The stories of America’s classification in Play In against Xolos

An expulsion changed the course of the match that ended with the two-time champion’s passage to the Apertura 2024 Liguilla.

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He America achieved his pass to the League by beating the Xolosafter a meeting of Play In in which both teams tied two goals during the 90 minutes at the Caliente Stadium.

The Eagles suffered, they showed again the ups and downs they presented in the Opening 2024but in the end they managed to pass against some Xolos who could not react in the penalty shootout and gave the pass to their rival.

At ESPN we present you the stories of the meeting.

Brian Rodríguez arrives and scores

The Uruguayan midfielder arrived at noon Tijuana to report with America and face the game of Play In against Xolos. André Jardine decided that the South American would start on the bench, but he entered in the first moments of the second half and in the first minutes of it he scored his squad’s first goal thanks to a good pass from Álvaro Fidalgo.

Israel Reyes mistake

The defender became the villain of his team by innocently losing a ball that he had control of. The footballer did not realize the pressure generated by Raúl Zúñiga, who stole the ball from Reyes, controlled and defined to score the second goal of the night in favor of the border team.

Henry Martín, with discomfort

The striker and captain of the AmericaHenry Martín, came off as a substitute in the 76th minute due to muscle discomfort. The Mexican team started tonight at the Caliente Stadium, but during the first minutes of the second half he put his hand on his back thigh and began jogging on the field. This caused coach André Jardine to decide to take him out for Erick Sánchez.

Xolos was left with 10

The defender of XolosNicolás Díaz, saw the red card after rejecting a ball in midfield. The border soccer player rejected the ball, but in the action he left his leg up, which caused the inertia of the action to hit Álvaro Fidalgo’s face squarely. The whistler was the VAR to watch the replay and then send the canine footballer to the locker room.

“Clear expulsion for Díaz de Xolos“It’s incredible that they have to review to expel,” former World Cup referee Felipe Ramos Rizo, an ESPN analyst, commented on his X account.

Controversial hand

In the last minutes of the match, Alejandro Zendejas scored a header that made all the American fans explode. However, the VAR reviewed the action and in this they found that the goal was accompanied by a handball, since when finishing the round it touched the hand and then went to the net.