America Goes Home

After playing against Monterrey, and tying 0-0, America failed to move on to the finals of La Liguilla.  With the weather being against them, both teams played desperately to stay in the tournament.  Unfortunately for Las Aguilas, the lady luck was not on their side.  Monterrey won the game with a 2-0 victory, kicking America out of the tournament.

 

With the city in which the game was played having heavy rainfall, the trajectory of the ball changed in many occasions and slowed the ball as well.  Although the water had a lot to do with the control of the ball, it did nothing against the goals the "Rayados" scored agianst Las Aguilas.  Jose Maria Basanta scored in the eighth minute of play and Aldo DeNigris added the second goal of the evening in the 52nd to give Monterrey a 2-0 score.

 

"The word failure has no other significance than what it stands for,” America Coach Miguel “piojo” Herrera said at the post game conference.  “We were not able to reach our objective, which was to play in the finals.  In that sense, it was a failure.  We were beaten by a team that knew how to set their pieces well on our turf (Azteca stadium), then took advantage of our lack of attention today to get on the board quickly.  After that they knew how to control the game.”

 

With America out of La Liguilla, Monterrey will move on to the finals as Las Aguilas head home.  It's not the end of the road for Las Aguilas, they will start to prepare for the next tournament, and as El Piojo said, "Where our only goal is the championship!"

 

written by Oscar Perez