He Americathe most winning club of Mexican football with 16 titles, registered its third consecutive victory after winning 3-0 to Santos Laguna On the twelfth day of the Opening Tournament. With his eighth victory in the tournament, the ‘Águilas’ reach the 27 points in the general classification, one of the leader Toluca.
In the match played at the City of Sports Stadium in Mexico City, America was ahead of 38 minutes through Uruguayan Rodrigo Aguirre, who finished off in the small area a center sent by Alejandro Zendejas from the right sector. Uruguayan Brian Rodríguez scored the second goal at 62 minutes with a powerful shot inside the area after a defensive rebound.
The team led by the Brazilian André Jardine put the third goal at 70 minutes with a powerful shot by Alan Cervantes from outside the area after a defensive rejection. The triumph of America was able to be more loose, but the hurdled interventions of goalkeeper Carlos Acevedo prevented him.
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In the other parties on Saturday, Toluca consolidated the leadership with his sixth consecutive victory after beating 4-2 as a visitor to León in the match that marked the return of Ignacio Ambriz as technical director of the defeated team. Toluca’s “Red Devils” won thanks to the goals of Portuguese Paulinho twice, of Jesus Angle and Alexis Vega. For León, the Colombian James Rodríguez and José Alvarado scored.
Querétaro wins the Puebla
Querétaro beat Puebla 3-1 with goals from Ali Ávila twice and Argentine Lucas Rodríguez. For Puebla, Ricardo Marín scored. Tigres Uanl and Cruz Azul tied 1-1 with so many of the Argentine Juan Francisco Brunetta and Ángel Sepúlveda, respectively.
The day will be completed on Sunday when Pumas Unam is local against Guadalajara and Monterrey visits Tijuana. At the beginning of the day, Atlas took a goal against Friday and beat Bravos de Ciudad Juárez 3-1, Pachuca won 1-0 during his visit to Necaxa and Mazatlan beat Atlético de San Luis 2-1.
