América 0-1 Nashville – Eagles knocked out of Concachampions | OneFootball

América lose by the slimmest of margins at home and, with that, bow out of the Concacaf Champions Cup.

This was Las Águilas’ starting XI: Rodolfo Cota, Israel Reyes, Sebastián Cáceres, Ramón Juárez, Cristian Borja, Jonathan dos Santos, Erick Sánchez, Raphael Veiga, Alejandro Zendejas, Brian Rodríguez, and Patricio Salas.

The opening minutes of the match were very tight, with América enjoying more possession and an opponent looking to capitalize on mistakes through counterattacks.

20′ América come close! – A long ball falls to Alejandro Zendejas in front of goal, but his shot crashes off the post.

Despite their issues, the team created at least three chances in front of Nashville’s goal that could easily have ended up in the back of the net.

In the end, the first half played out just as expected, with América having a lot of trouble creating scoring chances, and an opponent insisting on forcing an error that would allow them to get close to Cota’s goal.

50′ Nashville goal – Muhktar appeared completely unmarked inside the box and opened the scoring with a powerful shot.

54′ Substitution – Off: Ramón Juárez – On: Isaías Violante.

68′ Substitutions – Off: Jonathan dos Santos, Erick Sánchez, and Patricio Salas – On: Vinícius Lima, Alan Cervantes, and José Zúñiga.

74′ They miss the clearest chance! – A cross from Violante falls to ‘Pantera’ Zúñiga completely alone inside the six-yard box, but instead of shooting, he tried to bring it down with his chest and the chance went begging.

80′ Substitution – Off: Alejandro Zendejas – On: Miguel Vázquez.

80′ América come close! – A turning shot from Veiga is brilliantly saved by the opposing goalkeeper.

As incredible as it may seem, Isaías Violante was América’s best attacking player, despite only coming on in the second half.

At times, it seemed like it was only a matter of time before the team opened the scoring, but one mistake ended up costing them dearly, especially when the team is incapable of creating goal-scoring chances.

América are once again eliminated from the Concacaf Champions Cup, meaning they will now go more than 10 years without winning the region’s top international tournament.

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