Pachuca 0-0 América – Third match running without a goal for Las Águilas | OneFootball

América drew 0-0 with Pachuca as visitors and recorded their third consecutive match without scoring a goal.

This was André Jardine’s lineup for this match: Luis Malagón, Kevin Álvarez, Sebastián Cáceres, Israel Reyes, Cristian Borja, Rodrigo Dourado, Jonathan dos Santos, Álvaro Fidalgo, Alexis Gutiérrez, Brian Rodríguez, and Víctor Dávila.

A very interesting start to the match from América; they took control of the ball and, with possession, tried to break down a Pachuca defense that was completely sitting back, cutting off América’s plays with fouls.

28′ Penalty not awarded to América – Foul on Brian Rodríguez inside the box that the referee chose not to call, and VAR decided not to review.

Even though the first half was interesting from the Águilas, they continue with the same problem as always; they are unable to create goal-scoring opportunities, with all their offensive plays going down the left wing, which ends up becoming very predictable.

50′ América comes close! – Cross to the far post from Gutiérrez to Dourado, who tried to head the ball back across the six-yard box, but between the goalkeeper and the opposing defense, they managed to clear the ball.

The second half was very similar to what we saw in the first 45 minutes, with América holding possession and the opponent sitting deep in their area, looking for a dangerous counterattack.

65′ Substitution – Off: Sebastián Cáceres due to injury – On: Ramón Juárez.

73′ Substitutions – Off: Jonathan dos Santos and Víctor Dávila – On: José Zúñiga and Patricio Salas.

86′ Substitutions – Off: Alexis Gutiérrez and Brian Rodríguez – On: Isaías Violante and Allan Saint-Maximin.

It was truly a positive match from América; for most of the game, they had possession, attacked from all sides, defended well, but Brian Rodríguez was the only one capable of creating something different, which unfortunately was not enough.

Third consecutive match without scoring a goal at the start of this tournament, an unprecedented event in América’s history in short tournaments.

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América’s next match will be at home against Necaxa on Saturday, January 31 at Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes.

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