In a meeting with a rather dynamic, Club América beat UANL Tigres 0-2 as the guest in the 11th round of the Clausura Tournament 2023 Liga MX and expanded their hegemony on the Estadio Universitario.where he has five wins and a draw in his last six fights.
Both teams showed a frantic pace from the first minute. During the opening bars, Aguilas del America dominated the match and 2′ Jonathan “Cabecita” Rodriguez landed a dangerous shot, but his shot missed three posts.
After the first quarter of an hour, the locals solidified in the game and began to dominate on the flanks, where Diego Lines’ free-kick became a hindrance to the American defense. Until half an hour, Tigres had a great opportunity to take the lead after a spill from the former Real Betis player, who was finished first by Juan Pablo Vigon and placed between three clubs, but Emilio Lara dropped him on the line.
The game did not end there, and Sebastian Cordova, as if it was a moving penalty, caught the rebound, but sent it to the top of the stands.
In the 32nd minute of Cabecita, Rodríguez will strike from the left after Leonardo Suarez put Henri Martin into the wall and opened the ball to the Uruguayan striker, who did not spare Nahuel Guzmán with a strong cross to the far post.
In the second half, context determined the role of commitment as Azulcrema decided to create a mid-low bloc while those led by “Chima” Ruiz put more pressure to try to come back.
Tigres had a few chances early in the second half, but the following minutes were tight and not very smooth. At 79′, Club America ended the match 0-2 thanks to counter-attack play that was born after a corner kick from the locals.
Roger Martinez passed to Leonardo Suarez, and in a two-on-one game, the Argentine passed the ball to Diego Valdes, who, after beating the defender, returned the courtesy to the attacker, so that he scored almost from an empty net. .
With this win, Águilas extended his consecutive wins over Tigres de la Huanl to eight. The wards of Andre Pierre Gignac have not won at home against Azulcremas since 2017. Today marks 35 years since this confrontation ended with goals in the score.
Club América is in fourth place with 20 points and Team Monterrey is second in the table with 21 points.
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Source: La Opinion
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