Águilas del América obtain a one-goal draw in their visit to Tigres in the first leg of the Mexican soccer grand final

The “Volcán” witnessed the first leg of the final of the 2023 Apertura Tournament between the Tigres de la UANL and the America club. The first match of the Liga MX final ended tied at one goal. The advantage goes to the azulcrema team by being able to draw the tie as a visitor.

Henry Martín from a penalty for América and Ozziel Herrera by Tigers They were in charge of bringing the favorite guest to the game, the goal. Both scores came in the second half of a game that did not meet all expectations considering the two great teams that faced each other.

The match saw some refereeing controversy when The referee Marco Antonio Ortiz forgave Rafael Carioca for a red card after a foul on Diego Valdés and also a somewhat controversial penalty was awarded in favor of the azulcrema teamthis after contact by Juan Pablo Vigón on Julián Quiñones in the area.

First half blank between Águilas and Tigres

The first part of the first leg of the final between Tigres and América it was very even, but with greater dominance of America. Although the azulcrema were very anxious when it came to finishing, they had control of the match. The clearest chances they had went wide and with too much power.

On the other hand the triangulations between Valdés, Quiñones and Henry Martín put the defense in trouble university, which also suffered the rapid departure of the Brazilian center back, Samir Caetano. For their part, those led by Robert Siboldi did not take advantage of the presence of star André-Pierre Gignac in the area and saw how the game became complicated.

And so the first half ended, Águilas and Tigres did not hurt each other in the “Volcán”. Until that moment the final was not meeting higher expectations.

The score was broken from zero to zero in the second half

The goals would arrive in the second half for both institutions. Club América was the team in charge of opening the scoring through the forward Henry Martín, who is still on fire, and from 12 steps ahead of the Eagles at minute 51. The maximum penalty was awarded for a dangerous play by Angulo in the area.

Until the 71st minute of the game, the UANL Tigres were going to equalize the actions. A header from Ozziel Herrera in a corner kick taken by Córdova achieved parity in the match and a tie for the local team, which finally came out cheap by not conceding more goals to the Águilas who enjoyed some good chances against the arch defended by Nahuel Guzmán.

The return match will be at the Azteca Stadium on Sunday, December 17 and America starts with a minimal advantage to return to the Olympic lap after five years. On the part of Tigres, they will try to continue reigning in Aztec football and will try to tie up those led by André Jardine in his own home.

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