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He America club won with a score of 1-0 at Chivas de Guadalajara at the Akron stadium in the match corresponding to the semifinal of the Liguilla of the Closing Tournament 2023 of Mexican soccerwhich created infinite expectations because it was a Classic in decisive instances.
In this way, those led by Tano Ortíz hit first and take an important step towards the grand final of the Clausura 2023 Mexican soccer tournament.
The first half could have gone to either team.however the balance tipped a bit for the Flock that through Pocho Guzmán forced Luis Malagón to become a hero and score two sung goals at minute 27 and minute 29.
But the Chivas were surprised shortly after through the Uruguayan Cabecita Rodríguez who had a goal disallowed at minute 31 after a very, very tight offsideafter that the azulcrema came back with danger.
Chivas returned to the attack already in the agony of the first half through Guzmán himself, who became the most dangerous of those led by Velko Paunovic. Despite the insistence the score ended in white in the first 45 minutes.
Second half between Chivas and América at Akron
Already in the second half both teams started with inaccuracies but then they would try with their weapons to open the scoring in the National Classic. For América, the Uruguayan Rodríguez led the charge and had been having a great game so far.
But it was until the 59th minute when the United States national team, Alejandro Zendejas scored the first goal with a left footed pass from Valdés and in which Jiménez could do nothing to prevent the fall of his goal.
Chivas would try it in a slightly disordered way and was not going to specify anything, while America could have increased the distance in a match that, despite only having one goal, ended up meeting expectations with chances on both sides.
Now América will go to Azteca with an advantage and everything will be defined next Sunday, May 21date on which the winners will already know the name of their rival between Tigres and Monterrey.
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