Matchday 14 in the Apertura MX 2024 has been wrapped up, and the teams have switched things around just slightly in the top 10 as they look to enter the playoffs soon.
Cruz Azul has managed to keep their incredible run at the top going, and their overall performances haven’t been anything but impressive.
Tigres and Monterrey swapped places due to the results both teams got during this matchday, but we have to point out that América is still alive and fighting, climbing over to the 9th spot and remaining close enough to take over a spot in the top 6 if they can end on a high note.
Cruz Azul entered the Olympic University Stadium, where it seemed that a beast was waiting for it, but in 12 minutes, they tamed their rival, resolved the match, and with a 2-0 finished off Pumas to continue the unchecked path to the Liguilla.
Anselmi’s Machine only had to be forceful in its first two clear scoring plays, and with that, it was more than enough to defeat a feline team that had shown solidity in the last six games, but they were halted by the board’s leader.
Pumas was greatly burdened by the absences of goalkeeper Julio González and defender Lisandro Magallán, as the lack of coordination of the defense with Ulises Rivas and Nathan Silva was too noticeable. And that, against a team like Cruz Azul, you pay dearly.
Barely 30 seconds elapsed in the game when Alexis Gutiérrez and Rodolfo Rotondi managed to create the space on the left from where the center emerged that Ángel Sepúlveda finished off to make it 1-0. They made a statement with the second goal 12 minutes into the game, which came after a corner kick in which Ignacio Rivero appeared with an accurate header to make it 2-0 on the scoreboard. Cruz Azul was a hurricane and Pumas suffered excessively.
Tigres managed to escape a little from the pressure after the bad results that the team had been having in recent times. The first half was very disputed, with many Tuzos players throwing themselves to the ground after any dispute over the ball, which ended in boos from the home team fans.
The scoring opened early, just in the 9th minute, when Juan Brunetta stole a ball in midfield, drove, and defined the play to score the goal that seemed to give them peace of mind.
However, the game began to get stuck in the following minutes and the Hidalgo team ended up tying the score at minute 37 when Elias Montiel took advantage of a deflected ball that fell to him on the edge of the area and only shot at Nahuel Guzmán’s opposite post.
In one of the changes that Paunovic made, Ozziel Herrera entered and, in the 72nd minute, gave the Felines the lead. It was in a play where Córdova gave him a ball into space and the Mexican winger defined at once and low to put it at the far post.
As has been a custom throughout the season, the Mexico State team wanted to impose its conditions from very early on and not allow its rival to be the protagonist.
Thus, the first celebration occurred before 20 minutes. Jesús Canelo Angulo assisted Aguascalientes in a big way and fired a bomb that embedded itself in the top of Ezequiel Unsaín’s goal.
By the 25th minute of running time, the demon was present again. A fastball from the right wing reached the domain of Isaías Violante and, with great driving, he reached the edge of the area, entered it, and left the ball for Canelo to get his double, just by matching the number five and send it to the bottom of the frame.
The forcefulness of the Red Devils was once again reflected in the cards and, at minute 66, the number ten obtained his hat-trick. The opponents managed to score once later on, but it only served as makeup for the scoreboard.
Apertura MX 2024: Matchday 14 Roundup – América 2-1 Monterrey
When?
Sunday, October 27 at 10:05 pm ET, 9:05 pm CST, 8:05 pm MT, and 7:05 pm PT
Miracle at the Ciudad de los Deportes Stadium and the three points for the Águilas del América. The Azulcremas seemed to leave home with a point against Rayados de Monterrey after Jordi Cortizo’s late equalizer, assisted by a serious error by Luis Ángel Malagón, but they achieved the agonizing victory on Matchday 14 of Apertura 2024.
The hero of the night was Álvaro Fidalgo, who logically does Americanism good when he is at his best level. Three minutes after the visiting goal, the Spaniard took the ball and drove against the rival goal, just when he seemed to be running out of angle, he finished in such a way that the ball hit Esteban Andrada and hit the back of the net, exploding the capital venue at 89′.
Withthe result, the current two-time champions of the Liga MX moved into ninth position in the tournament with 21 points, tied exactly with Chivas.
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