America’s football recovery is not yet here, But at least there is pride, André Jardine’s team suffered, but at the last minute achieved a 1-1 draw with Necaxa which keeps him in the Play In positions. It was not a good match, because the Eagles were clouded for much of the game, but their persistence allowed them to equalize the match.
On the surface, the starting eleven that Jardine sent seemed to give a more recognizable sense of this squad, especially in attack, because they returned Diego Valdés and Alejandro Zendejas in the initial photobut it was mere appearance, because neither the Chilean nor the Mexican-American are in fullnessBoth of them are still lacking in automation and their best version is also far away.
Necaxa understood perfectly how to compete in the match, gave up the ball, held on to come out with a more direct game, allowed América to control the ball, but the Eagles They were sterile with their possession, They found no vertigo on the wings or gaps in the center, not a single shot on goal in the first half.
Brian was lost on the left, Zendejas did not gravitate on the right, Valdés did not give clairvoyance and Henry had a hard time in attack, fighting many physical battles. Little by little, The Rays began to approach the blue-cream arch more frequently and they soon became lethal.
Emilio Lara appeared on the right, the former blue-cream sent a diagonal that Zendejas could not cut, and Agustín Palavecino controlled the ball and shot with his right foot to beat Malagón in the 38th minute. América got lost, it was clouded and it was saved from at least one more goal, the Rayos pressed at the end, they were hectic minutes in which they lacked a quota of effectiveness.
Jardine shook up his team, sending on Aguirre and Fidalgo and withdrawing Dos Santos and a lost Valdés.
Coapa’s team improved a little, but without putting too much pressure on goalkeeper Ezequiel Unsain; The only one who could do it was Brian with a free kick, but the Argentine goalkeeper repelled his right-footed shot. And from the corner they won came a shot from Aguirre that ended in a block by Palavecino that the referee, Oscar Mejia, called as a penalty, but the VAR overturned it.
The game grew, the clock became a factor against the Eagles. More changes from Jardine with Dávila (Richard) and Little one (Zendejas). It was a kill or be killed closure for the Eagles. Erick had a chance with a shot from the edge of the area, but his shot went just wide. Aguirre also saw the equaliser close, but the ball did not go towards goal and a prodigious coverage by Lara denied Dávila the goal as well.
But the Aguascalientes wall fell after a good incursion by Brian on the left, he finally got away from the red and white defenders, shot and Unsain repelled, but the rebound was left to him. Henry pushed it to the bottom in the 94th minute.
He rescued a point America that allows it to stay in the Play In zone with its nailsbut it is a fact that it is still far from the level that led them to be the best team of the last year. Now he has to travel to Columbus to attend an international commitment in the Champions Cup against the current MLS and Leagues Cup champion and then the capital derby against Pumas.
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