“Águilas defender Israel Reyes suspended for red card in América vs San Luis quarterfinal match”

The Disciplinary Commission released the sanctions report, in which they announced that the player was punished for preventing an obvious goal play.

“Missing an obvious goal opportunity to an opponent who goes towards the player’s opposite goal through an offense punishable with a free kick,” they announced in a statement.

Israel Reyes He was the only player from all eight teams in the quarter finals who received the red card in the first leg.

Faced with this situation, the defender will be from the boxes of the Azteca Stadium this Saturday in the return match. The element that will take his position will be the Mexican central defender, Néstor Araujo.

Araujo has been irregular throughout the Closing 2023 and since his return to Mexico he has not been the undisputed starter with the feathered, a situation that has generated some criticism due to his hierarchy and experience in Spain, where he played for Celta de Vigo.

Another of the changes that the feathered team could see is that of the striker and scorer, Henry Martín, who trained separately this Friday after receiving a blow to the head, a situation that caused him to come out of substitution and be taken to the hospital for tests. doctors.

Henry remains in doubt and the coaching staff will decide during the concentration of the squad if he is the starter or if the Uruguayan Federico Viñas could take his place.