Goals and highlights: America 2-0 León in Liga MX 2023

Match ends. América 2-0 León.

Scored by Henry Martin

The referee adds seven minutes to the match.

GOAL AMERICA! Scored by Henry Martín.

América: Kevin Álvarez comes off and Miguel Layún comes on.

Yellow card for Sebastián Santos.

The medical assistants come in to attend to Lichnovsky.

América: Quiñones comes out and Jonathan Rodríguez comes in.

León: Omar Fernández and Iván Morena are out; Yael Uribe and Sebastián Santos are in.

América: Zendejas and Valdés come out; Salvador Reyes and Richard Sánchez come in.

If Leon wants to advance, they need to score two goals, but time is their worst enemy right now.

The medical assistants come in to attend to Tesillo.

Scored by Quiñones

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Ramírez, Alvarado and Bellón are out; Nico López, Barreiro and Elías Hernández are in.

Yellow card for Ivan Moreno.

GOAL FOR AMÉRICA! Scored 'panenka style' by Julián Quiñones.

After the silent review, the VAR confirms the penalty for the aguilas.

The referee awards a penalty kick to América

VALDES! The América player entered the area while Quiñones was alone on the other side, but the visiting defense got through correctly and prevented Diego Valdés' shot.

Julian Quiñones' cross finds Henry Martin, but the Yucatecan fails to get a shot on goal.

The medical assistants come in to attend to Federico Viñas.

The second half begins.

First half ends. América 0-0 León.

The referee adds three minutes to the first half.

Final stretch of the first half. The Águilas del América are looking for the goal that will give them the lead before going to the break.

Henry Martín's shot goes just wide of Cota's goal.

We passed the half hour mark. El León is already better on the pitch, but América closes its spaces well. 

A filtered pass that looked for Viñas, but in the race, Malagón came out opportunely to take the ball away from him.

AMBRIZ! Fidel Ambriz punches a lofted ball past Malagón's crossbar.

POST! A powerful left-footed shot from Federico Viñas creates space and crashes off the post. America is saved.

Service to the near post where Fidalgo was looking for the header, but Bellón wins the header and takes away the opportunity.

It seems that Leon is suffering the absence of Angel Mena, who will not have minutes due to injury.

It seems that Leon is suffering the absence of Angel Mena, who will not have minutes due to injury.

We reached the first quarter of the match. The visitors still can't find enough space to generate danger.

In the first minutes of the first half, América has an attacking approach. Leon can't find possession.

COTA! America's second warning with a great play between Quiñones and Fidalgo that ended in a cross shot by the Colombian that was blocked by Cota.

The medical assistants come in to attend to Adonis Frías for a blow to the ear.

Rodolfo Cota complains that there is a gap between the net and Leon's goal, but the referee omits it.

Kevin Álvarez's first attempt with a long-range shot that goes just wide of Rodolfo Cota's goal.

The first half begins.

Malagón, Fuentes, Cáceres, Álvarez, Lichnovsky, Dos Santos, Fidalgo, Valdés, Zendejas, Martín y Quiñones. 

Cota, Tesillo, Moreno, Frías, Bellón, Ambríz, Rodríguez, Fernández, Ramírez, Viñas y Alvarado.

On the other hand, if Nicolás Larcamón's team wants to reach the semifinals, they need to beat the Águilas del América by any score, as the position in the table does not favor León as they are in eighth place.

If André Jardine's men want to advance to the Semifinal of this Apertura 2023, they can hold 0-0 or draw at any score. Likewise, any win at the Stadium Azteca would give them a ticket to the next round of the Liga MX Liguilla.

Both teams are already on the field at the Azteca Stadium warming up for the second leg, which is just minutes away.

These are the results of the other keys:

Atletico de San Luis 1-1 Rayados de Monterrey

Puebla 2-2 Tigres

Chivas 1-0 Pumas 

In the first leg of the quarterfinals, León took the lead in the second minute with a goal by Paul Bellón. Four minutes later, Henry Martín scored the equalizer and everything looked like it was going to be easy for the eagles, however, León again took advantage of a goal by Nico López to go into the break with the lead. However, the eagles would once again find the equalizer through Henry Martín.

They have arrived! The protagonists of this match have already arrived at the Azteca Stadium for this match that is minutes away from starting.

In the history of meetings between the eagles and lions, they have the advantage with 18 wins to only 15 for the emerald team. Only 12 draws have been recorded.

The venue for this quarterfinal match will be the new semifinalist of Liga MX, and it is none other than the Estadio Azteca, a soccer stadium located in Mexico City, with a capacity for 87,000 spectators, the largest in Mexico, the third largest in the continent and the eleventh largest in the world. It is home to Club América and is one of the oldest stadiums in the country.

¡Todo listo! Estamos a poco menos de una hora para que dé comienzo los Cuartos de Final de vuelta con un partido atractivo jugado en el Estadio Azteca. Todo o nada para América y León que llegan a este enfrentamiento con un empate global a dos. ¿Quién logrará el pase a una de las semifinales de este Apertura 2023 de la Liga MX? Sigue nuestra cobertura en VAVEL USA.

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Rodolfo Cota; Iván Moreno, Adonis Frías, Paul Bellón, William Tesillo: José Rodríguez; Omar Fernández, Elías Hernández, Ángel Mena, Nicolás López; y Federico Viñas.

Luis Malagón; Luis Fuentes, Sebastián Cáceres, Igor Lichnovsky, Miguel Layún; Álvaro Fidalgo, Jonathan dos Santos, Alejandro Zendejas, Diego Valdés; Julián Quiñones; y Henry Martín.

The central referee for this América vs León will be Fernando Guerrero; Marco Antonio Bisguerra Janett Díaz, first line; Erick Durón, second line; Oscar Mejía, fourth assistant.

On the other hand, the team led by Andre Jardine, in his first tournament at the helm of the Aguilas del America, had a great performance despite the doubts generated by his arrival. The team from Coapa took the lead in this Apertura 2023, registering 40 points with 12 wins, 4 draws and only one defeat. Now, América only has in mind to close the tournament with the coveted 14th trophy. In addition to the leadership, the Azulcremas consolidated their position as the most offensive team and the one with the best offense in this Apertura 2023. With a ticket to the direct playoffs, Jardine's men had a 21-day break from soccer activity due to the FIFA date and it seemed that they had a hard time in the first leg, as the Panzas Verdes started winning the match very early in the game, but the scorer, Henry Martin, did what he does best to tie the score. A draw or win by any score would give the Águilas a ticket to the playoffs.

The Leon team, coached by Nicolás Larcamon failed to qualify for the Fiesta Grande directly and had to play in the Play In against Atlético de San Luis. However, the match played at the Alfonso Lastras stadium was not a great result for La Fiera, as they lost by a score of 2-1 to the team from Potosí. As a result, they had to play the second phase of the Play-In against the winner of the other series, Santos Laguna at the León Stadium. In a match that had a heart-stopping ending, the team from El Bajío soon made their home advantage count and quickly took the lead by three goals to zero. But they were not counting on the resilience of the Torreón team as Santos scored two goals towards the end of the match and almost tied the game to send it to penalties. However, Leon was able to keep the lead at the end and played the first leg of the Quarter Final at home against América, in a match where they were up on the scoreboard twice, but could not manage their advantage and Henry Martin scored a brace to give the aguilas the tie.

We are just one game away from finding out two of the semifinalists of the Liga MX and today, to continue with the quarterfinals second leg of this Apertura 2023, this Saturday we will have a very attractive match between two teams that are usually protagonists in the playoffs. where the Aguilas del America will host the Panzas Verdes del León. The locals want to take advantage of the match at home to continue with the good pace and be close to capitalize their super leadership with a championship, but Leon wants to ruin the plans of the azulcrema where it will be a game to kill or die since the overall tie, gives the eagles the pass. A vibrant match awaits us at the Coloso de Santa Ursula.

The America vs. Leon match will be played at the Coloso de Santa Ursula, better known as the Azteca Stadium, which is located in Mexico City, CDMX. Kickoff is scheduled for 8:00 pm (ET).
 

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