Pachuca went hard to rescue a draw before the first 45 minutes were overbut he met the Colombian goalkeeper Camilo Vargas himself who rescued the Atlas team from Pachuca’s attempts, at least three times, including a header from Argentine Nicolás Ibáñez at minute 45 + 3.
For the second half, at minute 53, Julio Furch, originally from Argentina, hit a shot to the side of Pachuca’s goal, a shot that could have been the second goal for the red and black team, the locals’ attacks approached harder.
At 57, Ibáñez hit a powerful shot from the area that hit the crossbar of Colombian Vargas’ goal, Pachuca’s men were under relentless attack.
The Tuzos did not give up and on two occasions at 67 and 68; first Vargas stopped a shot to Víctor Guzmán and then Kevin Álvarez emptied a shot to the side of the right post, the goal of the foxes was a fortress.
Approaching the end, at 90 + 3, the Colombian Julián Quiñones snatched the ball from the Pachuca defense and with power he launched himself forward, after removing three defenders he entered the area and defined the 2-0 against the Argentine goalkeeper Oscar Ustari .
The second leg will be next Sunday, May 29 at night at the Hidalgo Stadium in Pachuca. Los Tuzos will be looking for the seventh league title in their history and Los Zorros, who are the defending champions, are going for their third and becoming two-time champions, a feat only achieved by two other teams in the history of Liga MX.