What do América need to reach the Apertura 2025 semi-finals? | OneFootball

This Saturday, the Águilas will be playing for a ticket to the Apertura 2025 semifinal.

After a first leg in which they lost 2-0 at the BBVA Stadium, the Azulcremas return home to try to overturn a scoreline that, on paper, looks quite difficult.

Beyond the fact that América was clearly harmed in the first leg against Rayados by biased refereeing that didn’t dare to send off ‘Tecatito’ Corona when the score was still 0-0, the team played a very poor match, with some flashes of good football, but at the same time unable to create any real danger in front of the opponent’s goal.

On top of that, Rayados capitalized well on América’s mistakes, which led to the 2-0 result that América will now have to try to overturn at home.

What does América need to advance to the semifinals?

América is obligated to match the advantage Monterrey took in the first leg; so if they want to advance, they absolutely must score two goals or more.

The only result that works for the team is to win by a margin of two goals or more, regardless of the score—be it 2-0, 3-1, 4-2, etc…

Any other result would mean América’s elimination in the quarterfinals, and it would be the first time since the Apertura 2021 that the team is eliminated this early in the playoffs.

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