He Cruz Azul Uruguayan coach Vicente Sánchez defeated Tuesday 2-1 at AmericaMexican football champion, to qualify for the semifinal of the Champions Cup of Concacaf. Ángel Sepúlveda was the hero of the celestial by scoring his two goals, while America discounted with somewhat from the Spanish Álvaro Fidalgo.
The blues came out with advanced lines in their stadium and in the 12th minute they took advantage with a left -handed leg of Sepúlveda, a pass from the Polish Mateusz Bogusz. After the goal the Blues made confidence and were close to expanding the advantage, but goalkeeper Luis Malagón made a couple of timely interventions.
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2 – Cruz Azul: Kevin Mier; Willer Ditta, Erik Lira, Ignacio Rivero, Gonzalo Piovi; Andrés Montaño (Jorge Sánchez M.53), Lorenzo Faravelli (Gabriel Fernández M.65), Carlos Rodríguez; Angel Sepúlveda, Mateusz Bugusz (Luka Romero M.78), Rodolfo Rotondi (Amaury Morales M.78)
Coach: Vicente Sánchez
1 – America: Luis Malagón; Cristian Borja (Cristian Calderón M.82), Sebastián Cáceres, Ramón Juárez (Jonathan Dos Santos M.46), Israel Reyes; Erick Sánchez (Esteban Lozano M.87), Álvaro Fidalgo, Kevin Álvarez (Víctor Dávila M.87); Brian Rodríguez, Diego Valdés (Néstor Araujo M.69), Alejandro Zendejas
Coach: Andre Jardine
Goals: 1-0, Angel Sepúlveda (m. 12); 1-1, Álvaro Fidalgo (m. 57); 2-1, Angel Sepúlveda (m. 85)
Referee: Ismael Cornejo, from El Salvador. He admonished Gonzalo Piovi, Lorenzo Faravelli, Erik Lira, Ángel Spúlveda; Diego Valdés, Ramón Juárez, Sebastián Cáceres and Néstor Araujo
Incidents: Quarter match of the Concacaf Champions Cup, held at the University Olympic Stadium in Mexico City, 2,240 meters above sea level.
For the second part of América left in search of goals and just in 47 he was close to getting it with a shot by Erick Sánchez to pass from Fidalgo. Cruz Azul delayed lines waiting for a counterattack; He let a couple of opportunities to expand the advantage and it was America that tied with a goal from Fidalgo, with a right leg to Kevin Álvarez’s pass.
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After other balls on the outside, Cruz Azul resumed the advantage with a header from Sepúlveda to pass from the Uruguayan Ignacio Rivero, the decisive play of the series. In the semifinal Cruz Azul will face the UANL Tigers, which a couple of hours before eliminated 3-2 at the MLS galaxy.
