The Eagles are leaders of the tournament after a game in which a red card, penalty and an alleged incorrect lineup sparked controversy
In a game of great arbitration controversy, America won 0-2 against Atlas in the match corresponding to match day seven of the Liga MXWith the excellent performance of Henry Martín, the team led by Santiago Solari achieved the three points against the red and black team and took over the overall lead of the league.
We present the highlights of the meeting and the reasons for the Americanist triumph.
Controversial criminal
Towards the end of the first half, Henry Martín stumbled over Brayton Vázquez’s feet after a sweep in the area, for which central referee Fernando Guerrero decided to mark the maximum penalty for the América team, despite the game being revised . Due to the VAR assistants, the referee was not present on the monitor to analyze the game, a situation that led to great controversy on social networks because of the differing views on the game.
Quirky Annotation
After marking the maximum penalty kick, Sebastián Córdova was in charge of collecting eleven steps, but the American squad only hit the ball and assisted Henry Martín, who pushed the ball to open the score and get ahead of the Eagles set with a penalty kick to two touches.
It did not reach the Atlas
Although the rojinegro team tried to level the score and on several occasions brought Guillermo Ochoa into complications, the team led by Diego Cocca failed to score the goal that would give him the equalizer in the game and put him back in would bring the fight for three points. .
Sánchez finished the game
With the red and black team looking better on the field of play, America put the final numbers in the game in more time, after Richard Sánchez scored 0-2 in a great collective game to end the game with a win and place. the capital group in the top part of the general table with 16 units.