LIGA MX
Advantage América with win over San Luis as Santos Laguna and Monterrey draw 0-0
Atletico San Luis face a mammoth task in the second leg at the Azteca on Saturday with all to play for between Rayados and Santos Laguna at the Estadio BBVA.
Diego Valdes celebrates his 0-2 goal for America during the Atletico San Luis vs America match, corresponding to the First Leg match of the Quarterfinals of the 2023 Clausura Tournament of the BBVA MX League, at the Alfonso Lastras Stadium, on May 10, 2023 .Omar Martinez
Club América took a decisive step towards progressing to the 2023 Liga MX Clausura semi-final with an away win over Atlético de San Luis. A first half blitz that saw the ‘Aguilas’ score three times silenced the home fans in San Luis Potosí with the home side’s involvement in the competition hanging by a thread.
Cabecita Rodríguez opened the scoring after just 9 minutes before Diego Valdés doubled America’s lead with San Luis closing the gap on 21 minutes when Bonatini took advantage of sloppy defending to offer a lifeline for the home side.
Leo Suárez ended any short-lived hope for the home supporters as he fired home from outside the area with the ball deflected into the net to extend the lead for the side from CDMX.
The only downside for América was the late dismissal for Israel Reyes with his red ruling out his participating in Saturday’s second leg at the Azteca.
All square in the Comarca Lagunera
Santos Laguna 0-0 Rayados
Fans at the Estadio Corona witnessed a hard-fought, scrappy, evenly matched game in which regular season leaders Monterrey were far from their best against a Santos Laguna who progressed to post season despite finishing 13th place in the regular season, only securing a place due to Queretaro’s coefficient.
Thrills and spills were conspicuous by their absence for the fans with Santos first half chances falling to Juan Brunetta and Matheus Doria as Germán Berterame, Alfonso González and Rogelio Funes Mori offered sources of danger for Rayados.
Things become tighter in the second half with Monterrey seeming to settle for the draw despite a late rally from the home side looking to give their fans something to cheer about.
The tie will now be decided at Rayados’ Estadio BBVA on Saturday night.
- 24 Andrés Sánchez
- 26 Jose García (94')
- 5 Ricardo Chávez
- 20 Unai Bilbao
- 8 Juan Manuel Sanabria
- 11 Dieter Villalpando (77')
- 13 Rodrigo Dourado Cunha
- 7 Jhon Murillo
- 16 Javier Güemez (77')
- 12 Vitinho (77')
- 9 Leo (77')
- Substitutes
- 6 Andrés Iniestra
- 22 Mateo Klimowicz (77')
- 31 Eduardo Águila
- 185 Daniel Reyes
- 3 Jesús Piñuelas
- 2 Juan Castro (77')
- 28 Juan Martínez (94')
- 19 Sabin Merino (77')
- 17 Ángel Zaldívar (77')
- 14 David Andrade
- 33 Luis Malagón
- 2 Luis Fuentes
- 3 Israel Reyes
- 19 Miguel Layún
- 4 Sebastián Cáceres
- 20 Richard Sánchez (76')
- 32 Leo Suárez
- 8 Álvaro Fidalgo Fernández
- 10 Diego Valdés (84')
- 11 Jonathan Rodríguez (76')
- 21 Henry Martin (72')
- Substitutes
- 23 Emilio Lara
- 27 Óscar Jiménez
- 9 Roger Martínez
- 7 Brian Rodríguez
- 5 Pedro Aquino (76')
- 26 Salvador Reyes (76')
- 24 Federico Viñas (72')
- 6 Jonathan
- 17 Alejandro Zendejas
- 14 Néstor Araújo (84')
Substitutions
Federico Viñas (72', Henry Martín), Pedro Aquino (76', Richard Sánchez), Salvador Reyes (76', Jonathan Rodríguez), Juan Castro (77', Javier Güémez), Mateo Klimowicz (77', Dieter Villalpando), Sabin Merino (77', Vitinho), Ángel Zaldívar (77', Léo Bonatini), Néstor Araujo (84', Diego Valdés), Juan Martínez (94', José García)
Goals
0-1, 9': Jonathan Rodríguez, 0-2, 19': Diego Valdés, 1-2, 23': Leo, 1-3, 34': Leo Suárez
Cards
Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez
VAR Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán, Óscar Mejía García
Javier Güemez (30',Yellow) Jonathan Rodríguez (48',Yellow) Juan Manuel Sanabria (64',Yellow) Israel Reyes (82',Red) Federico Viñas (88',Yellow)