In the 5th minute, Cruz Azul stifled his cry for goal, after an offside by Carlos Rotondi, which blocked the action; However, seconds later the cement workers were able to celebrate the score.
Rotondi himself was given the task of making an individual play that started despite the marking of Néstor Araujo; the defender made way for the hard player, who then passed Sebastián Cáceres and then defined with a right hand, crossing goalkeeper Óscar Jiménez.
After 25 minutes Rotondi charges again, but this time it fails; the striker received a ball on goal, but his shot was saved by Jiménez; on the rebuttal Uriel Antuna shows up with a header for another shot and yet again the ball is rejected by the goalkeeper.
This was Rotondi’s goal
Roger Martínez had a chance to equalize, which he failed to define; the Colombian received the ball and space opened up for a shot into Jesús Corona’s top left corner, but the ball went wide of the frame.
Before going to rest, Cruz Azul and América starred in the most emotional minutes of the first episode: a great string of Juan Escobar angered the Azulcremas who were demanding his expulsion with shouts and insults of the player, then defender Ramiro Funes Mori saved what could have been an American equalizer on the line.
Then, a corner from Richard Sánchez. The player settled down and having no sign on him, he shot, the ball passed between several legs and before crossing the line, the Twin Funes Mori shot it and sent it off the field.
Before half-time, Rodrigo Huescas was brought down by Sebastián Cáceres and Óscar Mejía soon scored a penalty for La Máquina; Estrada caught the ball, positioned himself and shot, the ball crashed into the crossbar and finished inside: 2-0.
In the 56th minute, Salvador Reyes defines to shorten the distance on the draw: 2-1; then the Eagles began the search for an equalizer and also for a possible comeback, but the weather didn’t favor them.
The final stretch of the game was one big battle. After several attempts and movements by coach Fernando Ortiz, there was nothing more to tell and América fell at the Estadio Nemesio Diez.
