Ugh, America managed to come out alive from their visit to Pachuca at the Hidalgo stadium by drawing 1-1 in the first leg of the Clausura 2024 tournament league, in a result that was not exempt from controversy because of referee Fernando Guerrero that he did not want to mark a clear handball inside the area of América defender Ramón Juárez and that it did not even merit the intervention of the VAR.
Obviously on the Tuzos side The referee’s omission generated great annoyance when considering that the whistlers’ criterion continues to be the Achilles heel of Mexican arbitrationbecause in a match these types of hands are considered illegal and now the so-called “Singer” Guerrero described it as something normal for the American defender.
The reality of things is that Pachuca let its prey escape, especially in the first half, where it had everything to tear apart. to the eleven directed by the Brazilian André Jardine, to the extent that more than six clear goal actions were wasted by the attackers of the Hidalgo team such as the Colombian Nelson Deossa, the Venezuelan Salomón Rondón, as well as the tireless Erick “Chiquito” Sánchez.
Pachuca’s first half had so much authority who did not miss the presence of the Moroccan striker of Dutch origin Oussama Idrissi who was suspended for a double yellow card in the Play In match against Necaxa.
Even Pachuca in case of not being able to advance to the next phase of the league of the current competitionhe will be ruminating his anger for not having been able to realize the great option that the Ecuadorian Andrés Micolta let slip with the goal open and where he only had to touch over the América goalkeeper to nest the ball in the nets and his shot ended up flying.
Pachuca printed such a frenetic pace that it gave the impression that the team that has played three games In a period of ten days it was América, as they seemed tired at least in the first 30 minutes of the game.
In this period of time, Pachuca managed to get ahead on the scoreboard in the 21st minute through Venezuelan Salomón Rondón, after the action in which Juárez had touched the ball with one hand had already passed. and the whistler judged the action as legal, leaving a trail of controversy in the air, considering that America has a different type of treatment for the Nazarenes.
The Águilas were the least guilty of this situation and took advantage of the fact that Pachuca was careless to tie the match 1-1 in the third minute of added time through Henry Martín and which was a real bucket of cold water for the Tuzos.
The impact of the tie wreaked havoc in the second half, as that was when the pace of play dropped. and America knew how to control the actions, generating greater confidence in their style of play until negotiating this controversial result.
Now next Saturday both teams will have to go out with everything in front, especially because the away goal is no longer a tie-breaking criterion and this forces both teams to have to give everything they have to offer, especially Pachuca, which will now be able to count on one of its greatest figures such as the Moroccan of Dutch origin.
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