America added its third consecutive victory after the failure in the Leagues Cup by beating Pachuca 2-0 in an atypical duel without fans at the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium, but not prevented Frenchman Allan Saint-Maximin from stealing the show again in the Americanista attack.

A victory that ratifies the power of the Eagles, who, regardless of the administrative problems that prevented the public from accessing their home, had the pleasure of walking the Tuzos who after an important start with four consecutive victories have come down with two losses and a draw, but worse, with a very fearful scheme like they had not faced the Americanistas for a long time.

But beyond everything, the presence of the Frenchman Saint-Maximin was the icing on the cake in the second half by giving vivacity and spectacle to the Americanista forward, where he seems to take more prominence than Jose “Pantera” Zuniga himself and Rodrigo “Bufalo” Aguirre.

Within all these factors, the reality is that there were things highlights such as the goal by Chilean Igor Lichnovsky or the performance of Alejandro Zendejas himself amidst a heartbreaking silence from the lonely stands that could not support their favorite players due to the apparent violation of the Americanista team's regulations on shows.

Jardine's adjustments

America had total control of the match and if they could not increase the score it was because of the good performance of the Tuzos goalkeeper Carlos Moreno who took away at least two goals from Rodrigo Aguirre and one more from Alejandro Zendejas.

For that reason, the only option they could finalize was that of Chilean Igor Lichnovsky, who started in defense for Ramon Juarez in a controversial decision due to the good performances of the Mexican defender, but that has worked throughout his process for the Brazilian coach Andre Jardine.

This is how Lichnovsky put his team ahead 1-0 in the 20th minute, where Zendejas scored almost three-quarters of the goal by leaving the ball in full for the Chilean to arrive and beat the Hidalgo goal for the 1-0 in a small display of superiority on the scoreboard.

Pachuca wasted its options

For the second half, Pachuca improved a lot with the sole entry of Victor “Pocho” Guzman, who gave that touch of skill in front of the midfielders and behind the forwards, which woke up his teammates who began to arrive with more force to Luis Malagon’s goal.

There the figure of the Americanista goalkeeper was magnified, who kept his goal unbeatable and gave way to the entry of the Frenchman Allan Saint – Maximin to drive the Pachuca defenders crazy on the left side and to generate several counterattacks and Dangerous attacks, which were only effective in the 70th minute with a great play by the Frenchman.

It all started with a run down the left flank by Allan Saint-Maximin, beating goalkeeper Carlos Moreno who came out to give himself away and left his goal unprotected so that not even the marking of Argentine defender Sergio Barreto could prevent him from sending a shot that hit the opposite post and little by little went into the net in an action that the best pool player would have envied to make it 2-0.

An action that would have driven the Americanista fans crazy, but whose excesses led them to endure a sanction that supposedly violated the rules of the Benito Juarez Mayor's Office for the celebration of public shows.

With the victory everything was set for another edition of the national classic against Chivas, after the Benito Juarez Mayor's Office has announced a conciliatory meeting for the next one in order to be able to reopen the venue to fans. the Nochebuena colony.