Tampico Madero raised the opposing score on return and was crowned the first monarch of the incipient format of the silver category
Tampico Madero became the first champion of the Expansion League after defeating Atlante in the first stage 2-3 to put the 3-4 aggregate in favor of Jaiba Brava. The match, which took place at the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium, had to go to extra time, where the visitors reversed the score. Jesús Salas scored twice for the champions, while Diego de Buen scored the winning goal and scored for the Colts Jonathan Sanchez and Jonathan Vega.
The first half lacked emotion in goals, as the ball spent most of the time in the center of the field without a clear dominator, so both teams chose to try with long shots, which went far. of the arches.
Each team lost one player due to muscle discomfort in the first 45 minutes. Edson Partida of Tampico Madero left the field at 18 ‘, while Joel Pérez had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury.
The first clear chance to score came in the 50th minute, when Diego de Buen took a corner kick, the ball bounced and reached the head of José Ávila, who sent his head deflected, despite the fact that he was without marking in front of the gate. Humberto Hernández.
The balance was tilted for Tampico Madero, a team that came into possession of the ball, but lacked creativity when they approached the rival area, while Atlante chose to close the spaces and seek to do damage with counterattacks.
Faced with the dominance of the visitors, the Catalans took advantage of a free kick in the 67th minute to make the first match with a header from Jonathan ‘Cuba’ Sánchez, who appeared in the second post and with his head cut defeating Joel. Garcia.
It took nine minutes for ‘Jaiba Brava’ to react. Daniel Lajud, who had to be helped off the pitch, was Joel Pérez as he was unable to finish the game and was able to finish off his move from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. so much so that he sent the game to overtime.
Colts were the most dangerous in overtime. In the first 15 minutes they had two clear games to score, but it was not until 107 ‘when they finally made the second night with the collaboration of Joel García, rival goalkeeper, who ended up sending the ball into his goal, after a strong shot by Jonathan Vega.
When it looked like Atlante was going to the championship, Jesús Salas reappeared, launching himself like a “dove” to tie him to 113‘.
Two minutes before the end of overtime, Manuel López entered the local area, where he was shot down by Jonathan Sánchez, an action that the central whistle, Edgar Allan Morales sanctioned as a penalty, as well as Diego de Buen executed a powerful blow to defeat Humberto Hernández and give him the first title in the Expansion League to Tampico Madero.