The former Coquimbo Unidos player scored his first goal with the “Fiera” jersey and contributed with an assist in the 4-0 victory against Querétaro.
Luciano Cabral consolidates in Mexico. The midfielder scored his first goal in the team’s jersey Lion and he was one of the figures of the overwhelming victory against Querétaro, 4-0 during the fourteenth day of the Liga MX Apertura tournament.
The national team scored their team’s second goal, in addition to providing an assist to open the account. In the 35th minute, Cabral received a short corner and sent a precise cross to Ángel Estrada, who opened the scoring with a precise header. In the meantime, In the 71st minute, he sealed his first score with León. The playmaker receives in the area, evades a defender with one step, fakes and releases a subtle shot that seeks the angle.
The shot was not as precise and seemed to be contained by Guillermo Allison, but the goalkeeper missed and failed to prevent the goal. It was a big mistake from the goalkeeper that sparked the Chilean’s joy. The rest of the goals were the work of Diego Hernández (76′) and Andrés Guardado (86′).
Berizzo’s words
León’s victory allows it to climb to eleventh position in the standings, with 16 points, just two points from the places for the Liga MX qualifiers.
Cabral accumulates bonuses to have an opportunity in Ricardo Gareca’s La Roja. The midfielder was nominated for the October double-header, in which the Chilean team faced Brazil and Colombia. However, the 29-year-old didn’t add any minutes.
In León he went from less to more and today consolidates himself as a key element of the team led by Eduardo Berizzo, former coach of the All Team.
In fact, it was “Toto” himself who was responsible for conveying the message about Cabral’s performance. “Football, when it involves players like him (Cabral), improves “, he assured after the match about his student.
The former La Roja coach is also excited about making the La Liga final. “Based on what we’re doing, I think we have a right to be excited. I was just looking at the standings and if we had scored with Atlas we would be in the Liguilla. This tournament has that, all the teams are dangerous, for a few games I think we have become a solid team that does damage up front, we have corrected some things and we are going to face important rivals, but we believe in our game plan and we have confidence in what we do and what we have,” he assured.
Source: Latercera
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