{"id":6656,"date":"2025-05-09T06:04:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T06:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=6656"},"modified":"2025-05-09T06:04:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T06:04:26","slug":"watch-andres-montanos-golazo-for-cruz-azul-in-liga-mx-quarter-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=6656","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Andr\u00e9s Monta\u00f1o&#8217;s golazo for Cruz Azul in Liga MX quarter-final"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Cruz Azul\u2019s Andr\u00e9s Monta\u00f1o delivered one of the standout moments of the Liga MX Clausura 2025 playoffs with a thunderous strike that gave La M\u00e1quina a 2\u20130 lead against Club Le\u00f3n in Thursday night\u2019s quarter-final first leg \u2014 a goal now making waves across social media.<\/p>\n<p>Monta\u00f1o\u2019s golazo came in the 19th minute, when the 21-year-old midfielder pounced on a loose ball just outside the box and rifled a left-footed rocket into the top corner.<\/p>\n<p>Lleg\u00f3 el 2o gol de la m\u00e1quina cementera!!!<br \/>\nLargo recorrido de Andr\u00e9s Monta\u00f1o quien dispara y le desv\u00edan el tiro a puerta para aumentar la ventaja !!<br \/>\nLe\u00f3n 0-2 #CruzAzul pic.twitter.com\/erjAGFnreQ<br \/>\n\u2014 Puro Cruz Azul (@pur0cruzazul) May 9, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Le\u00f3n goalkeeper Rodolfo Cota could only watch as the net rippled \u2014 the goal was both a stunner and a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz Azul had already taken an early lead through Ignacio Rivero, and Monta\u00f1o\u2019s goal appeared to put them firmly in control.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder wasn\u2019t done either \u2014 he added a second before half-time, completing a brace and pushing the score to 3\u20131.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Le\u00f3n fighting back in the second half, including a goal from Iv\u00e1n Moreno and a spirited spell even after Adonis Fr\u00edas was sent off in the 51st minute, Cruz Azul held on for a crucial 3\u20132 away win.<\/p>\n<p>But it was Monta\u00f1o\u2019s first goal \u2014 a moment of individual brilliance \u2014 that defined the match and gave fans a viral highlight to replay on loop.<\/p>\n<p>With the return leg at the Estadio Azteca looming, Cruz Azul carries the advantage, and Monta\u00f1o now carries the spotlight.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cruz Azul\u2019s Andr\u00e9s Monta\u00f1o delivered one of the standout moments of the Liga MX Clausura 2025 playoffs with a thunderous strike that gave La M\u00e1quina a 2\u20130 lead against Club Le\u00f3n in Thursday night\u2019s quarter-final first leg \u2014 a goal now making waves across social media. Monta\u00f1o\u2019s golazo came in the 19th minute, when the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}