After taking advantage of a huge defensive blunder by Vladimir Loroña, as well as an exquisite touch by Charly Rodríguez, Rayados found themselves up 0-2 in Tijuana after just over half an hour of play in Estadio Caliente. However, it wasn’t as smooth a game as it appeared. During that time, Tijuana presented itself with at least four dangerous approaches on the Monterrey goal, none of which ended up in the back of the net. The most dangerous of them all coming in the 27th minute, when Lucas Rodríguez took control of the ball and drove it all the way down Rayados’ right flank, where Sergio Villarreal proved incapable of competing with the speedster, ending in Christian Rivera’s bullet shot inside the box that was miraculously and superbly deflected by keeper Andrada.
Rayados’ defense overwhelmed by Xolos as 2-goal advantage dissipates
