With controversy and suffering, but America He fulfilled his obligation. He won on the court of Lion (2-3) and secured his place in the Liguilla of the Clausura 2026 tournament, which is the only thing that mattered to André Jardine and his players.
After the failure in CONCACAF, the Águilas received a visit from Emilio Azcárraga at the Coapa facilities, according to ESPN, and it seems that that meeting had an effect, since since then they defeated the current two-time Mexican soccer champion and confirmed their change of scenery with this victory against the Fiera.
The Coapa team had an electric start to the game. First, the ‘Rayito’ Brian Rodriguez He opened the scoring at minute 3 with a display of his great talent and before 15 minutes, Erick Sanchez He increased that advantage with a great long-distance goal.
América had had an exceptional start to the game, but Javier Gandolfi’s León took out their claws and sold the defeat dearly. Diber Changing scored (37′) and the former Chivas, Fernando Beltrán (48′)tied the game with a real great goal.
The second half was a constant back and forth and the match was played in both areas, until referee César Arturo Ramos went to review the VAR for a handball inside the emerald area and finally, awarded the maximum penalty in favor of the Águilas.
Alejandro Zendejas did not forgive and scored the winning goal for América, which will now close its participation in the regular season at the Banorte stadium against Atlas next Saturday.
