Toluca edges Cruz Azul 4‑3 in wild Liga MX clash

MEXICO CITY (Interstat) — Toluca defeated Cruz Azul 4-3 on Sunday at Estadio Azteca in a Week 8 Liga MX match that featured five goals, four yellow cards and a red card.

Jean David Meneses Villarroel scored in the 30th minute, Marcel Alejandro Ruiz Suárez added a goal in the 43rd minute and Camilo da Silva Sanvezzo netted the winner in the eighth minute of stoppage time for Toluca. José Ramiro Funes Mori opened the scoring for Cruz Azul in the 19th minute, and Rodrigo Huescas equalized in the 81st minute before Sanvezzo’s late strike.

Toluca’s season record in Liga MX improved to 18 wins, 8 losses and 9 draws. Cruz Azul fell to 17 wins, 6 losses and 8 draws.

Yellow cards were issued to Toluca’s Valber Roberto Huerta Jerez in the 44th minute and Tiago Luis Volpi in the 62nd minute, and to Cruz Azul’s José Ignacio Rivero Segade and Carlos Uriel Antuna Romero in second-half stoppage time. Cruz Azul goalkeeper Sebastián Jurado Roca received a red card in the first minute of stoppage time.