Monterrey 2-0 América – The Eagles on the brink of elimination | OneFootball

América falls at the BBVA Stadium with a score of 2-0, making their ticket to the Apertura 2025 semifinals more complicated.

Match Lineups:

Monterrey Lineup: Luis Cárdenas, Ricardo Chávez, Gerardo Arteaga, John Medina, Sergio Ramos, Fidel Ambríz, Oliver Torres, Sergio Canales, Jesús Corona, Jorge Rodríguez, and Germán Berterame.

América Lineup: Luis Malagón, Kevin Álvarez, Sebastián Cáceres, Igor Lichnovsky, Cristian Borja, Israel Reyes, Álvaro Fidalgo, Jonathan dos Santos, Brian Rodríguez, Alejandro Zendejas, and Rodrigo Aguirre.

Match Recap:

The match had barely started when Luis Ángel Malagón made a tremendous save to prevent the home team from taking an early lead.

In the 15th minute, Monterrey was spared a red card; Jesús Corona landed his studs on Fidalgo’s thigh and the referee only gave a yellow card. VAR did not call for a review.

It was a very tight first half, with many mistakes from both teams, lack of precision in attack, and lots of clashes caused by Rayados’ constant fouls.

In the end, a play from another match—a shot by Sergio Canales—allowed them to open the scoring, but neither team had really earned the lead during the first half.

In the second half, América remembered they could attack too, so they took control of the ball and started to create several goal opportunities in the opponent’s area.

What América did on every corner kick was inexplicable; they had five and in all of them they played short with “set plays” that led to nothing.

And just then, Rayados scored their second goal after a corner kick, since they actually took them as they should: aiming for the box.

Beyond the refereeing, América’s performance in this match was disappointing; they spent most of the game defending, and when they tried to attack, they were ineffective, imprecise, and lacked ideas. Their first shot on target didn’t come until the 92nd minute.

The second leg will be on Saturday the 29th at 05:00PM at the Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes.

Goals:

45’+2 – Rayados Goal – Sergio Canales appeared completely alone outside the box and scored a great goal to make it 1-0.

70′ Rayados Goal – Corner kick headed by Ambriz and deflected by Igor Lichnovsky for the 2-0.

Substitutions:

71′ Off: Rodrigo Aguirre and Brian Rodríguez – On: Víctor Dávila and José Zúñiga.

84′ Off: Álvaro Fidalgo – On: Erick Sánchez.

93′ Off: Kevin Álvarez – On: Isaías Violante.

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