At the beginning of the tournament, they just wanted to stay in the league and now, Tijuana celebrates a spot in the playoffs for the first time.

With an intense closure, this Sunday, Xoloitzcuintles got the golden ticket to the playoffs of the tournament "Clausura 2012" when they tied 1-1 with UNAM's Pumas on a game that took place in the field of the Caliente Stadium.

Duvier Riascos was who made the goal that put them in the big party of mexican soccer and woke up the souls of over 16,000 xolofans with joy.

The victories of Jaguares and Pachuca on Saturday put a lot of pressure on the Tijuana team, they were forced to tie or win the match to not depend on the results of the game between America and Cruz Azul.

Tijuana knew how to balance the game always looking to score and also defending their place.

The first call of danger was from the visitors who during minute seven they mist a goal. Javier Cortés sent a center to the area and Carlos Orrantía couldn't place the ball properly for the good luck of the Xolos.

Tijuana responded and during minute 32, Duvier Riascos was close to the goal but he also mist the shot.

At the end of the first half of the game, Pumas put Xolos in danger again in the hands of a shot made by Martín Bravo but the ball hit the goalpost.

For the second half of the game, the director Antonio Mohamed looked for the goal of calm and exchanged Greg Garza for Richard Ruiz at the field.

The locals showed more and during minute 58, beer flew on the tribune.

Colombian Duvier Riascos took a pass made by Egidio Arévalo and made the big shot.

It appeared as Xolos was going to win but on the 90-minute, Pumas tied the game. One of their players was going alone versus Cirilo Saucedo and that was the cause of a foul made by Joshua Ábrego, it coasted him the expulsion of the game.

Javier Cortés made a free kick and made the goal of Pumas followed by the surprise of the spectators.

The last minutes were hard for the fans but when the referee blew his whistle, it was official, Xoloitzcuintles were in the playoffs (known as "liguilla" for the first time in their short history in Mexican premiere league.

With this score, Tijuana stands on the seventh place with 28 points, result of seven victories, seven ties and three defeats.

Xolos will face Monterrey on the quarterfinals.

At the end of the match between Pumas and Xolos, it was announced that the sell of the tickets for the next math part of the playoffs will begin this Monday at the Caliente Stadium at 11am only for those who have the Xolopass.

alexandra.mendoza@sandiegored.com

Original Text: Alexandra Mendoza

Translation : Brenda Colón