By Edgardo Avelar
Gilberto Mora continues to gain pace towards an eventual call in the Mexico team for the 2026 World Cup by becoming, together with the son of the Xolos coach, “Loco” Abreu, the protagonists of a 3-1 victory about Pachuca that seems agonizing for the pass to the league of the border team.
Mora was inactive for more than three months due to a pubalgia problem and in his third comeback game he was shadow and light in the same penalty play that opened the scoring in the 33rd minute when he took the foul from the 12-step spot towards the left side where goalkeeper Carlos Moreno guessed it, but on the rebound, the youngster from the border squad beat the Tuzos goalkeeper with a spectacular half-scissors shot that went into the corner.
Gilberto, whom many media in Mexico consider the new jewel of Aztec football and one of the hopes of making history in the now close 2026 World Cup that will be played in the United States, Mexico and Canada Starting on June 11, he showed a lot of personality to overcome the penalty miss and score on the same play.
This goal helped clear the way to a 3-1 victory with goals from Diego Abreu and Josef Martínez, that allowed him to keep the Tuzos at bay, for whom, in the last play, Víctor Guzmán did the honor and left things so that the border team could play their last card next week against Chivas as a visitor to try to remove either América, Atlas or Tigres from the league, according to the combination of results, as long as they can defeat the regular leader.
As always happens, where those led by “Loco” Abreu will seek to atone for their sorrows with a last-minute victory.
Pachuca was not an easy nut to crack, but suddenly the seven changes it made to its lineup did not allow them to show why They are currently third in the table with nine wins, four draws and just two losses. that have allowed him to renew his laurels.
Tijuana began dominating and through Ignacio Rivero, that perhaps today he was the happiest man in Mexico due to the dismissal of Nicolás Larcamón in Cruz Azul, after this strategist exiled him from the Machine for not getting along in the locker room, but he has taken his second wind with the Xolos and where he is an important element for any team.
Afterwards, until the 96th minute arrived, where Víctor Guzmán, in a series of rebounds, made it 3-1.
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