Colombian goalkeeper Camilo Vargas returned to figure in Mexico, saved penalty against Rayados

The city of Monterrey hosted the match corresponding to Matchday 15 of the Mexican League, where Atlas FC and Rayados played fourth place in the overall standings. The match ended scoreless, but it was Camilo Vargas who stood out above the rest by saving a penalty and snatching a point from his rival.

After ninety minutes, in a compromise where both teams fought to get the position that provides a direct ticket to the big party, La Furia and La Gandilla reached the sunset of the complement without breaking the parity with which they started the match, listening to the final whistle with the score equaled to zeros.

Despite the fact that the star guest was absent, the chances of danger in both areas were not lacking, with the 'Colombian Superhero', as he has been nicknamed in Mexico, Camilo Vargas, becoming a factor in the 26th minute after saving a maximum penalty executed by Maxi Meza, with this one preventing those from the north from getting ahead in the blackboard.

Those led by Diego Cocca went to the front and also knocked on the rival door, however, the local goalkeeper, Esteban Andrada, would stop La Furia's aspirations to gain the advantage, thus preventing the zero from breaking in the second half and sentencing the match with the final draw to zero. The judge chosen to lead the match at BBVA Bancomer stadium was César Ramos Palazuelos.

CF Monterrey strategist Victor Vucetich stopped the starting eleven with a 4-5-1 formation with Esteban Andrada in the goal; Stefan Medina, César Montes, Sebastián Vegas and Erick Aguirre on the defensive line; Luis Romo, Celso Ortiz, Maximiliano Meza, Joel Campbell and Rodolfo Pizarro in the middle; and Vincent Janssen in the middle; and Vincent Janssen in the middle attack.

For their part, those chosen by Diego Cocca took the field with a 3-5-2 scheme with Camilo Vargas under the three suits; Anderson Santamaría, Hugo Nervo and Emanuel Aguilera in defense; Javier Abella, Luis Reyes, Edgar Zaldivar, Jeremy Márquez and Ían Torres in the middle of the court; and Franco Troyansky and Christopher Trejo in the lead.

With this result, those from La Perla Tapatia remain momentarily in fifth position with 23 units, waiting for what Cruz Azul can do in his match against Querétaro. For their next match, La Academia del Fútbol Mexicano will travel to the State of Mexico where they will face Toluca on Sunday at noon, Colombian time, in what will be the penultimate date of the contest and their last away match during the regular phase of the 2022 Clausura Tournament.

Having been an indispensable player on the squad of Argentine coach Diego Cocca during the 2021 season of the Liga MX, the Atlas of Guadalajara officially announced the contract renewal of Colombian goalkeeper Camilo Vargas, who was recently crowned champion of the first division of Mexican football after 70 years of drought.

The Bogotá goalkeeper, who emerged from the lower divisions of Independiente Santa Fe in 2007, arrived at Atlas in July 2019 and his last renewal had been in October 2020 in a contract signed until June 2024.

However, at the age of 33, the also goalkeeper of the Colombia national team received warm news from the rojinegro team on the night of Monday, April 4, when his contract extension was announced for two more years, that is, until June 2026.

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