Uruguayan forward Ivan Alonso put in the performance of the round as he struck for a hat-trick in a thrilling 4-3 home win for Toluca over Puebla. It wasn't all smooth sailing for Toluca, though as it fell behind when Gonzalo Pineda outpaced the home defense and finished well, though Alonso would strike back immediately, rounding the goalkeeper and finishing into an empty net to make it 1-1 on 20 minutes. Not long after, Puebla was once again ahead as Felix Araujo scored a comical own goal, putting a cross into his own net under minimal pressure, but Alonso bailed him out just before halftime with a well-struck free kick.
It was all Toluca in the second half, and Alonso got his hat-trick with a towering header in the 51st minute before Carlos Esquivel scored a fourth from an impossible angle after some poor positioning from Puebla goalkeeper Alexandro Alvarez. Spanish playmaker Luis Garcia scored a sumptuous consolation goal in injury time with a powerful strike from distance.
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