América suffered to maintain its leading authority in the Liga MX tournament and snatch a 1-1 draw against a Santos team that is playing for the possibility of entering the next phase. Cruz Azul, for its part, corrected its approach and in the second half achieved a juicy 2-1 victory against Monterrey that catapulted them to fourth position within the privileged zone to access the Liguilla.
Santos needed an hour to put Coapa’s team in trouble, in a duel where no one gave in on defense and they were unable to move the scoreboard.
But Stephano Carrillo was responsible for putting the Americanists in a dilemma, when a shot in the center of the area allowed him to beat goalkeeper Luis Malagón. An error from the rear that allowed him to enter the area and define with a superb right.
Santos intends to climb the table, where it finished as twelve, to enter between the seventh and tenth positions that would allow it to sneak into the Play-In, from where teams seven and eight will emerge for the Liguilla.
But America, a team already settled in the next phase of the tournament, could not allow insolence of this magnitude.
As soon as they received the goal, the Americanists came out in the version that seeks to defend pride and repair it.
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It took a quarter of an hour, in the 76th minute, Álex Zendejas achieved the tie as a reward for persistence and the urgency of not coming out with that score of disgrace against a team that is fighting to stay alive in the tournament. The goal was woven with a series of touches that included an impeccable heel from Henry Martín.
After the tie, Carlos Acevedo had the worst moments of the game under the siege of the Americanists, who tested him on several occasions. The Santos goalkeeper seemed exhausted from so much shooting that he demanded his best shots.
In La Maquina’s victory, Uriel Antuna calmed down the celestial side with the first goal in the 49th minute.
A tranquility that was clouded by a momentary tie by Víctor López, who fired an impossible left foot shot that left them 1-1.
But the calamity returned for Cruz Azul, with Antuna’s double that puts the cement team in fourth place in the table.
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– 2024-04-11 17:27:42
