Xolos 0-0 Club América – A match worthy of opening day | OneFootball

América drew as visitors against Xolos in a very lackluster match from both teams, in which they clearly appeared out of rhythm.

André Jardine surprised with the first lineup of the year, playing with two forwards in attack and with Israel Reyes instead of Ramón Juárez in central defense.

This was the starting 11 for the Eagles: Luis Malagón, Kevin Álvarez, Israel Reyes, Sebastián Cáceres, Cristian Borja, Rodrigo Dourado, Álvaro Fidalgo, Alexis Gutiérrez, Allan Saint-Maximin, Rodrigo Aguirre, and José Zúñiga.

As is usually the case when visiting this stadium, América took advantage of the first few minutes of the match to adapt to the synthetic field and the peculiar bounce that is typical of this type of artificial grass.

24′ Goal disallowed for América – Great cross from Allan Saint-Maximin that landed perfectly for Rodrigo Aguirre, who took advantage to pass it back to the ‘Panther’ who shot at goal. Unfortunately, the ‘Panther’ was offside, so it was disallowed.

The first half ended with Xolos being slightly better, although in the end, both teams were far from what was expected.

60′ Close for América! – Shot by Rodrigo Aguirre that the rival goalkeeper saved.

66′ Substitutions – Out: Allan Saint-Maximin and José Zúñiga – In: Brian Rodríguez and Patricio Salas.

The same problems seen during the last tournament; the team struggles to create dangerous chances and practically depends entirely on a spark from Saint-Maximin.

And if we add to this that none of the three forwards are sharp in front of the goal, scoring becomes a very complicated task for the Eagles.

A match typical of a first day, with very little to salvage from América; perhaps the only positive was Cáceres' work in defense and that ‘Pato’ Salas seems to be considered by Jardine.

The next match for América will be this Wednesday, hosting Atlético de San Luis at the Estadio Azulcrema.

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