The Águilas del América achieved the victory by the minimum against the Tigres UANL and their pass to the quarterfinals of the Grita México A Tournament 21, in a complicated commitment to face Miguel Herrera, who was received by boos by the fans at the Azteca Stadium.
In a very even first half where the visiting team dominated with André-Pierre Gignac and Nicolás López, They caused the Águilas goalkeeper Guillermo ‘Memo’ Ochoa to shine to keep his team scoreless.
The dominance continued with more saves from ‘Memo’ by the shots of Javier Aquino and again the appearances of the Uruguayan López and the French Gignac. However, those led by Santiago Solari were able to withstand the rival onslaught to go into halftime with a goalless draw.
Now for the second half , América came out with the same trend as in the first half and the Tigres returned to warn with a shot from Nicolás López, who almost went up to the scoreboard if it were not for the intervention of the left post and Ochoa himself.
Henry Martín appeared for the victory
Just after the intervention of Guillermo Ochoa, the player Miguel Layún was able to assist his teammate Henry Martín, to define with his right leg and score the only goal of the commitment at the minute 53 ′. With this goal they began to gain greater confidence and play with rival despair.
Although Tigres tried to equalize the commitment with a shot by Luis Quiñones, at the minute 70 ′, those led by Miguel ‘El Piojo’ Herrera were defeated at the Azteca Stadiums and now they remain in third place which assures them a direct place in the Quarterfinals.
On the other hand, America reached 34 points, scoring difference to Atlas, who are in the second position of the table and with 3 games left to play, will not be able to beat the Eagles in points.