It was of no use to America that Alejandro Zendejas, one of the Eagles' stars, scored a goal in his return, as when it mattered most, all the team's problems surfaced under Andre Jardine's management, resulting in a 1-2 loss to FC Juarez and putting their chances in the tournament in critical condition.

A surprising defeat that blows the confidence in coach Andre Jardine's process, whose continuity is now being questioned due to the poor performance they are showing in the current Clausura 2026 tournament, which has them currently outside the playoff zone.

FC Juarez was the brave one who took on America, playing them toe-to-toe and intelligently. America continues to show major weaknesses and childish mistakes, especially in defense, where even the changes made with the introduction of Aaron Mejia and Ramon Juarez in place of Cristian Borja and Israel Reyes did nothing to help. to improve the performance of Club America.

America showed that it is far from the squad that achieved the three-peat and was capable of overcoming a slow start, as had happened in other championships, but little by little they improved their performance.

Now it seems that the problem is much more serious, since not even the presence of Alejandro Zendejas helped to achieve a better result, despite scoring the equalizer in the 69th minute, after the border team had maintained the lead for almost 63 minutes following Jairo Torres' goal in the 6th minute.

The serious thing is that America, after the equalizer, in trying to go for the victory by bringing on the Uruguayan Brian Rodriguez, played a desperate card, going all out in search of the win, and that is where the visiting team caught them out.

First, when Luca Martinez Dupuy missed two clear scoring opportunities in one-on-one situations against goalkeeper Luis Malagon,But on the third attempt, Brazilian Guilherme Castilho managed to beat the America goalkeeper in the 90+3 minute,definitively ending the Eagles' aspirations in this game and handing them their fourth defeat of the championship. The most serious issue for America is that they seem to have made a mistake with their reinforcements, as Brazilians Rodrigo Dourado, Raphael Veiga, and Vinicius Lima haven't lived up to expectations, and to make matters worse, Chilean Victor Davila left the game injured, further aggravating the situation for America, who also have captain Henry Martin out of action.