León has made a name for themselves over the past few seasons by finding ways to win, and they found a way to come back against a Santos Laguna team that played exceptionally. Santos’ performance was especially notable due to the absence of center back Matheus Dória, who was not in the game day roster.
Santos started out really pressing León high and hard, not allowing time on or space with the ball. León seemed taken aback a bit at first but eventually eased into the game. Santos was the team who set the pace for the first part of the game and in the 12th minute got the first good chance on goal when Brayan Garnica made a good run down the right hand side of the pitch and hit a nice back pass to an onrushing Fernando Gorriarán, but his shot went straight into the hands of Rodolfo Cota.