Santos 1-1 Club América – Draw that feels like defeat | OneFootball

América drew away to Santos, in a result that ended up feeling like a loss due to the circumstances of the match.

This was the starting lineup: Rodolfo Cota, Israel Reyes, Ramón Juárez, Kevin Álvarez, Miguel Vázquez, Rodrigo Dourado, Erick Sánchez, Raphael Veiga, Brian Rodríguez, Alejandro Zendejas, and José Zúñiga.

Las Águilas started with possession of the ball, while the opponent looked to capitalize on any mistake and create something through counterattacks.

13′ América escapes! – Cota comes out to close down the angle and the opponent takes advantage to shoot over the goalkeeper, but ‘Chiquito’ Sánchez appeared to clear the ball off the line.

14′ Substitution – Off: Erick Sánchez with an injury – On: Vinícius Lima.

19′ Another one from Santos! – A dangerous low cross from Bullaude was heading straight to the forward, but Israel Reyes came in with a sliding tackle to prevent the ball from reaching him.

It’s incredible that with great attacking players like Zendejas, Veiga, Rodríguez, and Lima, they can’t put together even a single collective play; it seems like each one is playing on his own.

A terrible 45 minutes from Club América; they couldn’t create anything against the worst team in the tournament, and in fact the opponent came closer to opening the scoring.

55′ América comes close! – Brian Rodríguez fires a shot from inside the box that is saved by the opposing goalkeeper.

59′ América comes close! – A great team move between Zúñiga and Vinícius ends with a shot from the Brazilian that Acevedo saves.

66′ Substitution – Off: José Zúñiga – On: Patricio Salas.

América improved a lot in the second half (which wasn’t difficult) and created several chances in the opponent’s box, but now it was their misses in front of goal that were proving costly.

76′ Red card for Santos’ Picón for a studs-up challenge on Rodrigo Dourado.

77′ Substitutions – Off: Rodrigo Dourado, Alejandro Zendejas, and – On: Alexis Gutiérrez, Isaías Violante, and Jonathan dos Santos.

80′ GOAL FOR AMÉRICA – Alexis Gutiérrez takes advantage of a rebound to score Las Águilas’ first.

83′ Santos goal – A mistake by Vinícius Lima while playing out from the back is taken advantage of by the opponent to level the match.

A draw that feels like a loss for América, after Santos went down to 10 men; they created plenty of chances in front of goal, but failed to convert a single one.

América’s next match will be this Tuesday away to Nashville in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup quarterfinals.

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