Albacete wins in Segunda, Irapuato advances in Mexico’s Liga de Expansion
Spain’s Segunda Division was in action during the international break, with Jonathan Gomez’s Albacete shutting out FC Andorra 1-0 at home. Lazo scored the game’s only goal in the 55th minute. Konrad De La Fuente subbed out in the 75th for Ceuta’s 2-1 home loss to Leganes. Ceuta fell behind in the 30th and Leganes doubled their lead in the 52nd. Leganes gave up an own-goal three minutes into stoppage time.
In Mexico’s Liga de Expansion playoff quarterfinal second-leg, Ventura Alvarado’s Irapuato drew 2-2 at home with Mineros de Zacatecas and 3-3 on aggregate. Irapuato advanced due to finishing 4th in the Apertura to Zacatecas’s 5th. Alvarado opened the scoring for Irapuato three minutes into first-half stoppage time and Juan Rangel doubled the lead in the 62nd. Mineros de Zacatecas pulled a goal back in the 70th. Both teams played a man down, with Mineros de Zacatecas seeing red in the 84th and Irapuato’s Ricardo Pena exiting in the 85th. Mineros de Zacatecas equalized six minutes into stoppage time.
The Liga de Expansion playoffs continued on Wednesday, with Ventura Alvarado’s Irapuato drawing 0-0 at Atletico Morelia.
On Thursday in the first round Liga MX playoffs, Joe Corona subbed on in the 77th for Club Tijuana’s 3-1 home win over Juarez. Trailing from the 12th, Mourad El Ghezouani equalized for Tijuana in the 31st. Juarez played a man down from the 54th, with Gilberto Mora converting a Tijuana penalty in the 59th. Ezequiel Bullaude finished off the Tijuana goals a minute into stoppage time.
