América Femenil defeats Tigres within the first leg of the semifinals

With a double from Sarah Luebbert, who was a exact striker and driving drive on the court docket, the Águilas discovered the mixture to beat Tigres within the group stage like few different instances and take a 3-1 lead at residence within the first leg of the semifinals of the Liga Mx Femenil.

Now, the Americanists will go to the Volcán stadium in Monterrey on Monday to make it to the ultimate for the fourth consecutive time and miss the Amazonas, the present champion of the match.

Though the duel was shaping as much as be intense with the 2 most successful groups, attendance was as soon as once more discreet because it barely stuffed the heads of the Azteca stadium.

On the sphere, América got here out sturdy, they needed to show the statistics round. Of the seven instances they’ve confronted one another within the league, together with finals, the Monterrey workforce have received 5 collection.

The ball barely rolled and Katty Martínez despatched a robust shot that examined goalkeeper Cecilia Santiago, who returned after a month attributable to an harm.

The Amazonas tried to deploy their offensive sport, however the rival knew how you can management Jaqueline Ovalle and Jennifer Hermoso, so solely Thembi Kgatlana generated hazard.

Thus, the Americanists discovered the technique to mirror dominance on the scoreboard. Sarah Luebbert (22) managed to interrupt by way of the felines’ protection to enter the world and shake the nets with a shot subsequent to the best submit.

However the duel wouldn’t be totally straightforward for the locals. A foul by Nicki Hernández at first of the complement gave the Amazonas a penalty. Jaqueline Ovalle (50) efficiently took the utmost penalty and momentarily boosted her workforce.

Sarah Luebbert (50) was as soon as once more the participant who responded for the Eagles to regain the benefit by making the most of a defensive oversight and taking pictures with energy.

The duel closed with controversy because the whistler Héctor Solorio resorted to the VAR to evaluation a handball by Greta Espinoza and scored a nook kick. Confronted with the confusion of the golf equipment, Kiana Palacios (82) reacted and shot from the half moon to seal the victory.