Tampico Madero overcame the adverse marker in the return and was crowned like first monarch of the incipient format of the silver category
Tampico Madero became the first champion of the Expansion League after beating Atlante in the first leg 2-3 to put the overall 3-4 in favor of Jaiba Brava. The match, which was held at the Ciutat dels Esports Stadium, had to reach extra time, where the visitors reversed the score. Jesus Sales scored twice for the champions while Diego de Bon he scored the winning goal and on the part of the Colts, he scored Jonathan Sánchez i Jonathan Vega.
The first half had no emotions in the goals, as the ball spent most of the time in the center of the field without a clear dominator, so both sets chose to try with shots of long distance, which passed away from the arches.
Each team lost one player to muscle discomfort for the first 45 minutes. Edson Partida, of Tampico Madero, left the field in the 18th minute, while in added time it was Joel Pérez who had to go to bed.
The first clear option to score came in the 50 ‘, when Diego de Bon executed a corner kick, the ball bounced and came to the head of José Ávila, who sent his header deflected, all and that it was without mark in front of the arc of Humberto Hernandez.
The balance was tilted by Tampico Madero, a team that took possession of the ball, But they had no creativity when they approached the rival area, while Atlante chose to close the spaces and seek to do damage with counterattacks.
Against the dominance of the visitors, Barça took advantage of a set piece in the 67th minute to make the first of the match with a header from Jonathan ‘Cuba’ Sánchez, who appeared on the second post and with a head over heels to beat Joel Garcia.
The ‘Jaiba Brava’ took nine minutes to react to tie the score. Daniel Lajud, who had entered in place of the injured Joel Pérez, overflowed on the left side and sent a cross to midfield, which was deflected, a situation that favored Jesus Salas, who closed to push the ball in the networks, so much so that they command confrontation in overtime.
The Foals were the most dangerous in overtime. During the first 15 minutes they had two clear plays to score, but it was not until 107 ‘when they finally made the second of the night with the help of rival goalkeeper Joel Garcia, who ended up sending the ball to the his goal, after a powerful shot by Jonathan Vega.
When it looked like Atlante was riding in the championship, Jesús Salas reappeared, who threw himself as a ‘dove’ to tie the 113‘.
Two minutes before the end of overtime, Manuel López entered the local area, where he was overthrown by Jonathan Sánchez, Action that the central sibilant, Edgar Allan Morales sanctioned like criminal, same that Diego de Bon executed with a powerful shot to beat Humberto Hernandez and give him the first title in the Expansion League at the Tampico Madero.