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Tepatitlán Ousts Top-Seed Atlante to Reach Liga de Expansión Semifinals

The eighth seed moves on 2-1 on aggregate, becoming the first semifinalist.

Overview

  • Leonardo Sámano opened the scoring early in the second leg to extend Tepatitlán’s aggregate advantage.
  • Atlante equalized through a Hardy Meza penalty in the second half after an earlier spot kick was saved by goalkeeper Gustavo Gutiérrez.
  • Tepatitlán finished with ten men after Alejandro Zamora was sent off around the 74th minute.
  • The outcome knocks out the regular-season leader in the quarterfinals and propels the underdog into the next round.
  • The remaining quarterfinals—Cancún FC vs Atlético Morelia and Jaiba Brava vs Leones Negros—will determine the other semifinalists.