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Toluca Edges Past Santos Laguna in Thrilling Encounter at Estadio Nemesio Díez
Toluca secured a 2-1 victory over Santos Laguna in a captivating match played at the Estadio Nemesio Díez in Toluca de Lerdo on April 7th, 2025, as part of matchday 14 of the Liga MX Clausura. The game was characterized by intense play and shifts in momentum.
Paulinho opened the scoring in the 39th minute, assisted by Juan José Gallardo. Gallardo then provided another assist, this time for Maximiliano Ruiz to double the lead in the 45th minute, giving Toluca a comfortable advantage going into halftime. Santos Laguna pulled one back in the 67th minute through Jorge Güemes, assisted by Jair Abella. However, Toluca managed to hold on despite late pressure from Santos.
The match saw several yellow cards issued: Echeverría and Carrillo for Santos Laguna, and Violante for Toluca, as well as a second yellow for Güemes. Toluca enjoyed slightly more possession (53%) and registered 14 shots on goal (6 on target), while Santos Laguna had 16 shots but only 2 on target. A Paulinho goal was disallowed by VAR for offside.
Substitutions santos laguna: at minute 46 I. Govea came in and J. Perez went out., at minute 63 D. Medina came in and J. Carrillo went out., at minute 64 S. Munoz came in and T. Jimenez went out., at minute 80 F. Fagundez came in and A. Lopez went out., at minute 80 C. Lozano came in and F. Villalba went out.
Substitutions toluca: at minute 68 R. Morales came in and J. P. Dominguez Chonteco went out., at minute 83 Helinho came in and J. Angulo went out., at minute 83 I. Violante came in and A. Vega went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Toluca
Santos Laguna
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