The Spanish Andrea Pereira scored a goal in the 80th minute to give her this Sunday to the Águilas del América a 2-1 victory over the Chivas de Guadalajara and access the final of the Apertura 2023 of the Liga MX Femenil.
After tying the first leg 2-2, América won the series 4-3.
Kiana Palacios and Andrea Pereira scored for the Águilas of Spanish coach Ángel Villacampa and Casandra Montero scored for the Chivas of Argentine strategist Antonio Spinelli. who played 27 minutes with one less woman on the court.
The first half passed with a fight in the midfieldboth teams with good offensive opportunities.
América lacked forcefulness in a dozen shots on goal, but the clearest scoring opportunity was let go by Spinelli’s Chivas in the 16th minute; In a free kick, Damaris Godínez was left alone in front of the goal without a goalkeeper and she missed.
After having tied the first leg of the series, the Eagles began the match with the only obligation of not losing to reach the final. In case of a tie, they eliminated Guadalajara for having finished better in the regular phase.
Bound to win, Guadalajara came out with advanced lines in the second half, with the Águilas attentive to the possibility of mounting a counterattack.
In ’63, when they were fighting on equal terms, Guadalajara received a blow, with the expulsion of Carolina Jaramillo.
Guadalajara fought in the face of adversity and in the 69th minute surprised América with a right-footed goal from Montero on a corner kick.
With one more player and 20 minutes left, Villacampa’s team was patient and in the 75th minute tied the duel with a goal from Palacios after a pass from Karen Luna.
América went for more and in the 80th they ended the series with a right-footed goal from Pereira to sign the victory in a play that began with a corner kick.
In the final, América will defend the title against the winner of Tigres UANL of the Spanish coach Milagros Martínez and the Rayadas de Monterrey.
Last Friday, in the first leg they tied without scoring, which gave Martínez’s ‘Amazons’ an advantage, who only need not to lose to reach the final.
MGC
2023-11-20 09:38:52
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