The Eagles are the leaders of the tournament after a match in which a red card, a penalty and an alleged misalignment raised the controversy
In a duel of great refereeing controversies, America won 0-2 against Atlas in the match corresponding to the seventh day of the MX LeagueWith the outstanding performance of Henry Martín, the team led by Santiago Solari obtained the three points against the red and black team and took over the general management of the competition.
We present to you the most important moments of the meeting and the reasons for the American triumph.
Controversial penalty
Near the end of the first half, Henry Martín tripped Brayton Vázquez’s feet after a shot from inside the area, for which the central referee Fernando Guerrero decided to score the maximum penalty for América, despite the fact that the game was revised. by VAR assistants, the referee did not participate in the monitor to analyze the game, a situation that generated a great controversy on social networks due to different visions of the game.
Strange annotation
After scoring the maximum penalty, Sebastián Córdova was in charge of collecting eleven steps, however, the American team only touched the ball and assisted Henry Martín, who pushed the ball to open the score and put in front of the set Eagles with a two-touch penalty.
He didn’t make it to the Atlas
Although the rojinegro team tried to equalize the score and on several occasions put Guillermo Ochoa in complications, the team led by Diego Cocca failed to score the goal that will give him equality in the game and put him back in the fight for the three points. .
Sánchez has finished the match
When the red and black team looked better on the field, in added time, America put final figures in the match, after in a great collective piece, Richard Sánchez, scored 0 to 2 to close the match with a victory and one place the capital group at the top of the general table with 16 units.