Pachuca 0 – AME 3: Home advantage means nothing for Los Tuzos

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América see Pachuca off 3-0 on Thursday at Estadio Miguel Hidalgo. Both Pachuca and AME arrived on the back of wins. Pachuca had been hopeful of continuing their run after winning last match while AME were coming from consecutive wins against Pumas and Juárez. As it stands, Pachuca are in 7th place, with 12 points from 9 matches, while AME sit in 5th, with 13 points from 9.

The Eagles found the net first, when Alex Zendejas opened the rout, at 34 minutes, saw out the first half 1-0.

AME started strong in the second half and were able to dominate, with an early goal from Jonathan Rodriguez in the 49th minute. They then scored again, increasing their advantage thanks to a goal from Henry Martin, 75 minutes in to make it 3-0.

Substitutions for Pachuca included Paulino De la Fuente Gomez, Bryan Gonzalez, Jesus Daniel Hernandez Casiano and Illian Hernandez for Victor Guzman, Mauricio Isais, Aviles Hurtado and Nicolas Ibanez, repectively. AME brought on Miguel Layun, Pedro Aquino, Salvador Reyes, Federico Vinas and Jonathan Dos Santos for Jonathan Rodriguez, Diego Valdes, Alex Zendejas, Henry Martin and Richard Sanchez.

The referee booked Nicolas Ibanez, Miguel Tapias and Jesus Daniel Hernandez Casiano from Pachuca and Romario Ibarra went off with a red card, while AME’s Bruno Valdez and Emilio Lara also received a yellow.

Pachuca next face León and AME are at home to Cruz Azul.

Technical card:
Pachuca:Oscar Ustari, Kevin Alvarez, Miguel Tapias, Gustavo Cabral, Mauricio Isais (Bryan Gonzalez, min.60), Erick Sanchez, Luis Chavez, Victor Guzman (Paulino De la Fuente Gomez, min.51), Nicolas Ibanez (Illian Hernandez, min.81), Romario Ibarra and Aviles Hurtado (Jesus Daniel Hernandez Casiano, min.60)
América:Guillermo Ochoa, Emilio Lara, Nestor Araujo, Bruno Valdez, Luis Fuentes, Alex Zendejas (Salvador Reyes, min.78), Diego Valdes (Pedro Aquino, min.70), Alvaro Fidalgo, Richard Sanchez (Jonathan Dos Santos, min.83), Jonathan Rodriguez (Miguel Layun, min.69) and Henry Martin (Federico Vinas, min.78)
Stadium:Estadio Miguel Hidalgo
Goals:Alex Zendejas (0-1, min. 34), Jonathan Rodriguez (0-2, min. 49) and Henry Martin (0-3, min. 75)
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