By Edgardo Avelar
Apr 27, 2024, 01:24 AM EDT
For him America’s defeat last day with the UNAM Pumas 2-1 could be the most expensive of the tournament, if Toluca manages to beat Cruz Azul by two or more goals this Saturday, since with the three points they would snatch the general leadership from the Águilas, who despite having defeated on the last date of the regular phase to Puebla as a visitor 1-2 They couldn’t tie up the top property of the competition in the Clausura 2024 tournament.
It is true that this Friday the Águilas did their “job”, but the reality is that according to the quality of their squad, the important game was the one from last date and obviously, by failing in their attempt, they run the risk of being exceeded for the Red Devils who will host Cruz Azul this Saturday at night at the Nemesio Diez Stadium.
America reached 35 points to Toluca’s 32, which is why the scarlet team needs to beat the Cruzazulinos at any cost to tie the Americanists on 35 points, however, like the team led by André Jardine has a better goal difference which is the first tiebreaker criterion with +18 Between goals scored and received by those from CDMX, the Mexicans need to win by two goals difference to tie that goal difference, since they are +16.
So, by surpassing the first tiebreaker with that many goals in the victory, Toluca would automatically be the general leader, since it scored more goals than Coapa and with that it would relegate them to second place overall, affecting their plans to host all the final league games at home.
America came from behind
For now, America wanted to correct its mistakes from last week and despite the fact that they only used two of their nominal starters like Álvaro Fidalgo and Julián Quiñones, had the arrests to come from behind to turn around the score that Puebla opened in the eighth minute through Brazilian Gustavo Ferraráis.
America overcame its problems of understanding and little by little it made amends until it achieved a tie. in the 20th minute through Salvador Reyes and then the comeback by the same defender to take the leadry not to lose the advantage in the rest of the match.
The Eagles used players like Óscar Jiménez, Luis Fuentes, Ramón Juárez, Néstor Araujo, Kevin Álvarez, Richard Sánchez, Santiago Naveda, Javairo Dilrosun and Salvador Reyesbecause the coach preferred to give his players a rest for the second leg of the Concachampions semifinal at Pachuca’s home.
These elements sought to replace Luis Malagón, Igor Litchnovsky, Sebastián Cáceres, Israel Reyes, Jonathan dos Santos, Diego Valdés, Alejandro Zendejas, Cristian Calderón and Henry Martín, ultimately achieving their purpose with these three points that have them flirting with the general leadership.
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