Santos Laguna Wins Copa MX Final In Penalties Over Puebla

On Tuesday night, Santos Laguna and Puebla met at Estadio Corona in the Copa MX Finals.

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When the final whistle blew, it was Santos Laguna who came away with the win in the Copa MX Final after a late equalizer sent us to penalties.

Coming into the match on Tuesday night, Santos Laguna was expected to come away with the win. They were able to jump ahead early, but Puebla was not willing to go down without a fight.

Scoring got underway in the 34th minute courtesy of Andres Yair Rentería for Santos Laguna to send Los Guerreros into the half with the lead.

After nearly a half hour of scoreless play following the restart, John Pajoy scored the equalizer for Puebla despite La Franja being a man down — Mauricio Romero was sent off in the 68th minute following his second yellow card of the match.

The joy was for Puebla was short-lived.

Santos Laguna went right back on top five minutes later when Nestor Calderón bagged the second goal of the match for his club following a beautiful chip over the defense by Carlos Darwin Quintero.

Puebla had countless opportunities in the closing minutes of the match with consecutive corner kicks, but they were unable to find the back of the net despite their numerous chances.

That all changed in the 89th minute, however, as Puebla was able to even up the score with a bounce in their favor off of the crossbar following a shot from Luis Noriega.

The last-minute equalizer sent us to penalty kicks.

Both teams successfully converted their first two kicks, before Julio González Vela-Alvizu came up big with the save on Puebla’s third attempt of the penalties. Djaniny scored the next attempt for Santos, which put all of the pressure on Francisco Torres, who was unable to keep Puebla alive and Santos Laguna went on to celebrate their Copa MX win.