By Edgardo Avelar
The Eagles of America reacted to the apparent scolding that their boss Emilio Azcárraga gave them in the middle of the week to beat the 2-1 this Saturday Toluca with a double from Uruguayan Brian Rodríguez in a match where the “Red Devils” did not know how to kill their valued adversary.
America survived the gale of the first half, where the “Red Devils” had at least four opportunities to open the scoring, but their forwards, Nico Castro, Alexis Vega and the Portuguese Paulinhothey did not know how to resolve the contest or at least put their squad forward.
With the victory, América added three important points to reach 22 points and increase their chances of playing in the league for the title by being tied with León on the same number of points and one above the Tigers, with whom they are fighting for a place in the finals.
Toluca simply forgave and whoever does it pays the price, as it went almost to the absolute top of the first half in the 43rd minute, when Isaías Violante touched a ball almost in the center of the area and from the edge of the area he took a low shot that the goalkeeper Luis García was unable to reach the goal to prevent the Americans from scoring in a surprising result before the end of the first half.
That goal marked the destiny of the game, because it was of no use to the Red Devils that they continued to control the actions and that in the world they had more presence in the American area, if when the Eagles found a way to hurt them, they did not hesitate and they were able to get the second goal again through the cannon of Uruguayan Brian Rodríguez.
The two Americanist pecks took the scarlets out of their comfort zonewho went to the front with Helinho and Marcel Ruiz in the attack, but could not move the Eagles, who, well staggered, neutralized them and put them at the mercy of the creams’ counterattacks.
Toluca’s insistence had its reward around the 75th minute when in a corner kick, Miguel Vázquez made a mistake trying to clear the ball and put it into his own goal, which added a dose of suspense to the game.
It was precisely there when America had two deadly counterattacks that should have ended in a goal. The first by Brian Rodríguez, that in front of the goalkeeper Luis García shot at the goal and the goalkeeper put his hand to deflect the ball, taking away a goal made.
The second was at the end of the match when José Zúñiga, the “Pantera” entered the area, cut the goalkeeper and with the goal open, emptied his shot on one side, missing the third goal of the American team.
The intensity of the game made the absolute top end very hot with a small fight with blows, where The most cornered were Alejandro Zendejas for América and striker Helinho for Toluca. To the extent that certain blows were hit that the referee struggled to calm all the actors in this intense match.
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