Pumas 1-0 América: the Eagles fall to last-minute penalty | OneFootball

América fell to Pumas with a last-minute penalty, in a match they dominated in terms of ball possession, but at the same time lacked ideas up front.

América's lineup: Rodolfo Cota, Israel Reyes, Sebastián Cáceres, Aarón Mejía, Cristian Borja, Rodrigo Dourado, Erick Sánchez, Raphael Veiga, Alejandro Zendejas, Brian Rodríguez, and Patricio Salas.

A very tight start to the match, with América having more ball possession and a rival looking to create danger through counterattacks.

22′ Close for América! – Powerful shot by Brian Rodríguez from outside the box, well saved by Keylor.

31′ América is saved! – The América defenders were beaten with a long pass, but fortunately, Juninho missed the one-on-one.

It was a very even first half, with both teams trying to approach the opponent's area with their weapons, but neither managed to do so with much danger.

60′ América with total ball control, but without offensive ideas against a rival well-positioned in their area, intending to seek counterattacks, although they couldn't find a single one.

65′ Substitution – Out: Raphael Veiga – In: Vinícius Lima.

75′ The match remained exactly the same; lots of possession, but no ideas up front. The rival wasn't even attacking anymore.

75′ Substitutions – Out: Erick Sánchez and Brian Rodríguez – In: Jonathan dos Santos and José Zúñiga

78′ Close for Pumas! – A mistake by Jonathan dos Santos left the Pumas forward alone in front of Cota, but the América goalkeeper came out brilliantly to prevent the goal.

89′ Substitutions – Out: Patricio Salas and Alejandro Zendejas – In: Alexis Gutiérrez and Thiago Espinosa

92′ Penalty in favor of Pumas – Cristian Borja pushes Martínez inside the area and after a VAR review, they decide to award a penalty to the rival.

94′ Goal by Pumas – The rival takes advantage of the penalty to take the lead.

A match that was heading for a 0-0, with two teams that really did nothing to deserve the victory, but a mistake by Borja in the last minute gifted the win to the rival.

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América's next match will be on Saturday, April 4, visiting Santos.

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