America escaped from the last places once more, to become a serious candidate for the title of the Opening Tournament 2022a feat that he already achieved last season, when he experienced a similar situation and reached the semifinals.
This time the Eagles had a turbulent start to the tournament, punished by friendly games in USA; the consequence was to fall precipitously to the penultimate position, with the obligatory criticism of each critical occasion.
However, once all commitments outside the Liga MX, America he got up game by game to place himself in fourth place in the standings.
In this play, Ferdinand Ortiz not only has he recovered his pace with victories, he has also forged a goalscoring team, a subject in which he had not done well in recent tournaments at America.
But today America He not only plays well and is dominant once morest his rivals, he also scores goals; add 15 annotations in their last four games, more than those made in the tournament by Pachuca (8), saint Louis (10), tigers (11) y Tijuana (13), among the top eight ranked.
In this lift in the line of goals and results, those of Coapa They can also boast that they have among their ranks the top scorer of the campaign, the Mexican striker Henry Martinwho already has six goals in his personal account and is on a roll, taking advantage of his lucid moment in front of the goal to keep alive his desire to be part of the final list of the National selectionfacing the world Cup.
Cruz Azul: recent chapter
The thrashing Cruz Azul (7-0) on Saturday the 20th at the Estadio Azteca rounded off the confidence in the squad of the Tano Ortizwhich had already been increasing following the triumphs over brave (2-1), Pumas (0-3) y Pachuca (0-3).
America he lacked security in the execution of his soccer and now he exhibits it with solvency. The players knew how to shake off the pressure that existed, thanks to the poor performance at the beginning of the tournament, and for which the team made mistakes that affected their results. But not anymore.
Staff confidence was very low and Tano detected it before the victory over Bravoswhich is why he paid more attention to certain details, such as reiterating that the squad had been doing their job well and that it would be a matter of time before the goals and points would arrive inevitably, with regularity and confidence.
