Heroics are often found in the most unlikely of places. For Santos, tonight’s heroes turned out to be a center back and a goalkeeper making his professional debut as Félix Torres grabbed a late goal and Héctor Holguín saved a penalty and then made a series of fantastic saves to power Santos to a 2-1 win over Xolos.
The big talking points ahead of the match was Holguín getting the start over Gibrán Lajud against Lajud’s former team as well as Hugo Rodríguez starting over Matheus Dória. Both Lajud and Dória had poor performances in Santos’ loss against Necaxa a week and a half ago, although Dória and Ismael Govea were ruled out of the match due to injuries.