 1-0 Pachuca Lobos BUAP 2-0 Veracruz Leon 0-2 Monterrey