The Eagles of America don't give up on trying to reach the overall lead to acquire all the benefits that place entails in the playoffs after defeating Leon 2-0 with goals by Frenchman Allan Saint-Maximin and Uruguayan Rodrigo Aguirre.

The victory allowed the Eagles to tie for second place with Toluca at 34 points and remain one point behind Cruz Azul, who will wake up as the league leader and with a strong chance of securing that privileged position with a win next week against Pumas.

Meanwhile, America, without all its key players on the field, was able to overcome a Leon side that failed to show its fighting spirit and proved to be a comfortable opponent for the Americanista team to add three important points that will allow them to fight against Toluca for the top spot, but depending on what Cruz Azul does or doesn't do in the final match.

But beyond their difficulties in assembling their lineup, the team managed by Brazilian Andre Jardine approached the match knowing that the three points were necessary to reach second place and equal Toluca's position, whose draw with Atlas complicated their chances. aspirations, while in the Clasico Regio between Monterrey and Tigres they helped them immensely by drawing in the Clasico Regio and falling behind in this fight for the top three places.

The match

Among all the complications that America had in presenting a competitive lineup, a good piece of news was the participation of the Spaniard Alvaro Fidalgo, trying to compensate for the absences of Alejandro Zendejas, Isaias Violante and Henry Martin, who are still not recovered and will wait to be ready for the playoffs.

Thus, the home team went looking for a goal from the first minutes and with Brian Rodriguez and Maximin they put the Leon defense in trouble by the way they unbalanced the marking of the rivals who opted to press the defensive zone and go out to execute a counterattack. Thus, Brian came close to scoring on two occasions, but the goalkeeper for the Bajio team,Oscar Garcia, was able to stop one of them and the other hit the post, so the pressure from America wasn't very successful due to their lack of finishing touch. Allan Saint Maximin started the America rebellion. It was the Frenchman Allan Saint Maximin who started the America rebellion by injecting more speed into their attacking attempts, achieving his goal on the second attempt in the 57th minute when he grabbed a rebound, cut inside, and with his right foot placed the ball beyond the Leon goalkeeper to take the lead that they would not relinquish for the rest of the match. Towards the end of the game, Rodrigo Aguirre took the ball and with a half-turn in the 84th minute managed to make it 2-0 to signal the important victory for the America team.