America managed to recover from the defeat in the classic against Cruz Azul last Saturday by beating Puebla 2-1, in a result immersed in controversy and drama in their goals scored, since in the first the VAR had to intervene and in the second, it occurred in the last play of the match.

Without a doubt, a very favorable result for a team like the eleven managed by the Brazilian Andre Jardine, who had to work magic to make up for the absences of Alejandro Zendejas, Erick “Chiquito” Sanchez and Henry Martin, to the point of starting the attack with the Uruguayans Rodrigo Aguirre and Brian Rodriguez, as well as the Frenchman Allan Saint-Maximin.

Puebla came close to causing another surprise with last Friday’s victory over Tijuana, since the Argentine coach Hernan Cristante has begun to give his team a greater tactical sense and little by little they are playing against any rival as they did against America.

But America is made for these matches, especially when they have to recover from adverse scores, like in this match when the Argentine Emiliano Gomez put them against the wall in the 51st minute in an action on the mark of Israel Reyes who failed to block the shot on the left of the Argentine.

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After Emiliano Gomez's goal, America adjusted several pieces and went forward with everything, more with strength and heart than with the football of other occasions and obviously where they greatly missed the three elements mentioned such as Chiquito Sanchez, Alex Zendejas and Henry Martin, but even so they managed to face the Puebla team.

The strength of the Americanista reaction paid off when Brian Rodriguez disputed the ball with De la Rosa, the Americanista being knocked down and where it did not seem like a foul, but the referee Martin Molina went to the VAR and decreed the maximum penalty that Brian himself charged to put the 1-1.

America wanted to react, but the entry of Patricio Salas for the ineffective Alexis Gutierrez or Victor Davila for the “Bufalo” Aguirre,They did little to nothing to move things on the field, until Ramon Juarez was sent on and this was the trigger that changed the destiny of the Americanista team with the agonizing goal of the victory.

The goal seemed to ignite America, but they continued with their same stumbling style that made the job easier for the Puebla team until the 90+7 minute, in the last action of the match Maximin sent a ball into the area and Ramon Juarez finished at will and put it far from goalkeeper Jesus Rodriguez to become the hero of the Aguilas.

America vs. Puebla FC Lineups