The Tampico team was crowned champions against Atlanta in the first final of the MX Expansion League, beating them by a score on the Estadio Azul, a place that saw a club lift the title for the first time.
Both teams reached this meeting with the score of 1-1. In the first 45 minutes, the game was blocked in midfield, with very few scoring opportunities for both, reaching the break 0-0.
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For the second half, the Atlantic fangs executed lines and generated more danger in the rival goal. His reward came in the 68th minute, with an excellent header from Jonathan Sánchez to open and overtake his team in total; however, in less than ten minutes, Jesús Fabián equalized.
After a 2-2 draw on the aggregate dashboard, the game was extended to overtime. With the last 15 minutes of screams, the team “Jaiba Brava” managed to recover from the goal of Jonathan Vega, so Jesús Fabián scored the equalizer and in 11, Diego De Buen loaded from lso 11 steps to get the title.
AND “JAIBA BRAVA” IS THE FIRST CHAMPION OF # LIGAEXPANSIÓNxFOX!
What a game Tampico, when he was down on the scoreboard, always woke up against Atlante and received the first trophy of the Expansion League pic.twitter.com/PgNUF7nien
– FOX Sports MX (@FOXSportsMX)
December 21, 2020
