By Edgardo Avelar
The Eagles of America and Cruz Azul offered a sad version of game 205 of the young classic by drawing 1-1 in the return of both teams to the Banorte Stadium (Azteca) and where the two elevenths gave the impression of reserve strength for their midweek duels in the Concachampions.
For both teams it was not a good match, as they showed their great quality and strengths only through lapses on the field, perhaps because the games against Nashville SC andIn the case of the Eagles and LAFC by the Celeste Machine with a disadvantage of three goals.
For that reason The duel in the so-called Coloso de Santa Úrsula left the emotions for a better occasion and they were only generous for short periods of time on the field of play. First on the América side in the initial half of the first half and Cruz Azul in the final fifteen minutes of the initial period and the first 20 minutes of the complement.
The Cement Machine also suffered the loss of Argentine Nicolás Ibáñez, apparently due to a muscle ailment. while others claim that it was a rupture of the Achilles tendonin some ways the same as Luis Malagón, but so far nothing has been confirmed until the in-depth studies that will be carried out on him are known.
What was expected as a spectacular duel, back and forth between two teams with a very high quality internal team, was finally very stingy when it came to showing it on the field of play, with certain goal plays, but except for the historical annotations in the first half by Patricio Salas and Omar Camposthe rest remained mere approximations.
On the Americanist side, the most prominent, Brian Rodríguez and on the Cruz Azul, the African Christian Ebere, who with his presence in the second half in the attack cementero had greater liveliness and therefore, certain scoring options, but that was not enough to disturb Rodolfo Cota’s goal.
Maybe what is played in the middle of the week in the Concachampions against Nashville SC in the case of América and more serious with Cruz Azul 3-0 down with LAFCdistracted all their attention so that in both international games nothing could be appearances, but rather facts in search of a ticket to the semifinals.
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