Águilas and cement producers tied to a goal with controversy from the VAR in a new edition of the Young Classic of Mexican soccer
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The Young Classic of Liga MX aroused the attention of all Mexican soccer fans due to the good performance with which Club América and Cruz Azul arrived at this appointment at the Azteca Stadium; However, the opponents could not impose their style of play and the final result was 1-1 with two annotations via penalty point after the head referee had to review both moves in the VAR.
𝙼𝙰𝚁𝙲𝙰𝙳𝙾𝚁 𝙵𝙸𝙽𝙰𝙻 🦅 @ GNPSeguros #Living is incredible pic.twitter.com/HhUWrGb3cf
– Club América (@ClubAmerica) April 15, 2021
As of the date number 15 of the Guard1anes Tournament 2021 the most decisive teams of Liga MX arrived, since the Machine accumulated 12 wins in a row while Las Águilas 7 wins in a row.
The meeting had a thick rhythm, where cement workers did not azulcremas managed to impose their game. Even so, those led by Argentine Santiago Solari managed to obtain differences in offensive transitions and also in one-on-one.
For their part, the tournament leaders had difficulty getting out of the bottom with the ball dominated and they tried to make filtered passes to advance lines in search of forward Jonathan “Cabecita” Rodríguez.
No opportunities to unbalance either of the two squads, at the minute 35 America managed to recover a ball after a clearance by Cruz Azul: the Spanish Álvaro Fidalgo received a pass inside the area, but was knocked down by Roberto “El Piojo” Alvarado. Before sentencing the penalty, the referee Fernando Guerrero reviewed in the VAR.
Is there a penalty? 👀
Alvarado was swept away by Fidalgo and Fernando Guerrero decided not to score anything. Controversy! 😱
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The central Emanuel Aguilera was in charge of transforming the foul into a goal from the penalty spot . A shot without good positioning, but with a lot of power managed to pierce the networks of the experienced goalkeeper José de Jesús Corona.
Goooooooooool from @America club! 🦅
Aguilera does not fail from eleven steps and turns on this Young Classic. 🔥
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After the Americanist goal It seemed that Solari’s team was going to finish the match; However, the party maintained the trend of the beginning.
El Cruz Azul, who could not count on the Peruvian coach Juan Reynoso on the bench due to a suspension , made several substitutions to tie the match.
América could sentence the match after a great play by Mauro Lainez, but the midfielder sent the shot over the goal of “Chuy” Corona.
Incredible about Mauro Lainez! 🤦♂️
I had already done it all and ended up failing in an incredible way. ❌
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In recent 12 minutes of regulation time, the referee sentenced another controversial penalty that was converted by the tournament’s leading scorer, “Cabecita” Rodríguez.
Gooooooooooal of @Blue Cross! 🔥
The ‘Cabecita’ does not miss the penalty and puts the tie also with controversy in Azteca. 👀
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April 18, 2021
The last minutes were played with great intensity, but none managed to be superior, so tie 1 -1 in the Young Classic ends with the marks achieved so far by the leading teams of the Guard1anes tournament 2021.
