Unstoppable! Nicolás Benedetti scored again and gave Mazatlan the first victory in the Liga MX

Nicolás Benedetti tried until he couldn't and his team, Mazatlan FC, finally managed to win in the 2022 Liga MX Clausura tournament.

After coming from three consecutive defeats, the club where the midfielder vallecaucano plays won its first three points after beating Tijuana with a 2-0 score at home on Friday night, February 11.

The Colombian's goal came in the 43rd minute after receiving a pass inside the Tijuana Xolos area by Eduard Bello.

However, before the scoring opened, in the eighth minute of the engagement Nicolás smashed a right hand on the stick of goalkeeper Jonathan Orozco's left hand. This was the first approach of Mazatlan's '10′ at the beginning of the match with the assistance of Argentine centre-forward Gonzalo Sosa:

The goal for the locals in the 43rd minute allowed Benedetti to celebrate by wishing his daughter happy birthday with the 1-0 before going to rest. This was the definition of the former Deportivo Cali and Club América player:

Based on the strategy of the Spanish coach Bernat San José, the 24-year-old Vallecaucano footballer was replaced by Mexican midfielder Roberto Meraz in the 72nd minute and said goodbye to the Mazatlan stadium with applause.

For Tijuana, Colombian striker Mauro Manotas was present, who narrowly helped the Xolos tie the game at the 80th minute of the engagement after a cross sent to Argentine central defender Lisandro López, who headed and his shot passed very close to the left hand pole of the goal defended by Nicholas Vikonis.

This was Tijuana's approach in the last 10 minutes of the game:

Just eight minutes after Tijuana approached came the final 2-0 that settled the result for Mazatlan at home. The scoring for the purple squad was Roberto Meraz (who replaced Nicolás Benedetti) after a triangulation with Brian Rubio. The impact with the ball bounced off the vertical post and ended up entering 88′ like this:

Nicolás reported with his second goal of the year and there was no better way to celebrate his feat than to end up winning the match this Friday, February 11 with a score of 2-0 at home.

Raising his head after a fatal start with three consecutive defeats helps Mazatlan for what is coming in the 2022 Clausura Tournament Grita México. The purple team recorded 3 points and a goal difference of -3 after falling away against Chivas de Guadalajara (3-0 on January 9); at home against Toluca (1-2 on January 21) and away against Tigres UANL (4-3 on February 6).

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Those led by Spaniard Bernat San Jose are already thinking of hosting Club América on date 2 (still to play) on Wednesday, February 16.

In this Mazatlán FC squad facing Clausura 2022, Colombian midfielder Richard Ríos is also playing, whose last match with the team was on September 11, 2021.

On the Tijuana side, in the Xolos are striker Mauro Manotas, midfielder Christian Rivera and central defender Brayan Angulo.

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