Tapatío vs Tepatitlán 4-1

Tapatío beat Tepatitlán 4-1 at Estadio Akron after racing into a 3-1 lead before half-time and sealing it late on. V. Moragrega scored twice before the interval, and G. Garcia added the fourth in the 87th minute.

Moragrega opened the scoring in the 3rd minute and made it 2-0 on 22 minutes. J. Cruz pulled one back for Tepatitlán in the 26th minute, but D. Villaseca, from J. Uribe’s assist, restored Tapatío’s two-goal lead on 36 minutes. It was 3-1 at half-time.

Tapatío lost C. Soldati to a red card in first-half stoppage time, then made two changes at the break, with J. Uribe and V. Moragrega both coming off. Tepatitlán were reduced to 10 men on 46 minutes when N. Martinez was shown a yellow card and then a red, and they made three more changes over the next 24 minutes. G. Garcia, who came on in the 56th minute, missed a penalty on 65 minutes but later sealed the result when he scored in the 87th minute from L. Jimenez, who had come on in the 46th minute.

The numbers showed Tapatío’s control of the scoreline. They had 4 goals to Tepatitlán’s 1, while the timeline also showed Tapatío scoring first, restoring control after the visitors briefly threatened through J. Cruz, and then adding a late fourth. Both sides were active in the disciplinary and substitution lists, with Tapatío making five changes and Tepatitlán five as well.

Tapatío had three bookings: S. Zamora in the 16th minute, and C. Soldati and G. Garcia were also involved in the timeline, with Soldati sent off in first-half stoppage time. Tepatitlán had four bookings shown, for J. Cruz on 20 minutes, J. Sanchez on 40, N. Martinez on 44 before his dismissal on 46, and F. Sanguinetti on 90 minutes.