The Argentine striker who is a Mexican national, Rogelio Funes Mori, became this Saturday the great figure of Rayados de Monterrey in the Closing Tournament of the Liga MX by scoring three goals against Pumas de la UNAM and surpassing the institution’s points record in a short tournament
As part of the last regular day (17) of the Clausura 2023, Monterrey achieved the three points of the win against Pumas and reached 40 points, surpassing the 37 they achieved in the 2016 Clausura Tournament and 2017 Apertura Tournament.
Alfonso González was the other scorer for Monterrey, who, by finishing in first place in the Clausura standings, earned the right to close all the series of the final phase in his stadium.
And it is that the Rayados were ahead just minute 2 ‘of the game when Jesús Gallardo ran down the left wing and crossed a service that González, left-footed, transformed into 1-0.
At 15 ′ Monterrey hit again. Alfonso González suffered a penalty that Funes Mori made it 2-0 by deceiving goalkeeper Julio González.
A bad defensive rebound by Argentine Nicolás Freire in the area at 22′ allowed Funes Mori to score from the right to make it 3-0.
About half an hour the party continued for the Rayados when Erick Aguirre overflowed down the right wing and hit a service that Funes Mori pushed to make his three-pointer and make it 4-0 at 27′.
In 45, the cats reacted. In a counterattack, the Argentine Eduardo Salvio leaked a pass to Del Prete, who made the final 4-1.
In other results this Saturday, Chivas del Guadalajara confirmed their direct ticket to the quarterfinals by beating Mazatlán FC 4-1.