Juárez Women came from behind to beat Santos Laguna 3:2 in a Liga MX Regular Season match on 23 August. The result keeps the hosts eighth on nine points while Santos drop further to eleventh with six. By then the match had already swung more than once, and anyone watching from the stands would have noticed the shift in momentum.
I. A. Gonzalez Rendon opened the scoring in the sixth minute, but Santos took the lead through an own goal by F. Caicedo just a minute later. The visitors seemed comfortable until A. Solorzano equalised for Juárez in the 38th minute, and G. Espinoza restored Santos' advantage four minutes later. D. Rodriguez picked up a yellow card for the hosts just before the break, and the pattern of the game was already shifting.
And here's the thing about the second half — Juárez came out with more urgency. V. Ikechukwu found the net in the 49th minute, only for A. Murillo to turn it into an own goal moments later. That left the score at 2:2, and then R. Galvez Luna struck in stoppage time at 90+4 minutes. The final goal at 90+5 had no scorer attached to it in the records, but the result stood.
There were plenty of changes across the pitch. Santos brought on L. Vaka in the 46th minute, and later added S. Nabweteme and M. Cadena. Juárez made three substitutions in one window at 65 minutes, bringing on M. Castillo, F. Caicedo, and others. The match saw five yellow cards between it, with Granados, Soto, and Castillo among those cautioned.
The standings tell a clearer story than the chaos on the pitch. Juárez sit eighth after five games with three wins and two losses, while Santos remain eleven points behind the leaders with two victories and three defeats. The hosts have been improving — they beat Pachuca Women earlier this month after a run of heavy defeats. Santos, meanwhile, lost 4:1 to Monterrey in their last outing and have struggled to find consistency.
This was not a match decided by possession or shots on target — there are no figures for either. It was decided in moments, as most matches are. Three or four decisive chances, and the rest is just noise. Juárez took theirs when it mattered.
