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Santos, with the excellent work of Carlos Acevedo, manages to beat Atlanta United 5-3 in the penalty round and with this result, they qualify for the next round seeded as second in Group K of the Leagues Cup.
The match ended tied at zero, however, the La Laguna team was forced to win the match by any means after losing 0-3 in their presentation against DC United.
With this result, the Comarca team takes out the Mexican football class, after Puebla and Querétaro were eliminated from the tournament.
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The first half of the match, held this Sunday at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, concluded without any of the contenders getting hurt, in part thanks to the work of Carlos Acevedo, who stopped a couple of shots from the home team.
A second half with a different story
After returning from the break, the game began to get intense, which had led to the expulsion of Anthony Lozano for Santos and Xante Silva; However, after a VAR review, the whistler reversed the decision, and both were left with the yellow card.
The American squad did not stop insisting on the visiting goal, but Acevedo was once again the hero by saving his team from the first goal.
In the penalty round, Santos did his job and scored all five shots and again the La Laguna goalkeeper became the figure of the game after stopping Atlanta's fourth shot, taken by Jamal Thiaré. With this result, Santos advances, while Atlanta United is eliminated from the Leagues Cup.