The Tijuana failed to prevail over America, who won 2-0 during the match played this Monday at the Aztec stadium. The America he came to the meeting with strengthened spirits after winning the last two games of the competition. The most recent was against FC Juárez at home (1-2) and the other before Atlas Guadalajara away from home (0-1) and at the moment had a streak of four consecutive victories. On the part of the visiting team, the Tijuana had to settle for a draw to one against the Puebla. After the score, the local team was the leader of the MX Opening League, while the Tijuana He was in eighteenth place at the end of the match.
In the first half, neither team was right in the face of the goal, so the first 45 minutes ended with the same 0-0 result.
In the second half came the goal for him America, who took advantage of the play to open the scoring through a goal with a maximum penalty of Francisco Cordova at 90 minutes. After a new play, the score of the Coyoacanense team increased, which distanced itself by means of a goal of Renato Ibarra just before the final whistle, specifically in 90, thus ending the duel with a final score of 2-0.
In the changes chapter, the players of the America who entered the game were Alvaro Fidalgo, Renato Ibarra and Federico Vinas replacing Mauro Lainez, Henry Martin and Roger Martinez, while changes in the Tijuana They were Jordi Cortizo, Marcel ruiz, Edgar lopez, David Barbona and Luis Gamiz, who entered to replace Christian ortiz, Lucas rodriguez, Mauro Manotas, Christian rivera and Vladimir Loroña.
The referee showed three yellow cards to the Tijuana (Christian rivera, Brayan Angulo and Vladimir Loroña). He also showed a red card to the visiting team, which caused the expulsion of Luis Gamiz. On the contrary, the home team left the game clean of cards.
With this victory, the America manages to ascend to 16 points and remains in position to access a playoff spot for the title, while the Tijuana stays with a colon.
The teams will continue to play their following matches in the MX Opening League: the Tijuana will try to return to the path of victory in his next duel against him Monterrey in his stadium, while the America will play against him Lion at home.