Querétaro 0-1 América – the Eagles start the tournament with a win | OneFootball

América managed to take all three points from Querétaro in a match that was not well played by Las Águilas.

This was América’s starting XI: Rodolfo Cota, Dagoberto Espinoza, Kevin Álvarez, Miguel Vázquez, Ramón Juárez, Cristian Borja, Alan Cervantes, Erick Sánchez, Raphael Veiga, Isaías Violante, and Henry Martín.

3′ América’s first chance – A good cross from Isaías Violante ended with a header from Cristian Borja, but he failed to direct it on target.

A good start to the match from América, dominating possession and creating attacking chances, but still lacking precision in the final touch.

22′ Another one for América – Henry Martín received the ball inside the box, but when he tried to shoot, he took a bit too long and his effort was blocked.

34′ Querétaro had the clearest chance of the match! – A good cross from the left ended with Unjanque completely unmarked, but fortunately he failed to direct his header on goal properly.

It was a first half with about 25 minutes of América looking better, but without any clear scoring chances; the rest of it was dominated by Querétaro, who even came very close to opening the scoring.

48′ Cota saves América! – Ávila shot from inside the box, but Cota made a great save to prevent the visitors’ first goal.

71′ Henry Martín misses a penalty! – The referee decided to award a penalty to América after a VAR review for a handball on a Raphael Veiga shot; but Henry wasted the chance.

78′ Substitution – On: Alexis Gutiérrez – Off: Kevin Álvarez.

82′ GOAL FOR AMÉRICA! – Isaías Violante with a very powerful right-footed shot to open the scoring.

88′ Alan Cervantes sent off – The América midfielder was shown a red card for a second yellow.

90′ Substitution – On: Ícaro da Conceicao – Off: Raphael Veiga.

It will always be important to start the tournament with a win, but the team’s low level of play is concerning, and it is clear that they absolutely need at least the four or five reinforcements they are looking for.

Today the team showed some interesting flashes, giving a glimpse of what Almada wants from this squad, but it lacks the quality needed to fully carry out his idea.

América’s next match will be away to Atlante on Friday the 24th at the Estadio Azteca.

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