The Eagles are leaders of the tournament after a match in which a red, 1 penalty and an alleged misalignment raised the controversy
In a duel of great arbitration controversy, America prevailed 0 to 2 before the Atlas in the duel corresponding to day 7 of Liga MX, With the excellent performance of Henry Martín, the team led by Santiago Solari got all three points against the red and black box and took the overall lead of the competition.
We present to you the highlights of the meeting and the reasons for the Americanist triumph.
Controversial penalty
Near the end of the first half, Henry Martín tripped Brayton Vázquez’s feet after a sweep inside the area, so central referee Fernando Guerrero determined to score the maximum penalty for the set of in America, although the play was reviewed by the VAR attendees, the referee did not attend the monitor to analyze the play, a situation that generated great controversy on social media in the face of different assessments of the play.
peculiar annotation
After scoring the maximum penalty, Sebastià Córdova was in charge of collecting from the eleven steps, but the American planter only touched the ball and assisted Henry Martín, who pushed the ball to open the scoring and put in front of the Eagles with a penalty on both touches.
He did not succeed in the Atlas
Although the red and black team sought to equalize the score and on several occasions put in complications to Guillermo Ochoa, the team led by Diego Cocca failed to score the goal that will provide the equalizer in the game and return to place in the fight for the three points.
Sanchez settled the match
When the red and black team looked best on the pitch, in added time, America put final figures in the match, after in a great collective play, Richard Sánchez, scored the 0 to 2 to close the match with a win and place the capital as a whole at the top of the overall table with 16 units.