América 1-1 Cruz Azul – Draw on the return to the Estadio Azteca | OneFootball

América drew 1-1 against Cruz Azul in what was their return to the Estadio Azteca

This was the starting lineup: Rodolfo Cota, Israel Reyes, Sebastián Cáceres, Ramón Juárez, Cristian Borja, Jonathan dos Santos, Rodrigo Dourado, Vinícius Lima, Brian Rodríguez, Alejandro Zendejas and Patricio Salas.

América were much better at the start of the match, taking control of the ball and getting forward with some danger toward the opponent’s goal.

Cruz Azul used a defensive approach and even committed a lot of fouls to stop América’s play; in 15 minutes they committed six fouls, but despite that, the referee did not want to show a single yellow card.

16′ AMÉRICA GOAL – Tremendous header from Patricio Salas after a cross from Alejandro Zendejas.

After the Eagles’ goal, they slowed the pace of the match and Cruz Azul took advantage to push their lines forward and get closer to the goal defended by Rodolfo Cota, although without any real clear scoring chances.

45’+2 – Cruz Azul goal – Campos appeared completely unmarked inside the box and took advantage of a cross to score the equalizer.

In the end, giving the ball away to their opponent so much proved costly; from dominating with ease, they ended up defending their one-goal lead.

45′ Substitution – Off: Rodrigo Dourado – On: Erick Sánchez.

The start of the second half was exactly how the first one ended, with Cruz Azul pressing, controlling the ball, and getting closer to América’s goal.

56′ Substitutions – Off: Vinícius Lima and Cristian Borja – On: Kevin Álvarez and Isaías Violante.

With these changes the team improved a bit, managing to regain possession and control of the ball in midfield.

68′ Substitution – Off: Alejandro Zendejas – On: Raphael Veiga

70′ América close! – Patricio’s shot was deflected by a defender and nearly went into the opponent’s net.

81′ Substitution – Off: Patricio Salas – On: José Zúñiga.

The Eagles have not won a Liga MX match since March 15 and with this draw, they now have three matches unbeaten, all of them draws.

It is clear that this is not a good result for Club América, but the good news is that they remain in the playoff zone.

América’s next match will be at home against Nashville this Tuesday in the second leg of the Clausura 2026 quarterfinals.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.