América, Mexican soccer champion, beat New England Revolution 0-4 this Tuesday in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Champions Cup and set foot in the semifinals.
Henry Martín, the American Alejandro Zendejas, Cristian Calderón and the Uruguayan Brian Rodríguez scored the goals in the match played at Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough (Massachusetts).
The match started with an intense fight in the midfield in which América little by little imposed its rhythm to generate arrivals.
The visitor scored the first in the 16th minute thanks to a steal of the ball at Revolution’s exit that concluded with a triangulation in which the Spanish Álvaro Fidalgo gave way to the Dutch Javairo Dilrosun, who passed to Martín, who resolved with his left foot. before the useless stretch of goalkeeper Earl Edwards.
América maintained dominance and at 24 they made it 0-2 after a long offensive sequence that was crowned with a ball that Martín filtered into the entry of Zendejas, who inside the area cut off a defender and shot from the left into the upper right corner of the goal. .
At the beginning of the second half, Revolution contained the siege. He pushed the rival’s exit, although he failed to keep up.
The Eagles regained control. In the 63rd minute they scored the third goal on a rebound that goalkeeper Edwards conceded and was finished off by Cristian Calderón.
And the 0-4 came after a pass from Chilean Diego Valdés that Brian Rodríguez pushed into the net before the goalkeeper came out.
In the second leg of the quarterfinals, América will host Revolution next Tuesday at the Azteca Stadium.
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2024-04-12 09:19:36