America 1- 0 Chivas
Aguilar(86')
Aguilar(86')
Americanista fans everywhere rejoiced as Las Aguilas kicked it into high gear against Las Chivas del Guadalajara. With this game being the biggest rivalry game in Mexico, everyone was on their feet as both teams walked out onto the field and began the game. To our liking, America was triumphant and ended the game with a 1-0 victory in the opponent’s territory.
In my opinion, Las Aguilas had Chivas on their toes during the entire game. During the first half, America took control of the ball for majority of the time and took great advantage of that demonstrating their skills at controlling, passing, and stealing the ball from their opponents. At minute 20, El Chucho Benitez scored for America, heading the ball into the goal, but to everyone’s surprise the referee said the goal did not count and he annulled it! It was understandable, to a point, that he thought the goal did not count, but he should have taken a closer look before making the call. Benitez jumped to head the ball, but Chivas player Kristian Alvarez also jumped and it made it seem as though Benitez had used Alvarez to lift himself up higher. As the slow motion cameras came on the screen with the images of the play, it was clear that it was not so, but unfortunately for America it was too late.
