America loses lead and aim for the closing of the MX League

America He lost the lead and aim for a critical moment: the last week of regular phase of the tournament Closing 2025 of Liga MX.

The current Tricampeón of Mexico did not go from a 0-0 draw against Cruz Azul on day 15, before 24,520 spectators who gathered at the City of Sports Stadium this Saturday, to see the last game of a young classic trilogy in the last 12 days.

And it is that America and Cruz Azul came from facing the first leg in the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Champions Cup. After those 180 minutes, the global score was 2-1 in favor of the cementos, who continue their search for the title.

Back to the local competition, America arrived with the aim of winning to stay at the top of the general table. However, his goalless draw, combined with the victory of Toluca 2-3 as a visitor against Atlas, put the Red Devils as new leaders.

Toluca reached 33 points and America stayed in second place with 31, while León completes the podium with 30, after beating Puebla 1-0 with a goal from Andrés Guardado.

The eagles came from losing 1-0 against Pachuca on day 14, in addition to being eliminated in the quarterfinals of Confhampions. That is why they aspired to collect revenge against Cruz Azul on the last last date of the Clausura 2025.

“They have been complicated days, with many emotions found. The elimination in Concachampions left us hurt and face the same rival again added an extra emotional burden. We spent two or three days suffering, but football does not give you time to regret,” said the coach of America, André Jardine, after these results.

As if that were not enough, América registers just a goal in the last 360 minutes of play, including the quarterfinals series Concachampions and the MX League matches against Pachuca and Cruz Azul.

His last victory was on March 29 on day 13, when they thzaned Tigres 3-0 in the City of Sports. Since then, there is an offensive drought that coincides with the absences of injury of Henry Martín and Rodrigo ‘Buffalo’ Aguirre, its most renowned front centers.

Despite the moment, André Jardine is confident that a change of performance for America comes to the final phase of the MX League: “We are in the most important part of the championship. The table is very closed, but we continue in the fight for the lead and tetracampeonato. This group is hungry to transcend and make history.”

The good news for America is that its ticket to the final phase of the Clausura 2025 has already secured since the previous day and that, despite losing the aim, continues in the top 3 of the best offensives of the tournament with 29 goals, only behind Necaxa (33) and Toluca (38).

The next week is double -day in the MX League, so the regular phase will be completed next Sunday. América will close to visit Monterrey on Wednesday and against Mazatlan de Local on Saturday, pointing towards tetracampeonato.

Other results

He New Liga MX leader He highlighted thanks to the performance of his front center, the Portuguese Paulinho, who got a triplet at the Jalisco stadium to beat Atlas 2-3.

Paulinho reached 12 goals and became the new solo goal leader of the MX League, leaving behind the 11 of the Colombian Diber Cambindo, from Necaxa, who is out of activity for the rest of the regular phase due to injury.

Cruz Azul, on the other hand, had contrast in his last week: although he avoided losing to his staunch rival, America, both in Concachampions and Liga MX, went down from the third to fifth place in the Clausura 2025 classification; León and Tigres are now third and fourth, respectfully.

Finally, Pumas and Chivas remain in the fight for a ticket at least repechage (play-in). Although they tied in their respective day 15 duels, before Bravos de Juárez and Mazatlan, mathematically they retain possibilities.

Pumas will close the Clausura 2025 of local against Santos and visiting Tigres, while Chivas will close from Local against Puebla and visiting Atlas in a new edition of the Classic Tapatío.