The Tigres UANL of the world champion Jenni Hermoso defeated this Sunday 1-0 America to win the title of the Apertura 2025 Mexican women’s soccer tournament, her seventh league title. Diana Ordóñez scored a goal to give Spanish coach Pedro Martínez’s team the victory in the final by a 4-3 margin. after the team shook off a three-goal deficit in the first leg to draw 3-3.
The first half was played at a good pace, with both teams looking for the rival goal. América, which had possession of the ball 56-44 in its favor, dominated at times, but lacked aim in its three shots on goal. The ‘Amazons’ took advantage of a lack of concentration by the azulcrema defense in the 20th minute, when Ordóñez took possession of a ball in the area and with his left foot made it 1-0.
Jenni kisses the title of Mexican champion
América went out in search of an equalizer, attacked on the wings and in the 56th minute came close to equalizing with a shot against the crossbar by Nancy Antonio. Two minutes later, Antonio kicked Jenni Hermoso in the face, which caused her to be sent off and leave her team with one less woman on the field.
Tigres was patient, they waited for the Águilas to go on the attack to take advantage of the spaces and in the 69th minute they let go of the possibility of the second goal, with a shot from the outside by Ordóñez, with everything in their favor in the area. In the 75th minute, the Spanish goalkeeper Sandra Paños appeared in time to stop Ordóñez, who once again let go of the possibility of scoring with everything in his favor.
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América arrived with danger in the 79th minute. Goalkeeper Cecilia Santiago left a loose ball in the area and Kiana Palacios was close to sending it into the net. Paños once again saved the Eagles, bailing in the 87th minute when South African Thembi Kgatlana finished unmarked. Tigres defended the advantage and confirmed itself as the best team in the league with seven titles, four for Monterrey, two for América and Guadalajara and one for Pachuca.
