For America, everything they do or don't do will have unusual significance, and if it's something negative, even more so, like tonight's 0-2 defeat at home at the hands of Atletico San Luis became one of the Eagles' most negative results in recent times. Without a doubt, this result demonstrates the terrible moment the Americanistas are going through. Their night was complicated by the expulsion of defender Ramon Juarez, leaving them at the mercy of the San Luis squad, who in the second half took advantage of their numerical superiority with goals from Argentinian Juan Sanabria and Italian Joao Pedro to make it 0-2, ruining the predictions. The bad news is that America seems to be very far from that devastating system that allowed them to register their historic three-peat in the short tournaments, starting with the absence of captain Henry Martin and the incisive and dangerous Alejandro Zendejas. Furthermore, with the poor form of players like Alvaro Fidalgo, Brian Rodriguez, Allan Saint-Maximin, Rodrigo Aguirre, and Victor Davila, things certainly became more complicated for them. The Americanistas, because Patricio Salas and Alexis Gutierrez weren't the men needed to get the team out of the mire. But even with all these problems, if Rodrigo Aguirre had converted that shot off the crossbar, perhaps the story would have been different, but in the end, Juarez's expulsion for tripping Joao Pedro would write a negative chapter for the Americanistas. With one less man, Jardine took off Patricio Salas and America lost a lot of strength, as Maximin wasn't sharp and thus allowed Juan Sanabria in the 52nd minute to make it 0-1 in what was beginning to take shape as a great upset.

But disaster struck in the 66th minute when Joao Pedro produced a moment of brilliance, bringing down a ball on the right side of the box and executing a superb dribble with a half-turn that left him unmarked by Caceres. He simply tapped the ball across the face of the goal, sending it past Malagon for 0-2.

This was the final straw for America fans, who turned on Kevin Alvarez, blaming him for all of America's woes since the last playoffs. But the reality is that the Eagles are going through one of their worst spells in recent years.