Once again, the incorrect use of the Video Action Review (VAR) system directly influenced the final result of a match by allowing Cruz Azul to beat Pachuca 1-0 with a controversial penalty that ended up being converted into a goal by Uruguayan Gabriel “Toro” Fernandez.

Perhaps under other circumstances the participation of this system would have been overlooked in the match, but in the end it was the one that determined the course of the final result, first by expelling Cruz Azul defender Jesus Orozco Chiquete for a rude tackle on Venezuelan Jhonder Cadiz and then by expelling two Pachuca players Luis Quinones and Daniel Aceves, as well as awarding a very harsh penalty for a play that left Uruguayan Ignacio Rivero bleeding from the face.

The truth is that the least guilty of all this was the cement team that always sought to contribute football and in the end was rewarded to remain undefeated in the tournament and add its sixth victory in eight rounds of the championship to reach 20 points and put pressure on Monterrey and America for the lead.

The details of the match

Until the 18th minute, when Cruz Azul defender Jesus Orozco Chiquete was sent off, the Maquina Celeste had shown better weapons to reach Pachuca's Carlos Moreno's goal. While it is true that it was not an intense siege, at least they served to put the Hidalgo goalkeeper to work.

But after Chiquete's expulsion, Pachuca was the squad that took control of the actions and sought to cause damage to the goal defended by Kevin Mier, generating that the Colombian goalkeeper of the cement workers had to take out the best of his repertoire to keep the scoreboard without movement.

Pachuca was close to opening the scoring, but a great intervention by Nacho Rivero and Kevin Mier prevented the damage from being so serious, but without a doubt the sky blues had to multiply themselves, to the point that Paradela instead of taking actions, had to delay to help his defenders to prevent the damage.

For the second half, Cruz Azul modified its formation and the entry of Erick Lira for Carlos Rodriguez was key, since the Mexican national team defender occupied the area of ????the expelled Chiquete and with that, the cementeros of Nicolas Larcamon gained defensive strength.

But the rebambaramba in the match started in the 56th minute when referee Alberto Vizcarra sent off Colombian Tuzos player Luis Quinones for stepping on Argentine Carlos Rotondi with his cleats, going to the VAR and confirming the expulsion for the Colombian defender.

But the matter did not stop there, since minutes later Ignacio Rivero dove to try to finish the ball in the area, but defender Daniel Aceves got ahead, but with such bad luck that his clearance hit the face of the Uruguayan defender of the cementeros, causing the referee to VAR to order the defender's expulsion and then award the penalty that Gabriel Fernandez executed well in the 64th minute to make it 1-0.

Then Pachuca went ahead and Argentine Sergio Barreto let the tie slip away when he couldn't finish off a ball in the small area that goalkeeper Kevin Mier had passed and that would have been the tie for the Tuzos, but in the end they had to pay the third defeat of the championship under coach Jaime Lozano.