12-13 OCTOBER 2002

MONTERREY			1-1			CRUZ AZUL
De Nigris 7						Cacho 1

Just one minute into the game Cacho opened the scoring with a first time
shot past the keeper. De Nigris beat his defender to the ball to headed in
Arrellanos cross. 


PACHUCA			1-1			MORELIA
Arrango 85						Bautista 54

Arias wasted Morelia first chance went he was one-on-one with the keeper
his shot hit the post. Noriega sent a cross to newly singed Bautista in the
box dribbled once and beat the Calero with a rightfooted shot. Arrango receive
a through ball from Nunes dribbled around keeper to scored. 


VERACRUZ			2-1			TECOS
Medina 10						Navia 64
Rodriguez 54

A terrible clearance from Navia during the corner kick allow Medina to tap in. 
Morales dribbled down the leftside sent a cross into the box were Rodriguez 
chested down the ball and volleyed over the keeper. Navia was brought down
by keeper after a brilliant move around his defender he took the penalty and
scored. 


GUADALAJARA			0-0			ATLANTE

The worse game of the round because none of the teams show anything. The
only scoring chance of the game for both teams came when Mora header hit
the post. 


SANTOS				2-0			CELAYA
Manjarin 83
Borgetti 46

Borgetti header from the corner kick hit the post the rebound cameback to 
Manjarin who tap in. Ruiz dropped a cross in front of Borgetti who let the ball
bounced once and with the outside of the foot put the ball into the net. 


PUMAS				3-2			TIGERS
Lopez 53, 85						Olade 64
Trujillo 72						Inerio 69

All of the scoring took place in the second half. Lopez headed in Emerson
cross from ten yards out. The equaliser came nine minutes later from a 
diving header of Olalde. Tigers went for a seconf one and they got it Inerio
pounced in the rebound. Trujillo was foul in the box he took the penalty and
converted. A terrble mistake from Suarez allow Lopez to get to the ball before
the onrushing keeper to volleyed the ball over him. 


SAN LUIS			2-3			NECAXA
Faria 4							Barros 15
Salcedo 74						Luna 50
							Zague 56

Faria headed in Morales cross to put San Luis ahead early in the game. The
keeper dove to save Zague shot but failed to control the ball Barros went for
the rebound and tap in. Sosa dribbled down the middle of the box his shot was
block Luna got to the ball first and from a curled shot beat the keeper. Zague
made a through run into the box Aguinaga saw him and sent the ball to him
were he just tap in. Salcedo volleyed the ball over the onrushing keeper to tie
the score. Mercado was close to secure a point for San Luis but Navarro made
the save of the game from a point blank header. 


AMERICA			2-3			ATLAS
lipatin 52						Caballero 39
Blanco 90						Valenzuela 51
							Rodriguez 66

Caballero tried his lick from distance the ball deflected off Pardo into the net
to opened the scoring. Atlas was in control of the game and they score a
second from Valenzuela header who beat two defender to the ball. Just one
minute later Blanco diving header was block with the kneed of the keeper the
rebound drop in front of Lipatin who pounced in. A brilliant one-two combination
between Rodriguez and Caballero allow him to beat the offside trap and beat
with a shot to the leftside. Blanco was not going home empty handed in the
final minute of play he let a stunning shot to the top right corner no chance
for the keeper to stopped. 


PUEBLA				3-1			QUERETARO
Caballero 32						Begines 67
Capetillo 50, 83

A brilliant curled shot from the free kick by Caballero put Puebla ahead. Victor
right angle shot hit the post Capetillo kneed the rebound into the net. Begines
cut the lead in half with a header from a corner. Capetillo scored his second of
the game with a first time shot to the rightside of the keeper. 


TOLUCA				5-2			CHIAPAS
Garcia 39						De Olmo 35
Cardozo 69, 79, 81
Gonzalez 84

Toluca comfortably won this game the took control from the start. Cardozo got
the first of his three goals from the penalty spot after Vicente was fouled in the
box. The second came from a superb free kick just outside the box, the third
and final goal was with a shot under the legs of the keeper to give him two
hat-trick this season. Everything look good for Chiapas the only had one chance
at goal and the converted De Olmo beat the offside trap dribbled around the
keeper to tap the ball into a empty net. Garcia free kick was deflected to the
leftside of the keeper went he dove to the righside. Gonzalez finish the
slaughter with a shot from twenty yards out to the let top corner.

Julio Lopez
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