From goal to goal, Moisés Muñoz ran to head a corner kick that tied the aggregate 2-2 against Blue Cross. Ultimately, this culminated in America’s 4-2 victory, on penalties, in one of the most memorable finals in Mexican soccer, written 10 years ago.
That title 11 for the Eaglesin it Closing 2013, allowed them to match Chivas as the most winners in the League. Also, it was the first crown of Miguel Herrera, as DT of the club.
The lice He visited the Virgin of Guadalupe at the Azteca Stadium that day, before the second leg, which he arrived at with a 1-0 disadvantage. He thanked him for coming to this game, unaware of the drama that was 90 minutes away.
“Nobody imagined what that final was going to be. It’s one of those movies that hardly gets made, and when it does happen, it usually surprises everyone,” she recalled.
The Azulcremas saw the expulsion of their half Jesús Molina (13′), and the goal by Teófilo Gutiérrez (20′), which glimpsed the end of a celestial drought, of 15 years without a league trophy.
Then came the Americanist insurrection, in four minutes. In heavy rain, extra time was forced, with headers from Aquivaldo Mosqueda (88′) and El Portero del Milagro (90+2′).
Before, the Eagles they were saved from a double post, as an omen of their future, because already on penalties, Moi Muñoz stopped a shot, and Alejandro Castro slipped to miss his shot from La Máquina.
“It was the fortune of the champion,” said Herrera for El Heraldo de México.
“All the dose of luck that day appeared for us, but this is not from those who are waiting for it, it is from those who seek it and generate it. During that match, there was a lot for us,” she indicated.
the rain of Aztec stadium was mixed with the tears of Americanists and cement workers. The first wept with happiness; the seconds, of sadness and frustration.
To top it off, the person in charge of giving America the title was a player heavily criticized by the fans. Miguel Layún was offended by everything, even without it being his crime.
“I fell into a depression, emotionally I was beaten. I did not leave the house and I tried to isolate myself as much as possible, but then the determination part came out, something that I always had, ”she said.
He, in the fourth cream-blue penalty, also slipped, but scored the winning goal. “The complete photograph said that we were a determined group and with such a fervent illusion of being champions, that the adversities were behind us,” he explained.
A decade has passed since that coronation, where the stories of Miguel Herrera, Moi Muñoz and Layún were written, among many other protagonists of the unthinkable final of the Clausura 2013.
*With information from Oscar Zamora.
LSN
2023-05-26 09:27:00
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