América Femenil thrashes Chivas 4-1 and approaches the semifinal

With a colorful spectacle of goals, the Águilas defeated Chivas with a score of 4-1 that allows them to reach the semifinals of the Liga Mx Femenil of the Apertura 2024 tournament.

The Águilas demonstrated mental strength by leaving the Guadalajara stadium with a vital victory after just yesterday they confirmed that they will be able to play the second leg of the quarterfinals at the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium, which opened its doors after having been suspended last weekend.

The Americanistas’ game was a display of soccer neatness. Only twelve minutes had passed when Sarah Luebbert shook the nets after receiving a filtered pass from Irene Guerrero to finish from point-blank range.

At that moment, Chivas refused to fall so quickly at home, so Viridiana Salazar responded ten minutes later with a great individual play. The red and white striker surpassed goalkeeper Sandra Paños, who made a mistake at the start, to send a shot that was already stopped by the visiting defense.

Salazar’s goal gave encouragement to the red and whites but near the break they made another vital mistake by committing a handball that gave the Águilas a penalty. The Spanish Irene Guerrero was in charge of taking the maximum penalty successfully to regain the advantage in the 43rd minute.

Even though the Guadalajara team were brave in the second half, not even the scorer Alicia Lucha Cervantes could knock down the rival defense. On the other hand, the American players were precise in their game and with another couple of goals they closed the victory.

Scarlett Camberos (62) scored the third goal by receiving a long pass to take the mark with a high-speed attack and finish with power. The last goal was an example of the American team’s mettle when Montse Saldívar (78), who barely had a few minutes on the court, fired a shot from outside the area to close the game.

Peraza gives the victory to the scarlets

Champion Monterrey was surprised by losing 1-0 to Toluca at the Nemesio Diez stadium. The Scarlets, who qualified in eighth place, knew how to contain the attacks of the Monterrey team, who closed the regular phase in first place with 42 points.

Nervousness invaded the Monterrey bench, led by coach Amelia Valverde, after her players did not find the formula to recover against a rival that opted for strategy beyond football.

Thus, Cinthya Peraza gave the unexpected victory to Toluca with a great goal that she scored in the 44th minute after turning on the ball from the crescent. Now, the Rayadas will seek to continue in the fight to retain the scepter when they host the Scarlets on Monday.