:quality(85)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/UAQ3U7GN65EH5POGCMNNZFTDYA.png "Santiago Ormeño ended a drought of almost six months with an agonizing goal in Puebla vs Mazatlán that made the stadium explode")
Santiago Ormeño scored a goal in Puebla vs Mazatlán for Liga MX.
Santiago Ormeño managed to reconnect with the goal and in the most epic way. After a long drought of almost six months, the Peruvian forward celebrated his first goal of 2024 in the final minutes of the duel between Puebla and Mazatlán for the Clausura Tournament of the Liga MX, unleashing the joy of all the fans present at the Cuauhtémoc stadium.
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In a great game from start to finish, Puebla began winning the game thanks to an own goal by Luis Oliva, but 15 minutes later, Mazatlán tied it in the same way: Diego de Buen scored an own goal. After that, the local team sought to take the lead again and succeeded. Lucas Cavallini scored 2-1 at 61′.
From then on, the ‘camotero’ team tried to take care of their lead on the scoreboard and everything was going well until the 90th minute, when Édgar Bárcenas, once again, equalized the score. In this way, Ormeño’s team suffered a hard blow at the end of regulation time, but they did not give up and quickly found the winning goal.
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The author of the score in the discounts was precisely Santiago. From the right wing, Kevin Velasco looked for him in the area with a dangerous cross and rival goalkeeper Ricardo Gutiérrez made a gross mistake when trying to anticipate and catch the ball. Finally, the ball was at the feet of the Peruvian striker, who had no problem defining the final 3-2.
Ormeño goal from another angle with a standing ovation from the stadium.
The Puebla fans exploded with happiness in the stands of the sports complex and, no wonder. Although Mazatlán tried to tie the game in the few remaining minutes, the scoreboard did not move again. Thus, Ormeño gave his club its first victory of the season, as it had previously only recorded one draw and three losses.
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“Hello to all ‘enfranjados’, I am very happy to have scored again and to be with you again,” was the message that the 29-year-old forward sent to the ‘camotera’ fans after the end of the match in the stadium. Cuauhtémoc.
Thanks to this agonizing victory, Puebla now has four points and is positioned in box number 14 in the table. On the next date, this club will have a tough challenge, since it must visit Pumas UNAM, one of the teams fighting at the top of the table. In this duel, Ormeño could find himself on the field with none other than Piero Quispe, one of the bets of the ‘university’ team.
In recent seasons, Santiago Ormeño had a hard time establishing himself outside of Puebla and scoring goals everywhere as he was accustomed to in the past. In fact, the Peruvian attacker had not celebrated a goal in the Mexican championship since August 23, 2023, in a victory for his former team Juárez over Pumas (4-1). A no small fact is that this was his only achievement of the previous year.
Santiago Ormeño is a figure of Puebla de México. Credit: Puebla
However, in 2024 he returned to the place where he was happy and where he exploited his best level. As a loan, Santiago once again wore the colors of Puebla, a team with which he experienced the highest scoring season of his career in 2020/21 (19 goals). Precisely, his positive performance at that time was what attracted the attention of the Peruvian team to have his services.
In that sense, with the ‘franjiazul’ team he seeks to resume those streaks. He’s already off to a promising start. In his second game with this club, he already managed to celebrate a goal and now he will continue fighting to earn a place in the starting lineup and have more opportunities to continue increasing his personal tally.