The Águilas del América broke out in a cold sweat and for a moment, they even came very close to collapsing against the Chivas del Guadalajara. in the second leg of the round of 16 of the Concachampions, but in the end they ended up eliminating Rebaño Sagrado with an overall score of 5-3, despite the fact that in this Wednesday’s duel at the Azteca Stadium they lost 2-3.
The reality is that for all those, the vast majority who thought that Chivas was already eliminated due to the resounding 0-3 Last week in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Concacaf qualifying round, they saw with surprise that in the first half the team led by Argentine Fernando Gago fought like a wounded animal in search of getting closer on the scoreboard.
The truth is that Chivas made its fans dream of one of the most epic chapters in its history, since during the first 45 minutes of this Wednesday’s duel at the Azteca Stadium they had América in a fist with goals from Cade Cowell and Ricardo Marín, but they missed options as clear as a shot against the crossbar by Fernando “Oso” González and a center from Alan Mozo that It went straight to the feet of Ricardo Marín who would have put the Americanists in a predicament.
Simply and simply, in the first 32 minutes, Chivas alarmed Guadalajara so much that on the wing of the Coapa team, Brazilian coach André Jardine experienced moments of alarm.
But Chivas in its best moment could not put the icing on the cake, because its bully soul did nothing more than place itself one goal behind the overall disadvantage of the match, going into the break with a disadvantage of one goal.
America revived
For the second half, América reacted and in the first minutes of the complement, Alan Mozo’s own goal at minute 51 and Alejandro Zendejas’ goal at minute 60, allowed the Águilas to return their soul to their body.
That was enough for Chivas to fall short in their brave reaction, because although Roberto “Piojo” Alvarado in the 63rd minute managed to shorten the distance to just two goals away from the miracle, the fate of the Guadalajara team had truly been sealed.
Obviously the outcome of this match, which ultimately allowed them to advance to the quarterfinals of the Concacaf qualifying round, raised the question of whether America is truly as powerful as its own players believe it to be or that with a good approach, some team will. can get you into trouble.
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