By Edgardo Avelar
When it seemed that this day would not come before World Cup 2026finally in the Mexico team There were reasons to smile with the reappearance of the talented midfielder Gilberto Mora with the Xolos Tijuana in the 62nd minute of the 1-2 away victory over FC Juárez that encourages them for the league.
Undoubtedly very favorable news for the Tricolor and for the coaching staff headed by Javier Aguirrewho did everything possible so that the young man from the border squad on the west coast of Mexico could be back in action
Finally, as the in kind adage says “there is no deadline that is not met, nor debt that is not paid.” Mora was active again when he entered the 62nd minute of the duel on date 14 of the Clausura 2026 tournamentleaving behind an absence from as soon as matches, where he could not participate in 990 minutes in the as soon as matches that he missed throughout the championship due to the diagnosis of latose pubalgia that threatened his participation in the next World Cup.
Mora had not seen action since last January, when on matchday three he played his last forty-five minutes in the 1-1 draw with Atlético de San Luis, which made him lose the possibility of playing in the matches of the Mexico team against Panama, Bolivia, Iceland, Portugal and Belgiumwhich began to generate the worst omens due to the slow recovery it was showing.
They were moments of great adrenaline, because in the circle of the and be a useful player in the Mexican team and not just a filler.
Regarding the match, it was a classic Friday duel, where Xolos Tijuana, without putting the accelerator, beat a FC Juárez with little daring, which caused the game to start to lean against him with the expulsion of the Spaniard Ramón Rodríguez, that put them with their backs against the ropes.
These factors allowed the visitors to score 1-0 in the 42nd minute, when Kevin Castañeda, after a header that Aldahir Pérez let pass, He hit him first in the area to nest the ball in the nets.
Then, the canine squad scored 2-0 in the 51st minute through Ramiro Arciga and with this the game was a cat and mouse hunt, where Gilberto Mora entered in the 61st minute and with this the visitors gained more offensive clarity, but without being able to take advantage of it on the scoreboard.
At minute 85, Guilherme was knocked down in the area by Pablo Ortiz, an action that was a clear penalty and was marked after the VAR review and the The Brazilian did not waste the opportunity to put Bravos into the 89th minute.
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