La Jornada – Dávila guides León’s victory at the end of day 12

With a brace from Victor Dávila, León beat Santos 4-1 last night in the last game of matchday 12 of the Liga MX, which was played at the Nou Camp.

With this result, the Panzas Verdes reached 21 points and jumped to fifth position in the general table. They are only two units from the second place in the competition, Club América, while the difference with the leader Monterrey is 10.

Meanwhile, the team led by Víctor Fentanes remained in ninth place, with a total of 15 points.

The emerald steamroller first tormented her opponents six minutes into the game. A ball that was close to the penalty mark after several rebounds was taken advantage of by the Chilean Víctor Dávila, who used his instep to place his shot and open the scoring in favor of his team.

The cats’ dominance continued and they extended their lead with another powerful kick at 26. This time Ivan Moreno appeared inside the area to beat goalkeeper Carlos Acevedo with a shot that hit the right post. The neglect of the lagoons did not stop. Defender Hugo Isaac Rodríguez was sent off at 28 for stopping Lucas Di Yioro when he was alone in front of the goal.

With one man less on the field, Santos ceded the initiative to the Esmeraldas, who before the end of the first half asserted their superiority on the pitch with another goal.

Dávila got his double of the night with an impact outside the area that ended up in the nets, the product of an unfortunate deflection.

The warriors managed to discount through Harold Preciado at the return of the second half.

The Colombian gunner appeared alone in front of the goal and defined in a great way before the goalkeeper Rodolfo Cota left. The play was reviewed in video arbitration for an apparent misplacement. In the end the score was awarded for the lagoons.

Those led by Nicolás Larcamón sought to lengthen the score in the plugin by all possible means, but it was until minute 64 when the reward came for The Beast.

Once again, Víctor Dávila was the architect of commanding the emerald offensive. The Chilean sent a measured cross into the six-yard box and the youthful Fidel Ambriz connected with an accurate header to finally set the final figures and grant León its second victory in a row.

After this match, the Liga MX will be active again until March 29 because the first FIFA date of the year begins this week, where the Mexican team will face Suriname and Jamaica, on the 23rd and 26th of this month, in the Concacaf Nations League.