As if it were a mythological story, the “Phoenix” reincarnated in the Eagles of America who began as one of the worst teams in the Clausura 2022 and now they are in the fourth position that gives direct access to the Liguilla after beating the Tigres UANL 0-2.
With Diego Valdés
on a stellar level and Henry Martín who scores goals again, the Eagles were able to overcome those led by Miguel ‘Piojo’ Herrera, in one of the most anticipated matches by all and with some controversy that occurred in it.
In the first half the Eagles began to show their superiority, but it was not until the minute 32′ when he appeared in a personal move Diego Valdés dribbling past a couple of rivals to get into the large area and finish off a ball that was impossible to stop for the goalkeeper Nahuel Guzmán.
The controversy came minutes later when tempers flared in ‘El Volcan’ and a childish error by the main referee Fernando Hernández , left ridicule on social networks after what happened.
Precisely the main sentenced a free kick in favor of the Eagles and the person in charge was Bruno Valdéz, but the whistling Hernández did not realize that the goalkeeper Nahuel Guzmán was on the floor and the ball entered the net without problems, however, the score did not go up on the scoreboard.
The eruption of emotion in El Volcán did not subside
At the moment that the tiger was expected to wake up, things They didn’t turn out the best way. With intensity and many attempts without aim for the locals, Miguel Herrera’s team succumbed to some inspired azulcrema players who annulled all attacking action and blocked André Pierre-Gignac, who has been the player whose favorite victim is the Eagles.
At the minute 87′, things got complicated for the locals after the expulsion of Guido Pizarro, causing the team to stay with 10 players and when the Tigres players were already drawing numbers to see if they had time to match the actions, one minute 92′, Henry Martín sealed the victory to place the Águilas del América in fourth position of the table that gives them direct access to the Liguilla.
With this victory, Fernando Ortiz became the savior of the Águilas del América after taking the reins while the team was last in the table and now they have a streak of 8 games without losing, with 6 wins in a row and 2 draws.
On the last day the Águilas del América will look for close their direct classification against Cruz Azul, who are in fifth position in the table with 1 point less.
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