Goals and Highlights: Venados 0-1 Atletico Morelia in Liga Expansion MX 2021

It's over! The match is over, Morelia wins by the minimum.

Cruz's left-footed shot, but the ball goes over the top.

Santiago Ramirez prevents Fernando Cruz's shot from entering his goal.

He's leaving! The referee showed the red card to assistant Marco Capetillo.

Barragan was looking to get into the box, but Noya ended up preventing the ball from going through.

Double change for Venados. Jorge Enríquez and Juan Martínez are replaced by Patricio Zerecero and Fernando Cruz.

Change of Morelia. Diego Abella replaces Gael Acosta.

Dogre's save prevents the visitors' second goal.

Alfonso Luna's cross, but Ramirez keeps the ball without problems.

Change of Morelia. Alan Sosa replaces Eduardo del Ángel.

Excellent intervention by the visiting defense, which ends up clearing the ball from Ángel López.

Double change for Venados. Saúl Ramírez and David González are substituted for Miguel Mayo and Rodrigo González.

Mauro Perez shoots, but his header goes wide.

The second half begins in Mérida.

Change of Venados. Raúl Suárez is replaced by Mauro Pérez.

At the end of the first half, Morelia wins by the narrowest of margins.

Eduardo Fernandez's left-footed shot, but the ball goes wide.

Noya's shot goes over the side of Ramírez's goal.

Ángel López made a good save on a ball that Ramírez was trying to send to his striker.

Morelia tries to shoot at goal, but the defense gets in the way.

Acosta's right-footed shot deflected by the local goalkeeper

Suárez's shot and Ramírez dives to prevent the goal from falling.

Goal, goal, goal, Morelia! Trejo's header ends up in the back of the net.

Morelia's shot is controlled by Dogre.

The activity continues in the Liga Expansion MX, Venados receives Morelia.

S. Ramírez; A. Ledezma, C. Guzmán, M. Trejo, U. Zurita, L. Pérez, E. del Ángel, M. Barragán, G. Acosta, S. Vergara, J. Ramírez.

A. Dogre; R. González, R. Noya, J. Martínez, A. Luna, R. Suárez, E. Fernández, J. Enríquez, M. Mayo, E. Herrera, A. López.

Both teams are already warming up before the start of the match that corresponds to the eighth day of the competition.

The Venados, with Carlos Gutiérrez at the helm, are already at the Carlos Iturralde stadium, looking to make their home advantage count.

Atlético Morelia is already in the building ready to play one more day of this tournament and continue looking for the highest places in the general table.

In the defensive table these teams are in similar positions, Venados has 8 goals against and is in ninth place; while Morelia is in twelfth place with 9 goals.

Atlético Morelia is in third place in the offensive table with twelve goals scored, while Venados is in twelfth place with six goals.

Rodrigo Gonzalez was the best player on this day, the defender had 100% accuracy in all his passes.

Raúl Suárez has managed to make 6 successful passes in the match against Cancún, a situation that makes him an important player for this game.

The Carlos Iturralde stadium will have fans for this game, Venados fans will be a key part of tonight's duel.

This morning the Morelia players had their activation in the hours leading up to this afternoon's match.

In a few moments we'll share with you the starting rosters for Venados vs Atletico Morelia live, as well as the latest information from the Carlos Iturralde Stadium. Stay tuned for up-to-the-minute online coverage of the match on VAVEL.

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After the draw against Cimarrones, Ricardo Valiño spoke to the media: "I feel that we lost a match that we had resolved, but in a match where we made every effort to win it, I think that the first 25 or 30 minutes were played in the opponent's half, we had situations to make it 3-1, unfortunately in the last part of the match, a deflection, here the team is always strong. There is not much time for regrets, we have to go and look for the victory in Mérida".

"We didn't have our best game, but within what it was we played a good game, I think we didn't know how to finish it off, when we took the lead we had, we have to see how we work, but the team plays with the goal in front, proposes, converts".

"It's unbalancing because now we play and in 72 hours we play again, but I make no excuses, we played and we had everything to win. It's a matter of attention, ball possession is decisive in the last minutes so that your team doesn't suffer."

"We are going to play an intelligent game, Mérida is a good team, they have a good game up top, we will not change our position, whether we are at home or away, we always propose. I have no problem playing at this time of day, but I would have liked to play at this time of day with the fans".

Atlético Morelia comes into this match after a one-goal draw against Cimarrones. The team coached by Valiño has had a regular tournament, accumulating three wins, two draws and one loss, placing them in fifth position with twelve points. Martín Barragán is the current top scorer of the team and of the tournament with seven goals.

Venados are coming off a narrow away win over Cancún. The Mérida team is currently in seventh place in the general table with 11 points, the result of three wins, one draw and three defeats. Raúl Suárez is the team's current goal scorer with two points.

Venados vs Atlético Morelia will be played at the Jalisco Stadium located in Mérida, Yucatán; with capacity for 15,087 people. 

My name is Lore Solórzano and I’ll be your host for this game. Follow pregame information on VAVEL.